T Stands for Lunch ( and Trolls)

 Hi everyone. Happy Tuesday and Happy T day to the lovely T day ladies. I hope your past week has gone well.

Last week was very busy for me with a few appointments, a mother-in-law heating emergency as well as few fun outings. One of those outings was a big one as I went on a day trip to Boothbay, Maine. I went with my walking friend and her sister. Although I see my walking companion frequently, I haven't seen her sister for quite awhile. It was great to see her.

Boothbay, Maine has been one of the sort-of-local places I've wanted to visit for several years, and the fact that the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens has these new troll statues this year made it a long but perfect way to spend a gorgeous autumn day. It was about a 2 1/2 hour trip by car each way, and when I finally got home  that night, I might have been tired but I had lots of happy stories to share with my husband.

Our garden reservations weren't until the afternoon, but we left early enough to go into town, check out a few shops and have lunch. Unlike here in New Hampshire where you don't see many mask signs, it was great in Boothbay because most stores and restaurants had signs that said "It doesn't matter your vaccination status, wear a mask." I have been wearing a mask  in public inside spaces even though I was vaccinated last spring.

Boothbay is a cute little coastal Maine town with lots of shops and hotels for the tourists.

In the afternoon we went to the gardens to see not only flowers but the trolls. New this year, they have 5 giant wooden trolls created by Danish artist Thomas Dambo. I read that his scrap wood trolls can be found in many places around the world. You can check him out here: Thomas Dambo.

This week I'm trying to keep my T Day post a bit shorter than the last few have been. Today I'll share the first of the five trolls we saw.

These 5 trolls are the trolls of the forest, and this first troll is named Roskva. She stands for the trunk of the trees. You can read about her in the sign below. 

And this next photo gives you an idea of the scale of her.

I bet she was about 20 feet tall. These trolls must be pretty popular because there was many more people at the gardens than we expected there would be. Afterall it was late September and was the middle of the week.

I'll share another troll with you in my next post this week.

As this is T day and I am not trying to write a novel this week, let me share my lunch from my day out with you.  We found this old fashioned and out of the way little restaurant called Waves that had great food and normal prices. (As opposed to higher priced food in some of the more touristy places right on the water.) I had a crab sandwich with crispy bacon (just how I like it) and cheddar cheese. It came with fries and cole slaw. This slaw had a dill dressing that was quite delicious. I had an unsweetened ice tea to drink. 

This is my link for  our weekly hang out over at   Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog..

I hope everyone has a wonderful new week, and a happy T day too.

Thanks for stopping by my blog!