Mainely Banished

A Large Tolype (T olype velleda) found on the porch this morning. Quite the spectacular coiffure.

These three are Autumn Meadowhawks female and male. The Black-shouldered Spinyleg. Canadian Darner male. Fields of s...

I know, it's been quiet at Mainly Banished of late. But I've been busy recently keeping  the house up. It's been warm, as seems...

All of these were snapped in the garden over the last week or so. Above is a young female Dot Tailed Whiteface, the male of which was...

Out to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens this weekend. It's a couple of hours south of us and in what will be a very very busy touris...

We have planted 3 raised beds in our new yard in Maine. The soil here is free draining and sandy, thanks mostly to Maine's glacial geol...

I found this old handmade box today while tidying. The bottom is decorated with hand cut rubber stamps and the lid with a geometric design ...