02.25.10

Bath Iron Works

Bath Iron Works - click to enlarge

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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02.24.10

furled 2

furled - click to enlarge

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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02.23.10

furled

furled - click to enlarge

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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12.1.09

tumbled

tumbled - click to enlarge

Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine

Today only: Free-e-day downloads of two short story collections, Pieces and Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny, here.

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10.21.09

Burnt Island Light 4

Burnt Island Light 4 - click to enlarge

Burnt Island, Boothbay Harbor, Maine

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10.20.09

Burnt Island Light 3

Burnt Island Light 3 - click to enlarge

Burnt Island, Boothbay Harbor, Maine

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10.19.09

island point

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Burnt Island, Boothbay Harbor, Maine

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10.18.09

mangled

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lost lobster trap, Burnt Island, Boothbay Harbor, Maine

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10.17.09

sea gaze

sea gaze - click to enlarge

Burnt Island, Boothbay Harbor, Maine

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10.16.09

Harbor Light

Harbor Light - click to enlarge

Boothbay Harbor, Maine

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10.15.09

Island Stones

Island Stones - click to enlarge

Burnt Island, near Boothbay, Maine.

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10.14.09

Cast Up



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Lobster trap lost at sea, Burnt Island, near Boothbay, Maine.

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10.13.09

Summer Hat

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Burnt Island, near Boothbay, Maine.

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10.12.09

Burnt Island

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Burnt Island, near Boothbay, Maine.

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10.11.09

Burnt Island Light 2

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Burnt Island, near Boothbay, Maine.

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10.10.09

Burnt Island Light

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Burnt Island, near Boothbay, Maine.

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10.6.09

That nothing can stay and nothing can bind

That nothing can stay and nothing can bind - click to enlarge

The father sat, and told them tales
Of wrecks in the great September gales,
Of pirates coasting the Spanish Main,
And ships that never came back again,
The chance and change of a sailor’s life,
Want and plenty, rest and strife,
His roving fancy, like the wind,
That nothing can stay and nothing can bind,
And the magic charm of foreign lands,
With shadows of palms, and shining sands,
Where the tumbling surf,
O’er the coral reefs of Madagascar,
Washes the feet of the swarthy Lascar,
As he lies alone and asleep on the turf.

from The Building of the Ship by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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10.5.09

the sailor considers the sea

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Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine

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10.2.09

traps

traps - click to enlarge

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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10.1.09

net

net - click to enlarge

fishing net, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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09.30.09

mast

mast - click to enlarge

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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09.29.09

lines

lines - click to enlarge

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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09.28.09

from the hold

from the hold - click to enlarge

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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09.26.09

Sherman Zwicker 3

Sherman Zwicker 3 - click to enlarge

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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09.25.09

Sherman Zwicker 2

Sherman Zwicker 2 - click to enlarge

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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09.24.09

rigging

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Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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09.23.09

Sherman Zwicker 1

Sherman Zwicker 1 - click to enlarge

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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09.23.09

tackle

tackle - click to enlarge

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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09.22.09

rope

rope - click to enlarge

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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09.21.09

coil

coil - click to enlarge

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath

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09.17.09

driftwood

driftwood - click to enlarge

Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine

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09.16.09

surf

surf - click to enlarge

Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine

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09.15.09

tidal pool

tiday pool - click to enlarge

Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine

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09.13.09

rescue boat 4

rescue boat 4 - click to enlarge

Burnt Island, near Boothbay, Maine

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09.12.09

rescue boat 3

rescue boat 3 - click to enlarge

Burnt Island, near Boothbay, Maine

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09.11.09

rescue boat 2

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Burnt Island, near Boothbay, Maine

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09.10.09

rescue boat

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Burnt Island, near Boothbay, Maine

