What is your favorite thing about August?
“We begin harvesting for our families and also to share with people who have need for healthy food but don’t have the means or access to healthy fruits and vegetables. For many years, I’ve enjoyed being a part of the work that we, the Master Gardeners of Oxford County, have done to distribute fresh food to others. This year the produce is going to area food pantries.”
Theo Cornish
Norway
“School! (I like best,) mostly, art.”
Lyndon Brackett
“Actually mine is the weather. The hotness goes away and the coolness begins.”
Ashley Thibodeau
Norway
“Still warm and it’s pleasant. It’s not too hot and not too cold — it’s great.”
Don Iwans Jr.
Norway
“Pre-season football — Stealers.”
Bear Brink
Orlando, Fla.
“School starts.”
Linwood Tripp
Norway
“Everything good that has ever happened for me has happened in August: Met my husband Aug. 8, my daughter was born eight years later — Aug. 8, and my lucky number is eight. It’s a sign of completion. … It’s funny, my future husband has 88 acres of land, so I guess I’ll marry him.”
Theresa Cagnone
Sumner
“Gardens start to be harvested — fresh vegetables — tomatoes, cucumbers.”
Cindy Ouellette
South Paris
“Our kids go off to camp.”
Nicole Robichaud
Oxford
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