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Open sky near Ed’s cabin is a rare commodity. The two best places to look at the stars, or shoot off fireworks, are the pond and the field where rakkity and the Mrs. were married many years ago. On this night Dennis and Sandy’s home-schooled children are camping in the field to better view the Perseid Meteor Shower.

While we all watch an intermittent display of near commercial-grade fireworks setoff of by nearby neighbors, Daryl prepares to launch one of his own. The bright object in the video is the near-full moon. If you listen closely you can hear someone say, “Everyone’s gonna die,” and at the end, Matt says, “That definitely was a dud.” Matt’s comment gives me pause and I think you’ll see why.

First come first serve.

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Open sky near Ed’s cabin is a rare commodity. The two best places to look at the stars, or shoot off fireworks, are the pond and the field where rakkity and the Mrs. were married many years ago. On this night Dennis and Sandy’s home-schooled children are camping in the field to better view the Perseid Meteor Shower.

While we all watch an intermittent display of near commercial-grade fireworks setoff of by nearby neighbors, Daryl prepares to launch one of his own. The bright object in the video is the near-full moon. If you listen closely you can hear someone say, “Everyone’s gonna die,” and at the end, Matt says, “That definitely was a dud.” Matt’s comment gives me pause and I think you’ll see why.

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Year round resident and nearest neighbor to rakkity’s refugio, Dennis, walked over to the pond to see us before we left. Here he talks about the mother bear and her cubs who live in the area. Unedited, straight video.

For infrequent readers this (below) used to be the dark matter of the blog. Not dark as in mood, but dark like the stuff which fills most of the universe. Then along came rakkity, Jennifer, smiling dan, pesky godson, Adam, BirdBrain, Matt and Co., and all the other contributors. Their interesting stories bumped out the daily chatter aspect of the blog.

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Diane’s been pleading with me for two years to schedule a vacation. Dan and Linda suggested a weekend at their families place in Boothbay Harbor (they were going to join us until, Paxie, their dog, got run over) and I acquiesced. As if money grows on trees Diane forced me to leave at noon on Friday.

Well, here we are sitting on the deck in Boothbay looking out over the harbor. I’m typing and Diane is reading “A Song I Knew By Heart,” by Bret Lott. She hates it (“I’m not sure I can read this, honey) and wouldn’t finish it if it weren’t for her book club. Most people know that Diane reads a book or more a week, and that our house is full of paperbacks. Would anyone like to come by and take a few?

Anyway, when we arrrived last night, the first thing we did was jump into the ocean. The water was almost too warm.

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This isn’t us but a family from, guessing by their accent, Australia.

Then off we went to the Lobster Coop:

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for, of all things:

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My brother-in-law, Peter Rodd, drove up after work on Friday and stayed until late Saturday.

I love the guy but that doesn’t prevent me from making this short video

The QT, non-pixelated, downloadable version can be found here. (Amusement.mov)

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Adam,veteran from the sophomore camping trip, landed Saturday noon and departed with the stragglers on Sunday.

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My brother-in-law, Peter Rodd, drove up after work on Friday and stayed until late Saturday.

I love the guy but that doesn’t prevent me from making this short video

The QT, non-pixelated, downloadable version can be found here. (Amusement.mov)

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Adam,veteran from the sophomore camping trip, landed Saturday noon and departed with the stragglers on Sunday.

I don’t believe I need to say this, but I’m not connecting dots in this video , However, I did try to sync music with the action.

The song is Mellencamp’s “Hurts So Good,” sung by Jack Wild and The Small Town Rockers.

Daryl, Hannah, Hil K, Debbie, Matt, Billy, Kyle, Cory, Drew, Joe, Mary, Martin, Cortney, Chris, Sarah T, Brett, Kathy, Adam, Michael and Rodd all went camping last weekend at rakkity’s place on Grok Hill in Gilsum, NH. The weather was crisp and clear, and because the nights were cool, we outnumbered the mosquitoes.

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(More movies to come)

These two houses bracketed our house in Cincinnati.

This will kill both Diane and Susan, but I bet Jimmy would have watched it.