On our way home

We had a lovely visit in Maine with Jim and Mary, and said our goodbyes Monday morning. Our route home took us down to U.S. 1 in Waldoboro and we stopped at Moody's Diner for breakfast - always a good stop. The food is great and the prices are amazingly reasonable.

                     Moody's Diner

It's also a good place for postcards. Moody's is going on a hundred years - it was started on the 1920's - and they have historic postcards like this one from 50 years ago :

Moody's Diner as it looked in the '60's

Here's how it looks today:

                Moody's Diner today

Then we went down Rte 1 to Bath, ME and looked into Reny's for gloves  ( no luck ) and then to Halcyon Yarns - a favorite stop for Ellen. The colors make for some nice photos:

Then we couldn't really go by the  Cafe Creme without going in for a scone and latte ( for Ellen ) and coffee  (for me) .

                   Cafe Creme 

                Scone and coffee

Then we went down to the Wells/ Ogunquit region, stopped again at When Pigs Fly bread outlet, this time for bread to bring home, and then at Bob 's again - same lunch of chowder, cole slaw and onion rings that we had going up - why change when it's perfect? - and on to the beach at Ogunquit for a walk. A beautiful day but very windy. But a great day for a walk.

                    Ogunquit beach

          Looking toward Perkins Cove

Seagulls basking in the sun in the parking lot 

Then we headed over to Concord and Keene and home. It was pretty cold at home but we got the fire going and it warmed up pretty well before we went to bed.

Tuesday we had a quiet day. We paid for our summer CSA -  6 per cent discount if you pay early - which is a lot better than the bank, for sure. I worked on my sermon, and in the evening we had our first River Singers rehearsal for the Spring session. Saw lots of friends we haven't seen for a while  and it was great to be back singing with them again. 

Today we went to a meeting at the Guilford Church to talk about the future of  our church, and especially a proposal to use some recently acquired land next door to develop a whole new mission to the town and become a center for childcare, a food shelf for families in need, a place for teens, etc. There was a lot of positive energy flowing there. Then Ellen had her prayer shawl ministry knitting group and I had a chance to use WiFi. Then our usual Wed. Nite supper of pizza and Greek salad and on to Brattleboro Concert Choir to rehearse Samson. After that a stop at Hannaford's to get some groceries, and home. A full day !