Wicked July New England

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Edith/Maddie here, thinking about what’s fun in New England in July.

We haven’t run a post like this in years. It’s Friday in mid-July, so let’s go for it.

Photo credit: Andy Li, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Earlier in the week, we re-ran a post about summer activities from five years ago. Wickeds, share your favorite New England July activity for this year! Photos are a bonus.

Jessie: My wedding anniversary is in early in the month so I am always up for something special and celebratory in July. I cannot think of anything better than swimming in the cold Atlantic on a hot July day with my sweetheart!

Liz: Sitting my butt on the beach with a book, and jumping in the water when it gets too hot! Also some lemonade and perhaps an ice cream later if I really want to get decadent!

Sherry: I’m very jealous of all this beach talk and the fact that you all are in New England and I’m not. If I was in New England I’d definitely drive to Maine for a lobster roll, go to a Red Sox game, and get ice cream from Bedford Farms. And, yes, that’s a small cup!

Edith/Maddie: Sweet corn is high on the list! As is an early morning at beach with my notebook, hat, and imagination.

Julie: Summer concerts, ice cream, beach days, laying on the porch reading, eating seafood, meeting a friend for a drink at an outdoor cafe. Honestly, the heat is tough, but this is my favorite time of year.

Readers: What’s your favorite regional summer thing to do?

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Agatha Award -winning author Edith Maxwell writes the historical Quaker Midwife Mysteries (Beyond the Page) and short crime fiction. As Maddie Day she writes the Dot and Amelia Mysteries, the Country Store Mysteries series, the Cozy Capers Book Group Mysteries, and the Cece Barton Mysteries (all from Kensington Publishing). She lives north of Boston in an antique house with her beau and cat Martin, where she writes, gardens, cooks, and wastes time on Facebook.

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  1. July is a BIG month in this Folk Music Capital! There is music everywhere from the courthouse square to the pic ‘n’ park and even lawns and street corners. It’s a time of concerts at several indoor venues. This July has Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives doing a concert at the Ozark Folk Center. There’s also National Day of the Cowboy and a Bob Ross painting workshop hosted by Mountain View Meeting Place. There’s always something to do and music everywhere here in July. It’s one of the reasons we moved here.
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  4. I love going to the farmer’s markets during the summer!-Sheryl Hagan (The Book Observatory)

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  5. I am excited to go to a Foo Fighters Concert here in Denver in August. We have lots of summer fun Farmers Markets, Renaissance Fair’s and lots of music.

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  6. I’m in Maine, but far from the beaches. Visiting Farmer’s Markets is one of my favorite activities. Our growing season is short here, but the produce is oh so tasty.

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  7. Sweet corn, fresh watermelon. I picked three peaches off my tree last night – first time for that! Oh, and if the squirrels hadn’t eaten them, I’d be enjoying fresh strawberries with cream.

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  8. Just being outside and enjoying the hot WX. Working in the yard is an extra!

    Jessie, we just celebrated our 49th this month. July is truly special.

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  9. I love the water. Don’t go to the beach that often (I should fix that), but I do love hitting the pool.

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