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09.9.09

chalet for sale

chalet for sale - click to enlarge

Woodstock, Maine

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09.8.09

rail

rail - click to enlarge

Woodstock, Maine

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09.7.09

barn 2

barn 2 - click to enlarge

Woodstock, Maine

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09.6.09

barn

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Woodstock, Maine, shortly before the Norway-Paris tornado

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09.5.09

Lake Christopher

Lake Christopher - click to enlarge

Lake Christopher, Woodstock, Maine

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09.4.09

Rescue Boat

Rescue Boat - click to enlarge

Burnt Island Light, near Boothbay, Maine

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09.3.09

Burnt Island Porch

Burnt Island Porch - click to enlarge

Burnt Island Light, near Boothbay, Maine

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09.2.09

Burnt Island Light 2

Burnt Island Light 2 - click to enlarge

Burnt Island Light, near Boothbay, Maine

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09.1.09

Burnt Island Light

Burnt Island Light - click to enlarge

Burnt Island Light, near Boothbay, Maine

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01.28.09

snack shack


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Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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01.27.09

wave


wave - click to enlarge

Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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01.26.09

kelp bed


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Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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01.25.09

water meets stone


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Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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01.24.09

Round many western islands have I been


Round many western islands have I been - click to enlarge

Much have I travell’d in the realms of gold,
And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;
Round many western islands have I been
Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.

from On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer, John Keats

Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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01.23.09

stone and shore


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Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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01.22.09

pile


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Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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01.21.09

furrows and grooves


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Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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12.18.08

green star bag


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A sail transformed into a stylish bag at Sea Bags, Portland, Maine.

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12.17.08

canvas


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Old sails wait to be transformed into bags at Sea Bags, Portland, Maine.

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12.16.08

Porthole Restaurant 2


Porthole Restaurant 2 - click to enlarge

Porthole Restaurant, on the wharf, Portland, Maine.

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12.15.08

Porthole Restaurant


Porthole Restaurant - click to enlarge

Porthole Restaurant, on the wharf, Portland, Maine.

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11.27.08

splash your great pines


splash your great pines - click to enlarge

Whirl up, sea?
whirl your pointed pines,
splash your great pines
on our rocks,
hurl your green over us,
cover us with your pools of fir.

Oread by H.D.

Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine. 1912 Graflex pinhole, ~5 minutes’ exposure.

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11.26.08

þú þök að fjúka út á brot sjó


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þú þök að fjúka út á brot sjó
. . .
You roofs blow out into the stormy sea

gobbledigook, sigur rós

Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine. 1912 Graflex pinhole, ~5 minutes’ exposure.

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11.25.08

Now I reach across time to take hold of your hand


Now I reach across time to take hold of your hand - click to enlarge

I’ve searched through the hills and I’ve read all the words
Now I reach across time to take hold of your hand

Molly Ockett’s Song, Marge Bruchac

Molly Ockett’s grave, Andover, Maine.

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11.24.08

pail of sand


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Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

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11.22.08

sand shark


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Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

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11.21.08

beach food


beach food - click to enlarge

Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

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11.20.08

emerging


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Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

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11.19.08

the beginning and the end of our dominion


the beginning and the end of our dominion - click to enlarge

Sand is the beginning and the end
of our dominion.

Shoreline by Mary Barnard

Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

  • celeste from myphotosquare
  • proposition 8 from bighappyfunhouse
  • smoke from Electrolite
  • bedroom window from Under the Amber Moon
  • untitled from rebecca
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    11.18.08

    surf and piers


    surf and piers - click to enlarge

    Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

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    11.17.08

    surf


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    Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

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    11.14.08

    sentry


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    Civil War memorial, Bethel, Maine.

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    11.13.08

    Simon Hason.


    Simon Hason. - click to enlarge

    Woodlawn Cemetery, Andover, Maine.

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    11.12.08

    Molly Ockett’s Grave


    Molly Ockett's Grave - click to enlarge

    Woodlawn Cemetery, Andover, Maine.

