we love our southern beauty, but there’s beauty everywhere . rinne recently spent time in maine, so here’s a week of posts of beauty elsewhere.
i spent a long stretch of time in maine this summer, as i have the past 5 summers. i go with my family each year, driving the distance from georgia.
i am continually inspired by its beauty, people, and the life there. this week, i am sharing what i saw.
- rinne.
in maine, they grow low-bush blueberries. they grow wild in meadows they call barrrens. they grow so low that you can pass by them and hardly know they are there.
one of my favorite things to discover in maine are the ‘honor system’ roadside stands- unmanned, they sit, full of that day’s bounty- be it veggies, flowers or, in this case, blueberries.
another patron pulled up as i was walking back to the car and said that that was probably the last of the bluberries for the season…
we hurried home and made compote by simply cooking the blueberries on high, then simmering on low ’til they began to thicken, stirring occasionally. we added no sugar or honey, since they turned sweet on their own. we drizzled the compote on my mom’s homemade ice cream, on my leftover birthday cake, and on our pancakes the next morning. it made everything better.
