Speaking Words of Wisdom

Henri and I had such a fun and exciting day today.  We met yet another blog friend in person.  But before I tell you about it, here is a little peek at one of the shelves in my new tiny backyard greenhouse that Henri recently bought for me after we sold our lobster boat Fearless.  I found this vintage planter at a thrift shop and immediately knew I wanted her in my new greenhouse, planted with a little rosemary, of course. 

Here's another peek of some more of my greenhouse that I've been busy filling with edible plants.  It's fast becoming my own little playhouse too, as I could not resist even adding a little bistro set in there! 

More later on the rest of my greenhouse.  But now, let me tell you who we met today.   None other than the very lovely Sharon Lovejoy, award-winning author, illustrator, lecturer and gardening expert who just happens to summer right here in Maine! And who gave a lecture today at the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine that we attended.  Here's a shot of us together.

And there's more!  Sharon, who I first became acquainted with through her incredible blog,  asked us if we wanted to join her and her husband Jeff for lunch and a visit to a local flower and garden shop that she had been meaning to visit. 

I cannot do this place justice with the photos I took today, so I will just show some little snippets that I took while we were there.  To immerse yourself in the complete yumminess of this place go here!   Here's a peek at the amazing succulents that were growing in the flower boxes before you stepped inside. 

And here is the owner, Susan Keating, who I also had the pleasure of meeting.   This will be my new favorite place to go, and I can't believe I've never stopped in here before this!

Susan said they change up the displays in here frequently, which just boggles my mind as I found so much inspiration in here that I can hardly wait to come back! 

So as you can imagine,  my day was pretty awesome.  I didn't even get a chance to get any pictures of the place we had lunch at in Blue Hill, but take my word, we had a lovely, lovely day with Sharon and Jeff. 

I'm going to savor the events of this day for a long time to come.  Thank you so much Sharon, your passion for gardening is pretty darn infectious and I for one believe I have just come down with an incredible fever!