    Molly Ockett was an Abenaki woman who lived in the mountains between Maine and New Hampshire in the early 19th century. Her Abenaki name was Singing Bird; she was baptised as “Marie Agatha” by French Catholic missionaries, hence her Americanized name. “Molly Ockett” has been incorporated into the names of schools, businesses, and natural features throughout the Androscoggin valley, and legends abound about her. She is cast sometimes as a healer, sometimes as a witch, and always as a complicated figure who moved at ease between the Native and English worlds.

    I have, I think, a more respectful picture of her grave in a light-tight box in the basement, waiting for me to apply smelly chemicals to the 4×5 film.

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    11.11.08

    Polly


    Polly - click to enlarge

    Woodlawn Cemetery, Andover, Maine.

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    11.10.08

    island


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    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

    Looking for a worthy cause to support? Take a look at this one at DonorsChoose.org: a junior high school teacher in Owatonna wants to introduce her students to poetry through verse novels. I’ve donated to the project, but it still needs some help to reach its goal. Lend a hand (and a few bucks) if you can!

    And if this particular project doesn’t do it for you, browse through the other education projects at DonorsChoose.org; teachers ask, you choose, students learn.

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    11.4.08

    Vote.


    Vote. - click to enlarge

    Campaign office, Bethel, Maine.

    Vote. Vote. Vote.

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    10.27.08

    at play on the rocks

    at play on the rocks - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

    Check out the From a Farther Room iGoogle Theme, featuring four black and white photographs from this photoblog: Lake Superior waves at Grand Marais, a Minneapolis leaf pile, a vintage Lake Street sign, and a South Minneapolis alley in the snow.

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    10.26.08

    graflex on the beach

    graflex on the beach - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    10.22.08

    stones meet sky and sea

    stones meet sky and sea - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    10.21.08

    seaweed and stones

    seaweed and stones - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    10.20.08

    trees and stones

    trees and stones - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    10.19.08

    rock flow 2

    rock flow 2 - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    10.18.08

    stone waves

    stone waves - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    10.17.08

    driftwood 2

    driftwood 2 - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    10.16.08

    driftwood

    driftwood - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    10.15.08

    tide

    tide - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    10.13.08

    water’s edge

    water's edge - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    10.12.08

    shore shadows

    shore shadows - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    10.11.08

    beach run

    beach run - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    10.10.08

    from the sea

    from the sea - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    10.9.08

    fishing lesson

    fishing lesson - click to enlarge

    On the big rock in the middle of North Pond, Locke Mills/Greenwood, Maine.

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    10.8.08

    rock portrait

    rock portrait - click to enlarge

    Peter on the big rock in the middle of North Pond, Locke Mills/Greenwood, Maine.

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    10.7.08

    rock shot

    rock shot - click to enlarge

    Peter lines up a Graflex pinhole shot on the big rock in the middle of North Pond, Locke Mills/Greenwood, Maine. I’ve got a box of 4×5 sheets–mostly of rocks–that I need to develop when I find a spare hour to spend in the dark.

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    10.5.08

    landing party

    landing party - click to enlarge

    Granddad and Margaret in the canoe, and Mom and Jack in the kayak, approach the big rock in the middle of North Pond, Locke Mills/Greenwood, Maine. They boys insisted on having their birthday lunch out on this hunk of granite–not a bad summertime adventure.

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    10.4.08

    back to the rock

    back to the rock - click to enlarge

    From the big rock in the middle of North Pond, Locke Mills/Greenwood, Maine.

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    10.3.08

    lakeside chairs

    lakeside chairs - click to enlarge

    Looking at the little island from the big rock in the middle of North Pond, Locke Mills/Greenwood, Maine.

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    10.2.08

    sliding past

    sliding past - click to enlarge

    From the big rock in the middle of North Pond, Locke Mills/Greenwood, Maine.

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    10.1.08

    landing the canoe

    landing the canoe - click to enlarge

    The big rock in the middle of North Pond, Locke Mills/Greenwood, Maine.

