Blanche & Lucy take another drive along the coast of Maine.

Blanche & Lucy took the top down and off we went again today for more day tripping around Maine.

It was a hot and humid day - but today we attended the Portland Art Festival for a little while.

High & Congress Streets are right in the heart of Portland.  All the art tents were set up with wonderful art, jewlery, pottery and more.

The festival was right next to the Portland Museum of Art.

After Portland - we drove back to Alfred - our new favorite little Maine town.  Gas is higher here in Maine than it is in Colorado or Arizona.  But this is a full service station- something you don't see too often.

We drove to the Shaker Museum here in Alfred, Maine. 

This Shaker building was built in 1875.  Unfortunately the museum was only open on Wed. & Sat from 1 to 4pm.. and this was Friday.

Behind the museum was one cemetery that was for the Brothers, who took over the Shaker's community when they left.

These were the memorials for the Brothers who passes away.

Near the Brother's Cemetery was a second cemetery - the Shaker Cemetery.

Inside the stone wall of the cemetery was this one tombstone - to honor all those who had passed away between 1790 and 1928.

There were no other stones inside the stone wall or marked graves inside the wall - but outside the wall were these 3 tombstones on the left ....

And these 3 tombstones on the right.... there's a story here I'm sure... were these 6 tombstones the people who were sinners? and therefore were kept out of the stone walled graveyard... or were they the 6 guardians of the graveyard?

On the way back from Alfred, we stopped by this little Organic Produce fruit and vegetable stand.  It was totally on the honor system - with a little money box & a scale and alot of wonderful fresh veggies... so I got some of course.

A great little find was the Willow Brook Village in Newfield, Maine.

This little village of 17th century buildings were restored  with period furniture and decor - it was a self guided tour for anyone who visited.

And like all the little Maine towns we have found - there was a great little white church - this was the United Methodist Church of Newfield, Maine.

I got a real kick out of this great little one room Post Office - still in operation

This is the main building of the Willowbrook Village compound.  Note the water pump out front of the building.

The main house is also a country store selling Candy - Pickles and Cheese.

There was a beautiful Gazebo in the center.

With this stand-up photo of the musicians that may have played there.

This was a little one room School House and a little Printing shop behind it.  Another wonderful couple of days driving around Maine....

Blanche & Lucy Love Kennebunk, Maine

Blanche & Lucy took the top down and headed for the Maine coast again today. We decided to drive to an area where I had spent many summers.

We decided to poke around Kennebunk, and Kennebunkport, Maine.  We first stopped at the Brick Store Museum - that had great displays on all the beautiful architecture in the area.

The Brick Store Museum displays were in several houses that were built during the turn of the century.

This is the back of one of the buildings of Brick Store Museum.  Look how low the first floor windows are on this building.

These two monuments were dedicated to the firemen and police men that served the town of Kennebunk.

Over the rooftops I could see the steeple of one of the town's white churches.

I had a summer place in Kennebunk in the 80's and 90's and this is the Unitarian church that I attended.

The great thing about Kennebunk is that there are many places to meditate and worship - the Franciscan Monastery is another place where we attended services now and then.

The 'style' at this Monastery is very surprising - very modern and 'sharp'.

The beautiful grounds here at the Monastery are wonderful to walk through.

Throughout the wooded areas there were lots of beautiful life sized statues and grottos like this one of "Our Lady of Lourdes".

Another statue we found along the walkways was one of St Francis Assisi (the saint of animals) in this beautiful fountain.

This grotto 'Our Lady of Fatima' is one of the areas they use to have outdoor services in the summertime.

This is the exterior of the Monastery.

When you walk into the chapel - this is the first statue we see- Saint Anthony

And also the many votive candles.

The next stop was "The Wedding Cake House".

A sea captain built this house (that resembled a wedding cake) for his new bride because he was going to sea for several months.

We drove through Kennebunkport and stopped at St Ann's on the coast.

This is another place where we would come to enjoy outdoor services.

We enjoyed the view and wonderful peaceful feeling we felt here. 

This is the exterior of St Anne's Church, the back rectory and surrounding low wall. St Anne's is just around the bend from President Bush's compound.

St Anne's was built in 1887.  The church is made of large sea washed stones that were dragged by man and horse and assembled stone by stone.

There are beautiful stain glass windows all around the church that have been donated my parish folks.

The alter area is beautiful and boasts a cross made of Italian beach walnut  and the alter is made of Italian marble.

This memorial anchor was given to the elder President Bush (H.W).  You can see the Bush's compound in the distance.

Here is a close up of the plaque that was presented to the elder President Bush.

There is just a narrow water way that separates Rte 1A and the curious photographers from the Bush compound.

Blanche & Lucy and Cheryl visiting the Bush's at their Kennebunkport compound.