Breakfast is included

and so are afternoon treats and our evening hors d'oeuvres, and the pillow chocolates, and the bottled water we send with you on your hike, and the fruity iced tea we serve you when you arrive, and the coffee we offer morning, noon, and night. So don't worry about extras being added to your bill (other than the wine or drinks, as per our liquor license, but we have some nice choices to offer you, with reasonable price tags).

But let me tell you about the breakfasts. They're served in our sunny breakfast room (OK, I can't guarantee it will always be sunny. But on foggy days--and in a seaside village, we get fog sometimes--we light the candles). This photo shows two paintings of my grandfather's. Thanks to my mother and Aunt Sal, I get to have them welcoming you to the dining room.

We begin breakfast with a fruit course, fresh and local when we can, and juices, followed by our bread course. My three favorites are the apple tarts, the pecan mini muffins, and my own pecan coffee cake. You'll have to decide among our entrée options. (I took a friend to a B&B once--a tall, big guy who happened to be a vegetarian. We were served sausage and a very sweet French toast concoction. He was miserable.) The Blue Hill Inn always has choices for you--the blueberry pancake recipe has been served at the inn for decades and many many guests have told me they are the best they've ever had! We offer waffles some mornings with a fruit sauce or a special syrup or French toast with a raisin bread--my favorite so far this year. It's bread from Millbrook Bakery, in nearby Sedgwick.

And eggs! Ruth is our egg lady. She drops by every Thursday and brings her gorgeous eggs into the kitchen. Her chickens must be sunshiny happy--their yolks are bright and beautiful. We'll make omelettes with yummy fillings or scramble them with cheeses or poach them with local organic tomatoes. This morning, Head-of-the-Kitchen Matt added local organic scallions, too, that added purple and green to the red and yellow. Add an orange nasturtium from the garden and it was art on a plate. Why didn't I take a picture to show you?!

We offer toast from breads Kathy at Blue Hill Hearth makes for us. And don't forget bacon from Smith's Smokehouse or the organic chicken sausage from Island Acres Farm. Don't worry--you can hike Blue Hill Mountain, walk out to the Seaside Cemetery, or go for a swim. You'll be hungry for a cookie later.