Kennebunkport Christmas Prelude '09

What a spectacular first week-end of Christmas Prelude this year! It was almost 50 degrees on Friday and not much cooler early Saturday then as if art directed - the snow started falling from the sky on Saturday night just as as it was getting dark enough for the tree lighting ceremony in the center of town. We are lucky to have the perfect view from our store front window of holiday tree in dock square tree adorned with buoys from local lobstering families. We awoke to a winter wonderland on Sunday morning with snow deeper than my boots and scurried in to town just in time for Santa's arrival by boat. Corny as it might sound, it's hard not to feel the spirit of the holiday this time of year in our little New England Town.

Kennebunkport Christmas Prelude

Maine's Salt Water Pets

Does anyone remember "A Seal Called Andre" - the book about a Maine harbor seal who who spent his winters at the New England Aquarium in Boston and his summers in Rockport Harbor with a human family? We ran across a vintage copy and couldn't resist picking it up for the store. And the photos are so damn cute - we had to share...

We also located a vintage postcard from Maine featuring another Seal Pup with a young lobsterman offering him a bottle. Even Mainers can be softies!

A Seal Called Andre