Lazy Downtown Rockland Day

I just wanted to give you a better idea of what the area looks like, and how many islands there are. This is just a tiny portion of Mid-Coast Maine, but it is filled with these little fingers of land surrounded by water.

There is so much water here. It is everywhere. It might be a river running into the ocean, or a spring, or a huge lake ( or small one ) that narrows and runs into the ocean.

There are mountains, and dramatic cliffs with beautiful harbors in every direction.

The Rockland Christmas tree covered in Lobster Buoys.

This is actually a pretty ugly shot of main street in Rockland.

There is a Fabulous sort of style store that carries quite a few high end items.

It is a lovely shop , jammed packed with great clothes, home-wares ( only the latest and most stylish ) shoes, scarves, ties, hats......you get the idea.

It is on Main St. and called the

Black Parrot
Rockland, Maine (& Portland , Maine)
207.593.9370

They have a blog; http://blackparrotmaine.blogspot.com/

Ask for Barbara, she was so sweet, friendly & darling to look at.

I do not know how she keeps it looking so organized.

This place is filled , and I do mean filled !

I am sure you are wondering why I have these ties.... when I am stale I turn to scarves, ties, and patterned fabrics on clothing for a fresh color scheme. This has always worked for me when stuck in the design mud. Even if I only use 2 or 3 of the colors, it's usually a good start. And it is good, because I wouldn't have come up with those 2 or 3 colors, remember, I am stuck in the mud.

G.F. MacGregor
Home Decor And Design
Rockland, Maine
207.596.6300
The owner and designer is Ariana S Fischer Gregg.
ariana@gfmacgregor.com

This is Ariana, and she wouldn't turn around for me, I think it really was a "powdering her nose kinda' thing". She was nice, and very pretty . I don't blame her in the least, she had been dealing with the day after Xmas crowd, of which I was the last one of her day. ( yucko !)

This is her shop window, and the town movie theatre across the street.

Some of her things on the cocktail table. I thought the throw was great. And probably made by a local artist.

This is the back of the store and where I decided to whip out my camera and ask if I could take pictures.

I started taking pictures today because of this horse pillow. I love it !

I am a woman who loves horses deeply. And that my dear, is another story for another time.

So, anything 'HORSIE' makes my heart smile.

Notice the Tony Duquette book ???

Now this is a little antique shop down the street called :

Hall's Antiques
Rockland , Maine
207.594.5031

These are the boats etc. from inside the shop.

This is Green Depression glass - love it .

This is Pink Depression glass. I have a girlfriend with a humongous collection. When she has you over for lunch and sets the table, and serves with only this pink depression glass....it is a

KNOCK-OUT !!!

Oh look !!! There is a pair of opera glasses, and I have already had an Adventure in Design on that subject.

But these opera glasses seem to be everywhere, I myself own 2 or 3.

But what I love and collect myself in this picture is the 'Mulberry'.

The plate on the stand that looks out of focus but is not. That is just the way Mulberry looks. It is transferware, there are several colors including Mulberry. The Mulberry color actually is a purple, that is so dark that it appears to the eye as black. Dolly Hall is one of the owners. This ' Redneck Wind Chime' made me crack up when I was leaving, but Dolly hates it. Apparently her partner put it in the store.

The people of Maine, I find are pretty funny given the chance.

I have been coming to Maine most of my life, and I love , love , love it !!

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You Can Ski In Camden Maine Too !!

How is this for a Christmas card ?
Camden Maine in the winter season, IS A CHRISTMAS CARD !!

Do you like to ski ?

This is at the top of the mountain that you can see from downtown Camden.

This is skiing down while looking at the Atlantic ocean. Camden is the only place in the U.S. that you can ski and see the Atlantic ocean at the same time. I think that is pretty cool.

The Camden Harbor in winter.

This is a summer shot of Camden, but it gives you an idea of the town being right on the harbor.

I will be home soon, I have been snowed in, and I do apologize for not posting more

design related post.

It has been difficult getting anywhere.

Love to all my bloggie pals XXX

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Who Am I ?

ABOUT RENEE FINBErG 

(the designer)

I have been in this business since the age of 22. I love what I do and can not imagine my life without Design.

All areas of Design.

Design Challenges are great.
-And because of those challenges I have imported fine antique pieces from Paris, Designed and Manufactured Furniture, created Fantastic Window Treatments, and solved all kinds of problems with my unique style.

If I can't find it , I create it.

My rooms would make excellent movie sets.
I am a visual, tactile and audio sensitive individual.
Creating is what I live for, not math, not spelling, not science.
Just Great Design.

Just imagine how it would be if each of us, if only for a few hours of everyday, we could be in a space that is our very own.A place that is exactly the way we want it to be.Surrounded by all the things we wanted to see, the atmosphere we wanted feel, smell and and the sound we wanted to listen to.Private Paradise

My Work Is Here

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It Was A " Wicked Good" Concert At The Camden Opera House

Remember the movie ' Peyton Place ' ?? It was filmed in Camden Maine.

The Camden Maine Church on main street.
This is taken at 2pm in the afternoon during a blizzard.

We had lunch, starting with 'delish' clam chowder, cornbread, a field green salad on top of crab cakes.

This is Andi heading over to the Camden Opera House for the ' Camden Pops' Christmas concert that was excellent. They even played a beautiful somber Chanukah song.

I adore the cello and violin , of which there were plenty.

The view from our seats.

A larger view of the Opera House from upstairs, in the very back.

The Camden Opera House could use a historical face-lift.

A bit of a nip & a tuck here and there.

You know, a face-lift while maintaining all the integrity of the original design.

A little fine tuning and accentuating of all the good ,

while minimizing the flaws, or what does not work anymore.

That's right , just little tightening up of it all.

In fact , come to think of it ,

I need a historical Face-Lift !!!

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How To Chop Down A Chanukah Bush:

After driving for quite a while , and getting little lost, we spy the Xmas Tree Farm .

Before the fall.

.....and after.

We have found ' THE BUSH.'

( my daughter and me )

My daughter Andi and ' The Nana. '

The cutting down of the tree.

TIMBER !!!

It was about 3 degrees, and I had made a mad dash for the car because my hands were freezing. I turned around and caught this shot of Andi helping Nana back from the Xmas Trees.

This is the machine used to wrap the tree in the plastic netting.

Wouldn't it be just like one of my adventures to find an Xmas Tree Farm owned by a Jewish man from the Bronx ? His name is Lowell and he sold his Xmas Trees to supplement his real job

as a clinical psychologist/social worker.

The tree was nine feet tall, and it was all of $ 30.00 and a tip. Can you believe that ?

A Success,

Three generations on their way at last !

The upside down feet in the second picture was Lowell's idea of funny.

He was a real sweetheart of a guy.

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