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    09.28.08

    leap

    leap - click to enlarge

    The big rock in the middle of North Pond, Locke Mills/Greenwood, Maine.

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    09.27.08

    rock flow

    rock flow - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Geogetown, ME.

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    09.26.08

    rockbound

    rockbound - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Geogetown, ME.

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    09.25.08

    rock shelf

    rock shelf - click to enlarge

    Reid State Park, Geogetown, ME.

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    09.23.08

    The Hard Structure of the World

    The Hard Structure of the World - click to enlarge

    The hard structure of the world,
    The world structure of illusion.

    From seeing too much of the world
    We do not understand it.

    There is something unknown in knowing.
    Unfaith is what keeps faith going.

    The Hard Structure of the World by Richard Eberhart

    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    09.22.08

    The Country of Pointed Firs

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    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    09.21.08

    Hilltop

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    Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine.

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    09.13.07

    North Pond: Abandoned

    North Pond: Abandoned - click to enlarge

    Contrary to appearances, Granddad is actually bringing his kayak toward the boy on the rock; his kayak was missing a critical component: without a keel, it was very good at going in circles, somewhat OK at going backwards, and not very effective at all in going forward.

    Now see these:

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    09.12.07

    North Pond: Overboard

    North Pond: Overboard - click to enlarge

    Now see these:

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    09.11.07

    North Pond: Kelly

    North Pond: Kelly - click to enlarge

    Now see these:

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    09.10.07

    North Pond: Peter

    North Pond: Peter - click to enlarge

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    09.9.07

    North Pond: Swimmers 2

    North Pond: Swimmers 2 - click to enlarge

    Hurrah! One of my favorite photoblogs, incidence, is back with new content from Togo. I can only imagine the logistical hurdles that had to be leaped to get these wonderful black and white images to the world (though we’re given a hint that falciparum malaria was involved . . . ick . . .).

    Take special note of this ancestor hut, wooden pirogue, and portrait at Wonougba; but they’re all great, and the site is worth frequent visits.

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    09.8.07

    North Pond: Swimmers

    North Pond: Swimmers - click to enlarge

    Happy travels, Madeleine L’Engle. What precocious child of the ’60s and ’70s wasn’t shaped by your wonder-filled adventures? I still sometimes think of tesseracts and moebius strips while I’m falling asleep.

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    09.7.07

    North Pond: Landing Party

    North Pond: Landing Party - click to enlarge

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    09.6.07

    North Pond: On the rock

    North Pond: On the rock - click to enlarge

    Prints of this and other North Pond photographs are available for sale.

    Updated October 15, 2007: Named a Moody Monday favorite for the Solitary theme.

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    09.5.07

    North Pond: Megalith

    North Pond: Megalith - click to enlarge

    Not really a megalith, of course; the precariously situated rock was probably dropped on the granite island in the middle of North Pond by the glacier that scooped out the lake 25,000-odd years ago.

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    09.4.07

    North Pond

    North Pond - click to enlarge

    One of our favorite activities at Granddad’s house is taking his kayaks out on North Pond, a lake surrounded by Woodstock and Greenwood. I’ve always been intrigued by a rock in the middle of the lake, a hunk of granite dropped there by the glacier that scooped out the pond; we paddled out to stand on it and look at the smooth, clear water. The Holga came along, since I can’t imagine dropping it in the pond would do it much harm . . .

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    08.30.07

    rockbound 2

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    Portland Head

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    08.29.07

    rockbound

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    Portland Head

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    08.28.07

    light tower

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    Portland Head Light

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    08.27.07

    Portland Head

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    As the Spoonbridge is to Minneapolis, so Portland Head is to Maine, but more so. Horribly over-shot (and, in this case, over-processed; remember, Photoshop filters are not sufficient to make a dull picture interesting . . . ).

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    08.26.07

    I spy

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    Jack tests his new spyglass at Portland Head Light.

