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AN OAKLAND HOUSE WINTER DELIGHT. EXPERIENCE IT ALL HERE, ON THE BLUE HILL PENINSULA, OR AT NEARBY ACADIA NATIONAL PARK.
Winter is the quiet time of year, a time to read, study, cook wonderful meals, hike in the crisp air and more. Here are some tried and true suggestions:
Watch for Bald Eagles gliding overhead and congregating on Herricks Landing beach.
Hike on the Yellow, Blue, and new Green Trails that are marked with cairns, tape flags, or spots on the rocks.
 Follow the tracks in the snow: a rabbit, raccoon, deer, fox, bobcat, rabbit...
Sip hot chocolate by the fire while reading The Wall Street Journal or a comic book.
Take a sightseeing drive around Blue Hill, Sargentville, Sedgwick, and Brooklin.
Visit Acadia National Park on the winter roads.
Identify as many trees as you can by the bark and the leaves on the ground.
Cross-country ski when there is snow. Bring them or bring your snow shoes.
Attend an evening lecture at MERI (Marine Environmental Research Institute) in Blue Hill.
Go to The Grand Theatre in Ellsworth for a movie or live theatre production.
Take a drive to Hancock, explore the coast more visible now that leaves have fallen.
Pick up a bottle of wine or a specialty coffee at Rooster Brothers to have with dinner.
Go to a live concert at Blue Hill or walk the picturesque streets and browse the shops.
Do things slowly with total enjoyment.
See live theatre at the Penobscot Theatre Company in Bangor.
Browse the many antiques shops that are still open and offer off-season pricing.
Sit on a revolving stool at a lunch bar and chat with the "locals."
Order a haddock sandwich and get the best one you've ever had.
Don't shave for three days.
 Prepare a wonderful dinner with your friends staying at the other cottage.
Go to a New England church supper.
Stay in bed until noon and go back to bed at 7:00. Get all snuggly under the covers.
Each a delicious haddock sandwich at Marlintini's in Blue Hill.
Wear big rubber boots and long underwear!
Go out to dinner in Blue Hill.
Play Jenga. Bone up on your word skills with Scrabble or do a crossword puzzle.
Get your diary up to date or write that short story.
Buy really inexpensive holiday wreaths.
Write poetry or catch up on hand-written letters.
Lie on the couch and listen to your latest CD (bring player).
Count your blessings.
Pretend you never have to leave. Then, don't until spring.
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