Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[Sunshine3601]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

That's close to off season pricing here.

Same here.   I love when I can get fresh picked corn at local farmers market later this summer.   I like the sweet white corn the most.

[island lady]

10 hours ago, xpcdoojk said:

Hello, cute schnauzer.  Welcome to CC.

 

Again...for the third time.  😉 😄 

 

Welcome back "Troy".  🤗

[Sunshine3601]

37 minutes ago, island lady said:

This morning...Bucky woke up to my homemade potato crusted quiche.   He is ready to go!  😉 

 

Sister has Celiac...good Gluten Free choice.  Broccoli, mushrooms, onions, bacon, cheese...Mmm...

was good.  Along with a yogurt fruit parfait.  Full bellies!  

 

 

Looks like your bird feeder arrived.  See one in background.

[cruise wizard]

7 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

I found them listed on Park Ave.  Actually closer to 295 than the port.  😞 

 

 

I saw that one - maybe they deliver????? I see that right now "they are busier than usual" (real time).

 

Commercial Ave would be so much better (if they are looking to move). I can only hope!!!!!

[cruise wizard]

31 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

Yup, Gary (Cruise Wizard) destination each time we docked in Portland.  Bucky and I...headed to "Two Fat Cats" for their fresh blueberry pie.  Alas...apparently they are both gone from those locations.  😞 

 

I wonder if the Covid lockdowns were the cause? It can't be the quality of the food!!!!!!

[island lady]

7 minutes ago, Lionesss said:

This morning...Bucky woke up to my homemade potato crusted quiche.   He is ready to go!  😉 

 

Sister has Celiac...good Gluten Free choice.  Broccoli, mushrooms, onions, bacon, cheese...Mmm...

was good.  Along with a yogurt fruit parfait.  Full bellies! 

 

 

 

 

 

I am continually impressed by everything you do.

No idle moments for you.

Damn, you can cook.

 

We are doing a car trip to the Sunshine state in August, maybe we will do a fly by and I can steal, I mean borrow that recipe.   

 

Seriously though, as my DH would say.   "Good Wifey"

 

Be safe

 

 

Aww...you make me blush.  Thanks for the compliment.  🤭

 

Love to cook...and have taken a lot of my cooking utensils with me, packed in my suitcase, along with favorite spices.  Amazon delivered what I could not pack, was like Christmas yesterday opening all the boxes, which we will now tote around from place to place this summer.  😵   Oh...packed grits as well, can't find them up here.  😄 

[cruise wizard]

13 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

LOL....   🤣

 

The Troll ate well this morning.  😋  That paired up with my kick ass strong coffee...he is a happy troll!  😄 

 

They say............"happy troll - happy something"??????

 

We are still waiting for some definite info on our 6/26 Edge sailing. No one has been able to check-in on line. One person called "X" and was advised check-in might be in 7 - 10 days before the sail date (scary)!!!!!

[cruise wizard]

1 minute ago, island lady said:

 

Aww...you make me blush.  Thanks for the compliment.  🤭

 

Love to cook...and have taken a lot of my cooking utensils with me, packed in my suitcase, along with favorite spices.  Amazon delivered what I could not pack, was like Christmas yesterday opening all the boxes, which we will now tote around from place to place this summer.  😵   Oh...packed grits as well, can't find them up here.  😄 

 

You might find grits in Southern Maine...................at the Y'all & Fixin' grocery stores..........eh.

[island lady]

7 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Looks like your bird feeder arrived.  See one in background.

 

Good eye!  And you were not alone...little female found all three feeders within the hour.  Need to keep good supply of sugar on hand now.  😉  Was happy Amazon did not smash up the feeders!  And the new balcony railing hanger is working well too, which has the Finch feeder on it.  

 

 

[island lady]

8 minutes ago, cruise wizard said:

 

They say............"happy troll - happy something"??????

 

We are still waiting for some definite info on our 6/26 Edge sailing. No one has been able to check-in on line. One person called "X" and was advised check-in might be in 7 - 10 days before the sail date (scary)!!!!!

 

Oh no!  Hope it ends up being a positive investigation, and you still get to go!  

[cruise wizard]

2 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

Good eye!  And you were not alone...little female found all three feeders within the hour.  Need to keep good supply of sugar on hand now.  😉  Was happy Amazon did not smash up the feeders!  And the new balcony railing hanger is working well too, which has the Finch feeder on it.  

 

 

 

Did you catch any??? Not much meat on the hummingbirds!!!! Are eagles watching your feeders??

[cruise wizard]

1 minute ago, island lady said:

 

Oh no!  Hope it ends up being a positive investigation, and you still get to go!  

 

We are remaining optimistic - got the luggage up and dusted off - packing cubes located...........making progress!!!!

[island lady]

10 minutes ago, cruise wizard said:

 

You might find grits in Southern Maine...................at the Y'all & Fixin' grocery stores..........eh.

 

Think they might have Collards and Okra?  😄  Like Collards as much as I like Kale....NOT!!  😜

[island lady]

5 minutes ago, cruise wizard said:

 

Did you catch any??? Not much meat on the hummingbirds!!!! Are eagles watching your feeders??

