best. ever.

to celebrate the wonderful dado & soon to be husband of mine for dado's day (as mentioned) I rented a cottage in the woods on the ocean in the most eastern point in maine.   I've never experienced anything like it.  it was magnificent, beautiful, warm, cozy, relaxing and it instantly felt like home. 

the drive was long, but fun.  it was warm in the car with three people, 2 dogs and a bird.  solon & ferg are typically cold while the rest of us are warm.  windows down all the way were not an option do to a little birdie in the car.  the a/c button was pushed numerous times, typically on by dado and off by mama.  we're all anxious to arrive in perry and see our secluded cottage and put our feet up.  having a child at the tender age of 3 where attention and patience don't meet, my chicken was a fantastic passenger.  he counted his fingers, recited the alphabet, read to himself & snacked - love love that little boy of mine. 

we passed interesting sites, but chose to keep them in our minds (to eager to get to PERRY), however beside the typical 'rest stop - pee stop' sessions we did stop at this wonderful little coffee cabin.  a wooden cabin with a wood fire and a gent who roasts his own coffee on the premises.  the smell was earthy and of course off yummy coffee.  the cabin had it's own critters too, a luna moth and numerous other species.  shane with his wild bird sparked a lot of interest with the other customers.  how often do you see a man drinking a coffee with a bird on his shoulder?  we had our coffee, let the pups stretch and the child too then away went. 

the destination was close and not knowing exactly the grocery store situation we stopped at the next one we saw.  so close, so close....  another 30 minutes or so and we're driving down the dirt road to a little piece of heaven.  we head to the office to check in.  I hand the man - Dick a check for another night - if I had only known how awesome it would be I would have handed my whole check book to him.  Dick was awesome, after shane and he chatted they realized they had friends in common - such a small world.  he handed me the key, jumped into his golf cart and led the way. 

oh. my. word. wow.  when we arrived I was blown away.  it was a trillion times better than the pictures.  once Dick had left, we took a tour of 'our new house'.  I was outside when I heard shane cheering from inside blown to pieces by this lovely little treasure I found.  I love making him smile - cheers to you - my favorite person - the apple of my eye - my mate - I love you to the moon.  and thank you for solon.  watching him with you makes me melt.

best.  ever. 

 we set seeka free