Downeast doing stuff

Right now, and I mean right now, I am pissed off. It's 11:39 pm.  That's bad enough, that I am still awake. The part that makes it p...

I found a lock! In a plastic box in the bowels of our linen closet, amid old, rusty thumbtacks, plastic wire caps , dried up tubes of superg...

Locks on a Ponte Milvio street lamp (photo credit) My husband posted a photo on his photoblog today of some locks. A comment was left by som...

Setting the scene.... Mr. DEDS and I, his brother and girlfriend are enjoying a beautiful summer evening, sitting around a nice, round outdo...

While Mr. DEDS was away last week, I puttered a lot. Here is a result of one of my putterings. A vase made out of sticks!  Artfully placed n...

OK, I confess. I've been watching 'LOST' this summer on www.hulu.com. I did not watch it when it was watchable, nor did I want t...

....or at least it stank. OK, so Mr. Downeastdoingstuff goes off for a few days. This is something that has been in the works for many month...

We are lucky enough to have a field FULL of a million blackberry plants, give or take. I look forward to this every summer. I will stand out...

Last week we decided to take a drive up to Belfast, Maine for lunch. Here are some images. Stopped in Wiscasset, Maine for a potty break at ...

It's called a scarecrow. It's supposed to be scary.  It scares me. I don't think it scares the birds. Which is what it's sup...

photo credit During those 45 minutes that we were seeking shelter in our basement during a tornado warning, I was thinking about what I sho...

or, this isn't Kansas anymore. Hey, I live in Maine. We're not supposed to get tornado warnings.  Are we? It started out a gorgeous,...

Mr. Downeastdoingstuff, aka Birdman, and I have been blogging only for about 1 1/2 years. It's really been a lot of fun and we have ...

(image credit) I saw fried ice cream on the menu at the beach. OK, someone tell me, why would ice cream need any help at all, especially fro...