local colors

A couple of weekends ago, we brought Binbin to the Wabanaki festival, featuring music, dance, crafts, and stories of Maine's four native peoples. One little girl was especially friendly. She toddled over to Binbin, and he shared a pretzel with her. She later shared her mama's drum stick. Needless to say, Binbin was beside himself with delight when it comes to all things percussive.



Men's drumming alternated with women's drumming. Here, we watch folks circling from above in Smith Union.



As we left the Union, Binbin spied three older kids posing on this Bowdoin landmark. He clambered up for a picture, too.



There was some flooding in Maine these past couple of weeks, with the snow melt from the mountains combining with rain. The Androscoggin was high, and so we walked down to the river to see it...



And to throw rocks.



When Yeye and Nainai came to visit, we have much better weather. We took a hike to the water's edge at Wolf's Neck State Park.