Where's Wendy?

I went for a walk along the shore to look for seashells with my friend Jenny at Sears Island. Its an interesting island that you drive up to and you can go for hikes around the 601 acres of land or walk along the coastline. 

Jenny found a wand 

A friend developed old rolls of film and came across this picture which her daughter took of me years ago. I thought it was funny how they recognize me from a profile view. My guess is that its from Camden on a boat.

I mentioned to my coworker that I needed a piece for my door knobs at home and he brought these in for me! I was so excited to be able to make all the door knobs match using the original type of door knobs that are the white porcelain. 

My coworker also gave me his extra sander that he didn't need. Yay for power tools! The sander is one of my favorite tools to use. He said due to my past history with accidents he wouldn't give me the extra circular saw he had, but recommend I get a nice new one if I dared to get one. Someday....What I really want is to get a cordless drill. Maybe when there are good sales I will pick up a set of tools. 

And here is the Oreo donut from Dunkin Donuts. I had a stressful morning and decided why not. 

I gave blood today. :)

I went to The Festival in Worcester this weekend with my friend Jess. 

The venue was a beautiful concert hall, two floors of beer from around the world!

The samples were 2oz, I ended up trying 25 beers. I did have to dump some beer after a taste to be able to keep going for the four hour session. 

I loved the lights in the Mechanics Hall in Worcester.

They had food trucks outside including a frozen yogurt one. mmm!

I liked how this brewery used duct tape :)

This Swiss brewery had awesome stickers!

Yay! I reached 100 unique beers on Untappd!

After the beer festival somehow I ended up at a moonshine tasting. I guess moonshine is now something you can buy at the liquor store instead of making it at home in secret. 

Jess and I at the Festival

Orono Bog Walk

I like my iced coffee shaken, not stirred. 

I think it tastes better when you add milk and shake it versus stirring. And it chills it because I like my iced coffee really cold. I've been mixing iced coffee from the fridge with milk and no sugar. I don't even adding sugar to my coffee although sometimes I may add some of the vanilla sugar my sister made me. Yes I still have some left Charlotte, I tend to hoard things I like. 

Mmm Giffords ice cream at work

Love this quote....

‎"Don't shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like." 

-David Alan Harvey #photography

This lilac bush was too close to the house and I wanted to add the same type of bushes on either side of the front door. 

I came into possession of a saw and clippers. It took me a bit but I got all the branches off. 

This lilac bush was like a tree. Sawing it myself would have taken forever. 

My friend Alex came over with his chainsaw. It was so much easier to remove the trunk of the lilac bush and now look, all gone! I may try to dig up the stump or cover it in dirt and hope it decomposes. 

Now to figure out the plan for the front yard...

My friend Jess tweeted this picture to me earlier. How did I not know about this? Wonder which ones I've been to.

Breakfast

Where's Wendy?

I went for a walk at the Ecotat Garden and Arboretum in Hermon. Its a great place to see different types of trees and to go for a walk.

I did some baking tonight for tomorrow night. I am hoping the new recipe I tried came out okay. I may try a piece tomorrow to make sure its yummy before sharing with friends. I liked being in the kitchen and smelling the peonies. It's starting to become one of my favorite flowers. :)