Natalie left, we cleaned up the boat and did laundry, re-provisioned, and suddenly it was my birthday! It was hot, by Maine standards anyway, so we ducked into the Farnsworth Art Museum for an air-conditioned visit. I wasn’t particularly impressed with some of the newer exhibits (paintings from the 1950’s of every day life just don’t do it for me), but we loved the Wyeth exhibit of painters grandfather NC, father Andrew, and son Jamie, especially as much of the art was from local Maine spots which we’ve visited recently, such as Monhegan.
For lunch we managed to snag a spot at Café Miranda, one of the more popular local restaurants and where we’d had dinner two years ago (still just as delicious). After that, it was back to the boat and a chance to welcome friend Lawrence, who was on his way back from his solo sailing adventure to Canada. It was a blast to catch up with him on all of his recent sailing stops. We plan to spend a bit of time with him and Viviane when she arrives in two days for her summer vacation.
We had seen the documentary Maiden about Tracy Edwards and the all female crew in the 1989 round the world Whitbread sailing race back in Boston in June, and had actually met Tracy at a Q&A after the screening. It was showing again up in Rockland, so we talked Lawrence and Viviane into going. It was just as good the second time around, and we capped off the evening over hearty meals at a local Italian restaurant.
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