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There’s a restaurant on Route 1 called The Taste of Maine. It’s large, family owned for 47 years, on the water and a tourist favorite.
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It also has a giant lobster on its roof which is hard to miss.
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With all the bad news swirling around us these days, let me drop this feel good piece right here.
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Proof there are still good people out there.
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One of our favorite restaurants is an unassuming little spot housed in an old building in the once deserted but now having a mini renaissance, downtown area of Augusta, Maine’s capitol.
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Otto’s by the River isn’t on the river per se, and the only way you’re able to see the water is if you sit on their side deck and swivel your head.
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But the interior is amusing enough for us.
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And we usually sit at the bar.
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On this particular day peach Crown Royal slushies were on special and they were so delicious my beer loving husband actually joined me.
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Otto’s makes the best crab dip I’ve ever had… so I stuff myself with that and have to give up a big meal for a chicken Caesar salad.
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Husband’s pan seared scallop Alfredo was decadently rich.
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So if you’re ever hungry in Augusta? Give Otto’s a try.
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A friend of ours had to go in the hospital for pancreatic surgery recently so we ordered a bouquet from our outstanding local florist to brighten up his room.
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The arrangement was so beautiful I wanted to keep it myself, but I did the right thing and rode with it on my lap for the drive up the coast to the medical center.
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I didn’t even know this hospital existed.
But north on Route 1, past a boat with a beard…
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And a non partisan political sign…
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On a peninsula in Damarriscotta, stood a waterfront hospital with rooms that really didn’t require cheering up.
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Talk about gilding the lily.
He had a corner private room with a view that can’t be anything but healing.
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Is there anything more lovely than the delicate beauty of a butterfly?
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I tried to capture this Eastern Swallowtail with its wings fully open but never quite managed the perfect shot.
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No matter, any encounter is time well spent.
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Such delicate creatures.
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And beautiful even when viewed from the side.
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I thought a little local news from the land of lobster would be a refreshing change of pace.
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This sounds perfectly reasonable to me, but then … I live here.
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This was during that awful hot and humid spell. It was in the mid 90’s and the man was sitting on a metal roof. I don’t know what kind of drugs he thought were hidden in that chimney, but he was up there all day.. so they must have been doozies.
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A friend of mine saw this.
I’m glad I didn’t.
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If you live in a town called Big Moose Township?
Moose road hazards shouldn’t come as a surprise.
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Momma Chuck thought she’d found the perfect place to escape the kids.
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Through the hole in the cover and under the grill.
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Unfortunately, her solitude didn’t last long.
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And three out of four babies joined her.
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Poor Momma.
There’s no rest for the weary…
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First there were two.
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Then three.
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And before long?
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The entire family was here for a nosh.
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Sometimes you just want hang on the deck in the sun.
If you’re a momma woodchuck you can’t do that alone….
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No matter how hard you try.
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Three out of four children are stuck to you like glue.
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Poor momma.
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Baby chuckers are now partaking of the backyard buffet on a daily basis.
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They stick close to momma….
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And take pointers on the best way to consume whatever vegetables are on offer.
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So stinking cute.
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The family that nibbles together…
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Stays together.
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Sometimes.
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Other times, it’s every baby chuck for himself.
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Watermelon and carrots are fought after.
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Apples for those who come later.
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River's world..... 