Two of our favorite sand beaches!

Corea, Maine, a 15 minute drive from Bayview, is home to a beautiful white sand beach.  As children we would pack a picnic lunch and drive to Schoodic Point.  We always packed our bathing suits and planned a visit to this beach.    Check out this virtual tour:  http://www.downeastmaineonline.com/Tour/Corea/vtour.htm

Our all time favorite sand beach is without a doubt…Roque Bluffs.  This beach is part of the Maine State Park attractions and is further Downeast from Bayview…about a 30 minute drive.  Something about this beach attracts us, even on foggy mornings or drizzly days, we're drawn to the peace and beauty of this special place.

http://www.downeastmaineonline.com/Tour/Roque%20Bluffs/vtour.htm

Peep Away and Procreate to Your Little Hearts' Contents

Today, Sunday, Barry and I continued to tidy up outside and enjoy a spring day.   In Maine many of us who live in wide open spaces have a bit of work to do in April and May.  Branches of silver poplar are scattered across the lawn.  The lawns are greening and green more quickly if we can rake them free and clear.  We gathered up some rotting cedar fencing posts and tossed those on the "big burn pile."  Of course, before burning this pile we call our local fire chief for a burn permit.  No problem and today was perfect for a big burn…a bit drizzly and barely a SW breeze.  Righting the bird bath basins, sweeping the driveway, bringing back the patio furniture, and flipping the picnic tables are included in the clean up.  Year after year it's quite predictable what needs doing to greet the months of outside living.  New this year is a purchase of a Mosquito Magnet device.  Some have seen their first black flies so it's time to set that up too.  Speaking of flies, our friends the peep frogs are here and their chorus of evening song is out of this world glorious.  These little amphibians are carnivores and love to eat black flies and mosquitoes!  Yay!  Peep away and procreate to your little hearts' contents!    Have you heard these tiny tree frogs sing…the males are the first…calling out to the females.

Here is a link to an audio and info about our spring peepers:

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/spring-peeper/

Bayview celebrates Earth Day!

Every Spring at Bayview brings the ritual we long for all winter:  drying our sheets and quilts outside on our clothesline.  That's not to say we don't celebrate Spring by greeting the returning redwing blackbirds back from their winter vacation.  Or the goldfinches.   Or the the first green shoots of our daffodils.   Our gas dryer gets a vacation too.  So the washed bedding has spent some time outside swaying in the ocean breeze, and we just thought someone might like to know that.

Here is one of my favorite photos I shot last summer in Eastport as we left the beach near the Chowder House on the ferry to Canada.  This house sits atop a cliff overlooking the Bay of Fundy:

Water View? Cottage Rental on Maine's Downeast Coast

That Beach
in front
of Bayview Cottage
is Bayview's
Very Own.
Kayaks launch from the left
Guess where the kayak
Was when I took this picture?

Dear Friends,
 Are you considering a vacation visit to Maine?  Hoping to locate a vacation spot with views of the ocean?  Dreaming of a vacation spot with privacy and acres of fields to explore...with ocean views?  How about having your own kayaks to cruise the bay during your Maine vacation?  We can offer you a a cozy camp with Maine views of the ocean?  Or we can invite you to vacation in our cottage which is situated at the head of Pigeon Hill Bay and is surrounded by blueberry fields.

We're a pet friendly bunch and can offer lots of private property (20+acres) for you and your family to explore.  We are so blessed to have such a place to share.  Summer vacation plans?  Come to Downeast  Maine, America.

We're Barry and Jacquie...the lobsters are calling your name!

Barry hauling his lobster traps.

Hike Maine!

Pigeon Hill Mountain (a hike in our back yard)
(photo source: http://www.mainetrailfinder.com/trail/pigeon-hill/)

Our cottage and camp are located on the Pigeon Hill Road and a hop, skip, and jump from the entrance to a hiking trail up to this vista.

June 15, 2014 is...

...Opening Day for the cottages.  We have a booking for the first week of June, a couple of weeks in July, and the same for August and September.   Give us a call and come for a visit.  Our rates include:

kayaks and gear
bikes
lobster meals for two
20 acres of privacy
private shore
full views of Pigeon Hill Bay

Big Bear...

...Barry Leighton has 2 Shore Dinners he prepares for guests at both Bayview and The Camp.   Maine and lobster go together and the dinner is on us!  It's our way of saying thank you for visiting our little corner of the world.

Storms bring surf to Pigeon Hill Bay

Our night sky...

...is splendid on clear summer nights.  Though this is not a photo of our views of the MW from The Camp, this is a similar view of what we see.  Over our camp is The Big Dipper and along the eastern shore of camp, looking into the heavens, we can see The Milky Way.  It travels north to south during the season so by early winter we've lost sight of it.

We love watching satellites travel and it's a popular game to see who can spot the first satellite of the evening.  Occasionally we see jets flying at high altitudes, and it's fun to imagine where they're headed.

Here the ocean is a wonder but so is the night sky.

Milbridge Days!!

We have this week available if you're considering a vacation to the coast of Maine.  Give us a call.  We're happy to answer questions.

https://www.facebook.com/MilbridgeDaysCelebration/info

View from Camp

Heard on our camp deck:  "You know, Jacquie, no where do we see the ocean where we live where there are great stretches of forest between the houses. It's all built up.  This is amazing." 

View from Camp

Heard on our camp deck:  "You know, Jacquie, no where do we see the ocean where we live where there are great stretches of forest between the houses. It's all built up.  This is amazing." 

Happy Birthday, America

Fun to find under the seaweed

Water dog

Camp, wild roses, sparklers, all through a child's eyes

Something there is which loves a campfire

The Camp's New Fire Pit (2012)

Bayview's path to the ocean

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both / And be one traveler, long I stood / And looked down one as far as I could."  -RF

Kayaks Included

We have one double kayak, one single kayak, life jackets, and paddles.

Hope you like lobster!

Complimentary Shore Dinner for a Week's Stay

Camp

Evening view from The Camp

The Jacquie Marie:  Our Lobster Fishing Boat

Your Host with his grandsons at Camp

August is Blueberry Picking Month!

Raking the berries

Maine Wild Blueberries

The Fruits of our Labor

The fields with blueberry bushes are in the background.

“Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.” ― Walt Disney Company

Main Floor Bedroom with Queen bed

The Bay

Another Bay View (-;

Today's Photo Shoot

Bayview Cottage has available weeks remaining this Summer of 2013.  The last 2 weeks of July and the last 2 weeks of August are open.  Call or email for more info about this part of the world. 

Our rhododendrons in Maine are in full bloom.

Pigeon Hill Bay, Bois Bubert Island, and the Atlantic

Bedroom on 2nd Floor

View from 2nd Floor

We share!  Come for a visit.  The blueberries are going to be prolific this year, the fireflies are performing nightly, and there is a grassy path waiting for visitors to make their way to the beach.