Most people probably think they know when they're doing something that's against the law in Maine. Littering? Everybody ought to be aware that's illegal. Meth lab in the kitchen? No question you've got a law-enforcement problem. Pyramid scheme involving sales of oil leases in the Georges Bank? Get lawyered up in a hurry. In other areas, though, it can be tough to tell which side of the law you're on. Going topless in public? It's legal for both men and women.
 
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Karen Lannon and her brother, Hal Cushing, have perhaps the most unusual piece of waterfront property in Greater Portland: a twenty-four-acre island complete with an artillery-ready, three-bastion granite fort. The two-story fort is fully equipped with parapets, parade ground, and cavernous munitions bunkers and is suitable for repulsing any hostile parties who might wish to attack the Old Port with nineteenth-century naval assets.
 
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Savvy gardeners are increasingly using native plants in their landscape designs to attract wildlife and for their natural beauty ranging from subtle to supremely eye-catching. Native Plants for Your Maine Garden is aimed at home gardeners interested in native flowering perennials, foliage perennials, grasses, groundcovers, shrubs, and trees to enrich their gardens and for their cold hardiness, disease resistance, and noninvasive characteristics.
 
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Tucked practically underneath the overpass that whisks travelers through Bath sits a nondescript grey building with the words "Halcyon Yarn" painted in fading letters on its facade. But don't let the exterior fool you. For many Bath visitors, Halcyon Blake's thirty-nine-year-old business is a destination in itself. Whether they're there to grab a few dozen skeins of the 114 different types of yarn that Blake sells or to take one of the hundred different knitting courses offered here, these knitters all feed off the enthusiasm that this admitted transplant from Colorado has infused into her store.

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