    The boys’ party went well yesterday, though there was a vicious water balloon attack: the 50 balloons that I spent an hour filling were thrown at me in under five minutes by a hoard of 6- and 7-year-olds. They also turned the sprinkler on me. It was somewhat reminiscent of my cautionary tale from a couple years back. The cold I was nursing got a whole lot worse after the soaking, but I think I’ll live.

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    08.25.07

    Wanna lobstah?

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    Jack and Peter pluck a lobster from the sea at the Children’s Museum of Maine in Portland. Hard to believe they turn 6 today: first grade is just over a week away.

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    08.24.07

    portal

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    Peter at the Children’s Museum of Maine, looking out from the pirate ship out back. We hadn’t been to the museum in two years, but the boys remembered everything about it; before we left they wrote out their plan and listed pretty much all the displays: the fire truck, the grocery store, the camp site, and, of course, the pirate ship.

    Sad news yesterday: Grace Paley passed away at 84. Paley was one of the great short stories writers of the last half of the 20th century; in my personal pantheon, she’s in a triumvirate with Raymond Carver and Ann Beattie. Like Carver, Paley shone a bright but loving light into the dark corners of normal people; like Beattie, she wove together private and public struggles in a way that made the political truly personal, and vice versa. And like no one else, she combined humor and sadness into uplifting tales without a trace of saccharin.

    What’s especially striking about Paley is her commitment to the short form: stories weren’t a stepping stone to novels, a career move to sell a bigger book. There were just the three luminous collections, plus some poetry and essay collections, but no great epic saga. And her output was spaced widely over four decades; one has the sense that her effortless prose was actually hard-won after great struggle. Few writers have said so much with so few words.

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    08.23.07

    cone

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    Jack works on a cone at Fuller’s Gourmet Chocolates and Ice Cream on the Portland waterfront. The only good thing about our delayed flight was a chance to hang out with Granddad for a couple more hours at the waterfront for hot dogs, Italian sandwiches, and ice cream . . .

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    08.22.07

    Tree Fort: Moose House

    Tree Fort: Moose House - click to enlarge

    And so we bid farewell to Moose House, at least until our next visit to Granddad. Auntie Betsy and Uncle Brian are visiting now–perhaps Granddad will enlist Uncle Brian’s help in building an addition . . .

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    08.21.07

    Tree Fort: Up the Wall

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    A few more tree fort shots ahead . . .

    It turns out the boys are actually part spider monkey: the climbing wall on Moose House fort wasn’t too much of a challenge at all…

    Some sad news on one of our local tragedies: one of the people injured in the Clicquot Club Cafe accident has died. And a bittersweet ending (we hope) to the search for victims of the highway bridge collapse, as Gregory Jolstad is finally recovered. Falling bridges, flooding streets, trucks crashing into sidewalk cafes–it’s been a rough August for Minnesota. The State Fair is right around the corner, though, and Jack and Peter have big birthday plans this weekend, so maybe the month will go out on a high note.

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    08.20.07

    Tree Fort: Building the Wall

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    A few more tree fort shots ahead . . .

    One of our last minute design decisions was the climbing wall. The guys weren’t sure at first that they wanted one–it’s pretty high–but after a trip up the little climbing walls at the Children’s Museum of Maine they decided to give it a shot. Granddad built the (in)famous confidence course at a Wisconsin college as part of a leadership program, so he’s the guy to get for adding climbing walls and ropes and such to a tree fort.

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    08.15.07

    Tree Fort: Up the Ladder

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    Peter climbs the tree fort ladder.

    If you’re casting about for something to do on this Sunday, August 19, have I got the event for you: my friend Arthur Ruckle has organized a benefit concert for Cate Cooper, who is in Arizona to have a pontine vascular malformation repaired. It will be held at Merlin’s Rest, the best pub on Lake Street, starting at 4 PM. For more details, download this PDF version of the Friends of Cate’s Brain flyer. And heck, while you’re at it, post it around your favorite coffee shops and tattoo parlors to help bring in a few more fans of music and brains.

