Wednesday, April 21, 2010

One Park, One Card, and a Lot of Traps

Here's a hint of the card below, but first a few more photos of Northeastern Maine! :)

This is one of the many BEAUTIFUL views at Acadia National Park.  I think we were pretty lucky to come when we did.  From the looks of the park it must be a zoo of tourists in the summer months.  There is an amazing infrastructure of carriage roads for horses and hikers, then other roads for bikers and yet more for cars.

The cool, but also bummer, was that the restrooms weren't open!  Since the restrooms were closed, we did get to see this deer when we tried one of the stops.  It was skittish, but still calm as the few of us who were in the park all snapped shots.

My camera battery died just after I go this shot!  We were able to get wicked close while this little one had a mid-afternoon snack.  It was really awesome.

Good news for Cad's fan club.  Acadia was much better than the day before guys, much better. :) There was some much to smell and investigate while we explored different parts of the park!  We found a beautiful pond just before we left, but of course my battery had died so I didn't get a shot to show.  It was so quiet and picturesque, I totally get why people like to come to Acadia.
Just two more shots before I get to the card.  There are lobster traps everywhere in the town we stayed.  It's very humbling to see some of the fishing towns.  You can tell that everyone's survival depends on good hauls during the season.  My DMIL's family has many farmers in it and I can appreciate where my meat and milk come from.  I really felt an overwhelming urge to hug a fisherman to say thank you for doing this work.

There really are traps and boats everywhere, in yards, by sheds, in driveways, in fields, EVERYWHERE!  I understand that the lobster season hasn't really started yet and that's why we got to see traps on land more than on sea.  They were all sorts of colors which was kinda neat to see, although it looks like this shot doesn't have some of the more colorful traps.
Of course after all the ocean views I would make a card with a lighthouse.  I really did try to make a "boy" card.  Clearly I wasn't very successful since there is a bow and some flowery background paper.  Oh well, I'll get out my little lobsta stamp and try again. :)

20 comments:

  1. This looks like a nice place to visit.
    I love your card by the way. Can't bows and flowers be manly?

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  2. Such a pretty lighthouse stamp -- such a lovely card! Thanks for joining us this week at PPC :)

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  3. Oooh....we took a trip out to Maine last year, and I loved it! Fantastic pics! Love the card.

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  4. I cant see why that cant be a mans card sweetie :) It's a super card and i really enjoyed the pic's :D Thanks for playing at Lexi's Creations

    Hugs Lexi xxx

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  5. fantastic card ,beautiful colours and great stamp,thanks for joining us at lexis good luck in the challenges.
    i would send this card to a man no problem,
    lalkygirl x

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  6. very pretty card ~ Thanks for joining us at PPC this week!
    Paula a PPC Creator

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  7. Fabulous card, love the lighthouse. Thanks for sharing it with us at OLL. Hugs x

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  8. I just love lighthouses! I love the textures and the paper you used. It is a great card. Thanks for joining us this week at PPC and I hope you will join us next week.

    Tamie - PPC Creator

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  9. Lovely card thanks for joining us at Lexi's Creations this week.

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  10. Looks like a fun trip - love your card - very pretty!

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  11. Gorgeous card :) Thanks for playing with us this week at PPC

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  12. I think your card is perfect. Thanks for playing at Lexi's and Kaboodles. x

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  13. Great card, thanks for joining us at OLL this time
    Beryl x

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  14. Lighthouses in general are so pretty, but the stamp is great too! I think this is a perfect "boy" card -- I used ribbon on mine too :)

    Allison - PPC Creator

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  15. Very pretty card - I love that lighthouse!!!

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  16. I just love lighthouses, and your card is just beautiful, the colors are lovely
    xxx

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  17. Lovely card and such pretty colours thank you for sharing with us at ooh la la
    WEndi

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  18. great card, and it is suitable for a male,
    Thank you for joining in with the embossing challenge over at Kaboodle Doodles this week,
    Hugs
    Angie

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  19. Wonderful job. Love this card. Thanks for joining us at Lexi's Creations!

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Thank you so much for your sweet comments!