An unexpected early spring and St. Patrick's Week (Yes, here in Bath the celebrating goes on for a week) makes my whole world look like it is turning green! The Snowdrops and Crocus are sprouting and blooming in the garden. The buds on the Magnolia tree keep getting...
A break in my count down of the Top 5 Reasons to Stay at a B&B to tell you about something else that happened here at the Packard House. Amy and the justBEcause group got together this past Saturday for another project - this time decorating pots and planting pansies...
We are all ready for the ice to melt and Mud Season to take over our lives here in Maine. Mud Season is an interesting time - that time when winter is over but spring isn't here quite yet. To celebrate this special season, Amy and Mark have developed a Mudder of a...
Amy and Mark finally got the new garden ready for planting. Last Sunday, Mark turned over all the sod, then on Tuesday he rented a rotatiller and they both worked hard tilling the soil and removing the big clumps of sod, raking, tilling some more and more raking. The...
What a morning! It is Mayfair in Bath and Amy took me for a walk to Library Park where a lot of nonprofits from Bath were having yard sales. Lots of people so that meant lots of attention for me. I heard Amy and her friends talking that they should sell me! "Pet Lupi...
You can definitely tell spring is here when Amy and Mark start working outside every chance they have. Sunday was no exception. With the patio garden coming up and pretty much set with perennials, they have started working on the front of the house and creating a new...
Amy is certainly gearing up for the season with all this spring cleaning - curtains washed and ironed, new bedspreads and quilts purchased and the smell of Murphy's oil soap in the air. Then Mark and Amy even did some spring cleaning on me. I had to sit for 2 hours...
After many great days of warm weather and the garden beginning to peek through - it has turned cold and gray again today. But Amy has a solution to keep spring alive. She noticed that a branch of her magnolia tree was half broken when she was out on one of the warm...
After months of hard work (well not necessarily me doing the work) the kitchen is finished. Yes, there are still the details but overall the big work is done - painting, floor installation - and it looks great. I am happy to report the new floor is just as comfortable...
