06/12/2026
"The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."-Thomas Edison.
Lupine, Rockland Harbor, Maine, 6/10/26.
Good morning, Friday! Nine days ago, when I knew Lupine time was coming, I posted a picture from this location that I had taken five years earlier. Someone said that picture couldn't be topped, which was an awesome compliment. I thanked them and told them it wouldn't stop me from trying. Try, try, try... It really didn't have to be "better". Just seeing and being in the middle of Lupine makes me happy, so here they are for you to be in the middle of. See it to be it... Make your day great!
"And now, the rest of the story..." -Paul Harvey.
When my Grandmother met my now (very long-ago) ex-husband for the first time, she asked him what the biggest issue he saw in me was. He quickly replied that I was stubborn. She paused for quite a moment and said to him, "Our people founded this country and are strong-willed. We're not stubborn. Stubbornness is when you're unwilling to learn or try a different way. She's determined and sometimes relentlessly. We don't wait for things to happen. We make them happen! That's how this country got founded!" Oh, how I love my Gram for everything she gave me. I don't speak about her in the past tense because her love lives on within me every single day. Sending that same love your way.