 

Eagles are eating the left over fish trimmings we left down on the shore.  Hope they are not looking for Hummingbirds for Dessert!!  😮 

[cruise wizard]

1 minute ago, island lady said:

 

Think they might have Collards and Okra?  😄  Like Collards as much as I like Kale....NOT!!  😜

 They may have dandelion greens...............they are good according to Mean Mary.

[cruise wizard]

1 minute ago, island lady said:

 

Eagles are eating the left over fish trimmings we left down on the shore.  Hope they are not looking for Hummingbirds for Dessert!!  😮 

 Great way to recycle the fish - reduce trash and get in some great viewing.

[island lady]

1 minute ago, cruise wizard said:

 They may have dandelion greens...............they are good according to Mean Mary.

 

Haven't tried those yet.  Need to some time I guess...under the "pass/fail" test.  😉 

[island lady]

Headed out to Acadia National Park.   Weather not as good now though, cloudy, cool and chance of rain.  May mess up our viewing.  

 

Then...back up plan...head to Reny's and LLBean (have a good outlet here in Ellsworth).  Two of our favorite stores!  🤗

[ownedbypets]

14 hours ago, M8VER3 said:

Penny is scared of the water along with anything that moves. 

 

We have 2 Newfoundlands. Newfoundlands are water rescue dogs, the Italian coast guard trains them to jump out of helicopters to save people. Neither of ours will swim! One will lie on the top step of the pool to cool off and the other won't even go near water.

[Sea Dog]

14 hours ago, M8VER3 said:

That’s Penny, our Schnauzer. 

Love the name. We named our King Charles Cavalier Spaniel "Penny" because she cost a pretty penny from the breeders.😁

[reallyitsmema]

3 hours ago, cruise wizard said:

 

So is the new Holy Donut going to be closer to the ship? I just have to get my fix every time in Portland. The walk to and from the donut shop let me eat an extra one............and sometimes the line was out the door and down the street. I hope the new spot is bigger in size and easy to walk to.

 

Yes, it will be closer to the ship and much bigger.  We were in Portland in May and went to the Holy Donut in Scarborough on our way to Portland.  We knew that the store by the port had closed but had planned on going to the other location in Portland which is farther from the port..  When I Googled for the address, I found the one in Scarborough and the information about the new store,  You will have an easy, flat walk along the waterfront to get your fix the next time you are there. 🙂 

 

Two Fat Cats is now just over a mile away, so more walkable than I thought, up and over the hill.  Not really anything else in the area where it is now but much more convenient by car.  I had placed an order for whoopie pies and blueberry scones before we left home, so I was able to pick it all up the day we headed home.  Yummy.

[reallyitsmema]

1 hour ago, cruise wizard said:

 

I just checked the web site and didn't see anything about a new location on Commercial St.

 

For those who don't know about the Holy Donut - click and dream:

 

https://theholydonut.com/

 

Hope this works.

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=holy donut locations&oq=holy+donut+lo&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0j46i175i199j0l2j0i22i30l5.9719j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&tbs=lf:1,lf_ui:4&tbm=lcl&rflfq=1&num=10&rldimm=18090125510844628275&lqi=ChRob2x5IGRvbnV0IGxvY2F0aW9ucyIDiAEBWiAKCmhvbHkgZG9udXQiCmhvbHkgZG9udXQqBggCEAAQAZIBCmRvbnV0X3Nob3CqARIQASoOIgpob2x5IGRvbnV0KAA&ved=2ahUKEwjA3uCez_vwAhXVVDUKHWsdDLAQvS4wAnoECA0QOQ&rlst=f#rlfi=hd:;si:18090125510844628275,l,ChRob2x5IGRvbnV0IGxvY2F0aW9ucyIDiAEBWiAKCmhvbHkgZG9udXQiCmhvbHkgZG9udXQqBggCEAAQAZIBCmRvbnV0X3Nob3CqARIQASoOIgpob2x5IGRvbnV0KAA;mv:[[44.1109309,-70.24646450000002],[43.5541573,-70.3659277]];tbs:lrf:!1m4!1u3!2m2!3m1!1e1!2m1!1e3!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:4

 

 

Edit:  it worked temporarily.  If you click the web results for holy donuts link on the left, what I googled appears.  There is a new location coming.  

Edited June 3, 2021 by reallyitsmema

[Sunshine3601]

20 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Love the name. We named our King Charles Cavalier Spaniel "Penny" because she cost a pretty penny from the breeders.😁

Adorable, sweetie!

[BonTexasNY]

2 hours ago, island lady said:

Had this to wake up to yesterday morning.  🙂  Could have swore we were on a cruise ship.  😉 

 

 

Uncanny, what a tease. Continue to enjoy your wonderful but faux cruise!

 

@M8VER3Adding my welcome.

[Sea Dog]

10 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Adorable, sweetie!

Thanks! Here is Penny with her sister Maggie.