Summer Road Trip :: From Portland to the Maine Mid Coast

  Kitty has entered that new phase in life where shopping is totally an awesome thing to do. Two years ago you couldn’t get her near a shop, especially one that had clothes in it, clothes that had seams and labels in them. Forget asking her to try anything on… never! Couldn’t be done. Now, […]

Maine – The Way Life Should Be

  As we crossed over the state line into Maine, a great green sign greeted us… Welcome to Maine, The Way Life Should Be! Yea!!!! We all whooped and holla’ed in excitement. Our vacation road trip had begun! What a gorgeous state Maine is. Big sky, rocky coastline and greenblue sea. Clean and crisp and […]

The Enchanting Fairy Houses of Mackworth Island, Maine.

Making a Fairy House in the Woods : www.theMagicOnions.com

One of our favorite places in all of Maine was a place called Mackworth Island. It is a little island off the coast of Maine, connected to the mainland by a small bridge… if you didn’t know it was there, you’d quite miss it. The island is covered in thousands of the most majestic trees […]

Maine Island Life.

Maine Island Life : www.theMagicOnions.com

Our friends in Maine live in South Portland but they also have a summer house on an island in Casco Bay… Long Island, Maine. They spend the whole glorious summer there. Three beautiful sunny months. They are SO lucky. The island is a one and a half hour ferry ride away from Portland. There are […]

Sunrise over Maine.

Sunrise over Portland, Maine : www.theMagicOnions.com

We stayed with family in South Portland. Their home looked directly onto the city of Portland, across the harbor bay. This was our morning view as the sun rose. It was misty at first and then the golden light spread her tendrils through the thick air and burst into crisp daylight.   Grateful to be […]

Vacation Time : Maine!

Lighthouse in Portand, Maine

We have had a most magical 2 week family vacation in Maine and Massachusetts . Although we have been in the USA for 14 years, we haven’t traveled around this beautiful country much. My Good Man comes from New Zealand and I come from South Africa, so, whenever we’ve been able to save up enough money […]