Summer was threatening to end in just a couple short weeks when I received the most lovely invitation to make a day trip to Kennebunk, Maine for a lobster roll lunch, some shopping at Snug Harbor Farm, and exclusive entree into a few of the most charming gardens on the east coast. I accepted, of course, and brought back the pictures to prove it. It was a day of visual beauty coupled with the sound of waves crashing on rocky beaches, birdsong, and the industrious hum of landscaping crews.
The two-hour drive there was well worth it to experience all that. I returned home, spiritually renewed and glad that I detached for a day to explore a part of my own New England backyard that I’d never checked out before. Even if you’re a Maine regular (as I found out that day that so many of you are), you’ll enjoy this armchair view of Kennebunk, a place that prides itself on being, “The only village in the world so named.”
![Snug Harbor Farm, Kennebunk, Maine](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13020532/21765045_10155660629209898_7157565659289907339_n-524x393.jpg)
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![Snug Harbor Farm](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13020520/21752356_10155660630759898_26569179696756933_n-524x393.jpg)
![Kennebunk, Maine](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13020508/21765009_10155660632469898_2334699421800391787_n-524x393.jpg)
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![Kennebunk, Maine](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13020505/21762113_10155660632459898_6682262276166967254_n-524x393.jpg)
![Snug Harbor Farm, Kennebunk, Maine](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13020538/21752338_10155660629354898_610613393883651313_n-524x393.jpg)
![Snug Harbor Farm, Kennebunk, Maine](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13020536/21764901_10155660629359898_4557058443794869912_n-524x393.jpg)
![Snug Harbor Farm, Kennebunk, Maine](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13020534/21761820_10155660629244898_5331722006182984129_n-524x393.jpg)
![Snug Harbor Farm, Kennebunk, Maine](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13020531/21766728_10155660629949898_2514972927283427457_n-524x393.jpg)
![Snug Harbor Farm, Kennebunk, Maine](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13020523/21617874_10155660630754898_2428062086383890450_n-524x393.jpg)
![Snug Harbor Farm, Kennebunk, Maine](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13020518/21761687_10155660630629898_7409224835184068903_n-524x393.jpg)
![Snug Harbor Farm, Kennebunk, Maine](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13020511/21686368_10155660631424898_7382530411498349820_n-524x393.jpg)
Back to the gardens…
![Kennebunk, Maine](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13020501/21752315_10155660632284898_724678155613130294_n-524x393.jpg)
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![Kennebunk, Maine](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13020500/21761426_10155660635639898_7520314116383245318_n-524x393.jpg)
Thanks for a great day, LH. You were the hostess with the mostess.
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