T Stands for Last Week's Excitement

 Hi everyone. It's time for T again. I hope everyone had a very nice week since we last met for T. 

 Last week I spent a lot of time puttering around my yard. One thing that needed to be done was to beat back the woods a bit, so  I spent too many hours with the lopers chopping down some saplings that were growing too close to the house.

This is the hubby's truck on Saturday morning when we moved the big pile from the driveway, and he took them to the transfer station, a.k.a . our dump.  It's amazing how chopping down some saplings near the house gives the feeling of space. My yard is surrounded on all sides (except where the driveway goes) with woodland so there are still a lot of trees, big and small.

The other thing I did last week was take a spontaneous one day road trip with a friend. It was nice to take a break from the yard work.  We headed not too far over the border into Maine and visited Ogunquit. 

Ogunquit is a small town right on the coast. It's rather an artsy community with a nice beach and (at least on the day we went) a lot of visitors. I've been to Ogunquit several times before, but I felt like this was the first time I could really get a feel for the town. I think it's because I'd mostly visited there in the winter before, when most everything was closed for the season.

Today for T let me show you a few random views from our walk around. 

The fall blooms were just beautiful, especially all the wild asters along the town's  ocean-side trail called the Marginal Way.

The ocean views along the Marginal Way were beautiful too, and with the tide coming in, we had a few waves splashes too.

As we walked through town we passed a stone wall that had all these inspirational painted stones. I think they were from 2020, but they were still fun to read. Here's a couple of them.

In town the Ben and Jerry's ice cream shop had this fun lobster serving ice cream in its window. The sun was hitting the window so I couldn't get a complete photo, but I  like how the reflection looks.

I also really liked these mirrors that were for sale in a gallery, especially this dog one. Now if only I had a place to hang it. (And the extra cash to buy it.) 😬

One store had these beautiful autumn decorated flower boxes. I like how they added the gourds and the tops of the corn stalks. 

Last but not least, here's my lunch and my glass of water, my ticket to T this week over at Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog.

I didn't get the big carafe of water that was on our table into my photo, and since the glasses were small, I filled mine a lot. 

For lunch I had a yummy smoked salmon sandwich with dill boursin spread, cucumbers, tomatoes and onions along with some broccoli slaw on the side.

We had a fun day out, and I ended up walking about 5 miles (8 km). Besides having some enjoyable friend time, I was really happy to get some good walking in also. It's been tough to go for a decent walk lately since our vet doesn't want Miss Maddie to overdo exercise yet so everything can finish healing 100%. And if you ever tried going out for a walk and leaving a dog at home, the sad face will definitely get to you.  (But Miss Maddie is doing great otherwise.❤)

I hope everyone has a great T day and the last of September week ahead.