MAINE: my final frontier. These are the voyages of the Scooter Vespa 250 i.e. Super. Its continuing mission - to explore America's most heavily forested state - to roam the vast coastline, numberless lakes, and mighty mountains. To boldly go where no scooter has gone before!

Friday, September 27, 2013

The world's laziest blogger

My last post to Scooter by the Sea was in May. Was I injured, ill, incapacitated, all summer? No. I confess to laziness. I have had a marvelous summer, and took many rides, snapped many photos, and enjoyed lifeimmensely

And I promised myself that "tomorrow I'll post this and that." Now it's September 27th, and today, I will post this, that, and the other thing

My brother David bought a cabin on Sebago Lake. Here, he beckons to join him at the end of his dock. Remembering the grief I lavished on my younger brother in our childhoods, I remained safely ashore and used my longest lens setting.

Here is the cabin, a magnificent, rustic setting

And this is all I need to be contented - lake view, picnic table, and Moxie!

But we got more - this is just one day's worth of veggies from Kathy's garden

This poor catcher got more than he expected - notice the ball and the position of the glove - this pitch will be caught by the face! I attended a lot of Sea Dogs games

This batter felt the pain of this pitch - he had to go on the disabled list for a week. And, in grand baseball tradition, he acted as if he was fine. He walked to first base, shook off the trainer and the manager, and stood boldly on the bag. Then he scored and left the game!

Kathy and I added a new kitty to our home - Joe!

The rest of the cats weren't so welcoming as they greeted little Joe

Rose was intimidating at first...

...but Joe proved to be too charming

Our family greeted a pair of new members over the summer: Dave's daughter Delvina shares her son Dante with grandmother...

...while Dave's daughter-in-law Tabitha holds Mehdi

And with David and his wife Barbara, and the town of Gorham, we sent Krista off to serve in Afganistan

 

We celebrated our daughter-in-law Meredith's birthday, as our youngest son Tim serves tiny pieces of cake. Tim is an athletic trainer and a bank VP, and believes in eating well, in not overindulging, in staying fit.

I hold none of those truths to be evident, and my bulk is my testimony. Here, I am contemplating my next snack as I host my occasionally aired show "Geezer Gas" on WMPG radio. I think I was fixated on a stain on the ceiling that looked like a potato chip.

Or maybe I was thinking about my favorite summer treat: Niblets on a stick

But summer is over. This is the task the awaits the frugal in Maine - wood, wood, and more wood!