display by Jo Ellen Designs Fern baby, fern! Just finished painting this six board blanket box. #shoplocal

handmade apparel and styling by Le Bouton Studio Dreaming of Summer. We all are. Summer will arrive, I promise.

window display by Jo Ellen Designs

via Sharon Kitchens The First Annual Maine Chicken Coop Tour will be held Saturday, September 28, 2013 from 10AM – 4PM. This self-guided tour will showcase an array of backyard chicken coops that display a variety of construction designs and materials, from recycled to custom designed coops. Inspired by the Funky Chicken Coop Tour in […]

design and text by Rockport Marine Our designers have some great ideas on the drafting table that are waiting to come to fruition. This most recent concept – a 65′ yawl – is too pretty not to share. She’s a Spirit of Tradition yacht intended for coastal cruising and racing in occasional classic yacht regattas. […]

text and design by Brendan Riordan for Rockport Marine “I don’t know how to do that. But I will figure it out and get back to you.” This is my favorite part about working at Rockport Marine; I utter these words or similar almost every day. “Figuring it out” could take a couple of minutes, […]

text by Philip Conkling for The Working Waterfront Although most of us have trouble trying to define in the abstract what the term “sustainably” means, we also instinctively understand that islands are great places to experience what our lives become when we disconnect from elaborate, invisible and often incomprehensible systems that keep life humming along […]