Dialectical Differences

It's time to bring our New Hampshire trip to a close. It's amazing that it has been two whole weeks since we were there! We were in New Hampshire at the beginning of the Lupine Festival season. What's a lupine you ask? Well, it looks a lot like a bluebonnet on steroids and comes in a variety of colors. We saw indigo, pink, lavender, and white.


We spent a morning in Sugar Hill, NH (about 30 minutes north of the cabins we were staying in) because there was a Lupine Festival and Art show. We saw some neat work, bought some jewelry, really nice rolling pins, some functional ceramic pieces, and soap. We also saw some not so neat work, but it was a small town. Incidentally some of the police officers working the art show looked 12.


After perusing the art show, we went hunting for lupines to photograph. Since it was the beginning of the season, there were only a few places to go, but we were able to snap some beautiful shots.


After all that hard work (and standing in the sun), we stopped for lunch at Polly's Pancake Parlor. You could order your pancakes anyway you wanted choosing from the type of flour (cornmeal, buckwheat, original, wheat, oatmeal buttermilk) and possibly the type of mix-in (blueberries, coconut, chocolate chips, and a daily special). Then our server made our pancakes in two courses (so they were always warm). They were superbly delicious. I want some right now...


So, lupine is apparently pronounced "lupin,"and is only spelled with a silent 'e' at the end in North America. Although, I like the sound of lupine better. It is in the Lupinus genus, in the pea family, and in fact, the Texas Bluebonnet is a type of lupine. The New Hampshire lupines were much larger than Texas Bluebonnets, so I guess this is one case where everything is not always bigger in Texas.