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[mainbound]

Funny how things work out sometimes-

Wasnt blackberry but blueberry- My youngest daughter came to me for blueberry pancakes this morning "like the ones we pick in Maine Daddy"
So Missing Maine and happy to see the impression it has left on my children - off to the farmers market for fresh blueberry we went - they where good, but somehow they just didnt taste the same.....

[dano04631]

My wife and I fell in love with Eastport on our first trip there -- we were looking for an artsy-fartsy place with a good community feel and we think Eastport is the place for us. Once our house is sold we will be there for good -- hopefully very soon!!

Originally Posted by willb

We went and picked a lot of really fine blackberries up in MenMe's adopted backyard last evening, and after our morning walk we had blackberry waffles for breakfast. After a productive day's work and play we took a gallon of South end Blackberry Daiquiris over to a nice gathering with some friends on the water side of Water St. and sat on the glassed in porch, looking out on Indian Island and Thrumbcap, watching the whirlpool, and covering the full spectrum of ideas with a very diverse group. It keeps getting better...

will, Tap and I read this and immediately drifted into daydreams -- thanks for the image

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by mainbound

Holy cow!

Some great responses. I'll try to narrow things down a bit more -
My thoughts business wise was to locate on one of the main routes
such as 1 or 3 etc. (focus on motorbikes, kyakers, climbers) bread and butter type of stuff during the tourist season. also would lease and barter my studio with other local photographers and artists.

Location - I was raised in the NYC area and got the heck out as soon as I could 17 y/o - I'm 40 now. Nothing wrong with urbon life if thats what your into but Im not and dont want to raise my kids in that envirement.

I currently live in the catskills near Woodstock/Phoenicia artsy farsy plus hippy to the extreme- I love it here but it has become to expensive - city folk bought everything up after 9/11 and drove up the real estate. you cant afford to live and work here anymore unless you do what they do- live in the city and visit on weekends-

Affordable to me is finding a house in the 100k area +/- .. fixer upper desired. lowe taxes

politics - I am Voting for Obama. not a total hippy though,proudly wore a uniform for 13 years...

anything else you want to know just ask I look forward to seeing where this leads us !!

Vermont would be a good fit for you!

[mainbound]

Originally Posted by Maineah

Vermont would be a good fit for you!

Not a chance, no challenge as everyone is already voting for Obama in that state.
I can see it now - proudly displayed above my shiny new Maine license plate -
Veterans for Obama =)–

“sorry no more on politics. we’ll need to discuss that in another thread,shame on me” But so you dont totally shun me - I did vote for Reagon and Bush Sr (once).

[mainbound]

Quick update->

I have told a few of you guys in DM's but I figured I'd share some pretty good news with everyone. When I started researching locations in Maine, I put my resume back on the Job boards. As of Tuesday I've had two interviews with a company. and I will have a third and hopefully final next week. This is BIG, My wife and I where thinking we may have to postpone a move until the spring. Now it looks like we may have to ramp up our search, FYI - if this works out I may be looking for a rental on a month to month basis until we find a house =)
I'll let everyone now how this works out!

[tapestry]

Originally Posted by mainbound

Quick update->

I have told a few of you guys in DM's but I figured I'd share some pretty good news with everyone. When I started researching locations in Maine, I put my resume back on the Job boards. As of Tuesday I've had two interviews with a company. and I will have a third and hopefully final next week. This is BIG, My wife and I where thinking we may have to postpone a move until the spring. Now it looks like we may have to ramp up our search, FYI - if this works out I may be looking for a rental on a month to month basis until we find a house =)
I'll let everyone now how this works out!

Best of luck to both of you!!!

[gcberry]

Plenty of artsy-fartsy, many young families/artists moving to area due to Stone Mountain Arts Center with wonderful concerts during mostly summer.
Welcome to the official Carol Noonan website! Do check out Brownfield.

I also saw a town not too much further away that looked intriguing: Vienna, ME.

[dramamama6685]

Originally Posted by mainbound

Quick update->

I have told a few of you guys in DM's but I figured I'd share some pretty good news with everyone. When I started researching locations in Maine, I put my resume back on the Job boards. As of Tuesday I've had two interviews with a company. and I will have a third and hopefully final next week. This is BIG, My wife and I where thinking we may have to postpone a move until the spring. Now it looks like we may have to ramp up our search, FYI - if this works out I may be looking for a rental on a month to month basis until we find a house =)
I'll let everyone now how this works out!

*crosses fingers* Wishing you good luck on your interview. Where is this position located?

[mainbound]

Hey Dramamama!

It's a field service tech position. I would serve several counties Working on network equipment, servers,PC's and stuff like that. To be honest its exactly the type of work I am trying to put behind me. But in this case it would be perfect as I'd see different parts of Maine on a daily basis thus giving me a better idea where I want to settle down and start my studio while still putting some change in my pocket! -- If it works out the plan is to rent something on a month to month basis somewhere on the Washington/Hancock border this would put us in the middle of all the towns we are considering- although Eastport is still way in front of the others! This option would let us settle on a place without having any regrets down the road.

I'll keep ya in the loop!

[dramamama6685]

Yes by all means.. keep us in the loop. I can live vicariously through you until I'm in the hunt for my Maine home!