Woodbine Cottage, The Heart Of Harpswell

My sister, Tory, and I dearly cherish and care for Woodbine Cottage, left to us by our amazingly beautiful mom, Petey. We both live in Maine, myself in Portland, and Tory in Dresden. Tory takes care of the financial end of things, while I manage booking and the hands-on care of Woodbine. It's been my great pleasure to care for this family cottage, as it's a way to still enjoy and honor our love for Mom, while also basking in the beauty of the place.

Honestly, this is one of the most beautiful, even enchanted, places to live or visit on the Maine coast. Indian Rest is an association. Please visit the association website (https://www.indianrest.org/trails-1) where you'll find pictures and a map of the trails you're welcome to explore. Woodbine Cottage is a little ways down Indian Rest Road on the left, and there's a painted sign at the top of the driveway so you can't miss it. There is a runway and dock directly off the waterfront side of the property, which is owned by our neighbor, a large house that you will have just passed to get to our driveway. This is a private dock not to be accessed, but feel free to spend time on the land and rocks all along the shore, as this is all association land. Whereas, the dock to the left or west of this one, as well as the association dock which is a short walk to the east (follow the shore path to get to either) are both available for tenant use. We don't provide kayaks or a canoe, but if you have one, this is a wonderful area for paddling. There's a pine tree on the shoreline, right by our neighbor's dock out front, that holds a big bald eagle's nest, currently with fledgeling eaglets. You'll be seeing people walk across what looks like our yard between the house and water, but association land begins not too far from the house, and its edge is the path. Any of these people walking can probably help you with finding the path as well.

My sister and I are very fortunate to have inherited Woodbine Cottage from our uncommonly beautiful and infinitely kind, dear Mom. She bought this property, as both a guest cottage and for us to have in the future, back in the mid 1990's when it was a smaller one bedroom place. She renovated it adding a second bedroom and screened porch. There's a painting hung there of what the cottage looked like years before Mom owned it. The essence of Mom's deeply kind and creative heart remains present, like a quiet signature, adding to the sublime peace and quiet of this waterfront retreat.