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    08.14.07

    Tree Fort: Planning Session

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    Granddad discusses the plans for the tree fort, while Jack and Peter think deeply about the next steps. For all his apparent organizational skills, Granddad is an improvisational builder–plans changed midstream several times, but somehow it all came together. When working with a virtuoso, it’s best to give him space to think out loud, ask as few questions as possible, and do exactly as you’re told…

    If you’re casting about for something to do on Sunday, August 19th, have I got the event for you: my friend Arthur Ruckle has organized a benefit concert for Cate Cooper, who is in Arizona to have a pontine vascular malformation repaired. It will be held at Merlin’s Rest, the best pub on Lake Street, starting at 4 PM. For more details, download this PDF version of the Friends of Cate’s Brain flyer. And heck, while you’re at it, post it around your favorite coffee shops and tattoo parlors to help bring in a few more fans of music and brains.

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    08.13.07

    Tree Fort: Tools of the Trade

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    Some of the tools that were used in the building of Moose House, the boys’ tree fort at Granddad’s house.

    If you’re casting about for something to do on Sunday, August 19th, have I got the event for you: my friend Arthur Ruckle has organized a benefit concert for Cate Cooper, who is in Arizona to have a pontine vascular malformation repaired. It will be held at Merlin’s Rest, the best pub on Lake Street, starting at 4 PM. For more details, download this PDF version of the Friends of Cate’s Brain flyer. And heck, while you’re at it, post it around your favorite coffee shops and tattoo parlors to help bring in a few more fans of music and brains.

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    08.12.07

    Tree Fort: Square and Level

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    Some of the tools that were used in the building of Moose House, the boys’ tree fort at Granddad’s house.

    If you’re casting about for something to do on Sunday, August 19th, have I got the event for you: my friend Arthur Ruckle has organized a benefit concert for Cate Cooper, who is in Arizona to have a pontine vascular malformation repaired. It will be held at Merlin’s Rest, the best pub on Lake Street, starting at 4 PM. For more details, download this PDF version of the Friends of Cate’s Brain flyer. And heck, while you’re at it, post it around your favorite coffee shops and tattoo parlors to help bring in a few more fans of music and brains.

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    08.10.07

    Tree Fort: Measure Twice

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    Peter helps Granddad mark a board for cutting during the tree fort construction project. I have to admit that I never liked working on Granddad’s building projects when he was just a Dad; I was always given onerous jobs like holding boards for cutting and lugging hardware around, when what I really wanted to do on Sunday morning was read a book. Jack and Peter, though, absolutely love that kind of thing, and I had a pretty good time with it, too. The carpentry gene seems to have skipped a generation.

    If you’re casting about for something to do on Sunday, August 19th, have I got the event for you: my friend Arthur Ruckle has organized a benefit concert for Cate Cooper, who is in Arizona to have a pontine vascular malformation repaired. It will be held at Merlin’s Rest, the best pub on Lake Street, starting at 4 PM. For more details, download this PDF version of the Friends of Cate’s Brain flyer. And heck, while you’re at it, post it around your favorite coffee shops and tattoo parlors to help bring in a few more fans of music and brains.

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    08.9.07

    Tree Fort: Bolt

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    Granddad sizes up a bolt for the tree fort while Jack sizes up Granddad.

    If you’re casting about for something to do on Sunday, August 19th, have I got the event for you: my friend Arthur Ruckle has organized a benefit concert for Cate Cooper, who is in Arizona to have a pontine vascular malformation repaired. It will be held at Merlin’s Rest, the best pub on Lake Street, starting at 4 PM. For more details, download this PDF version of the Friends of Cate’s Brain flyer. And heck, while you’re at it, post it around your favorite coffee shops and tattoo parlors to help bring in a few more fans of music and brains.

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    08.8.07

    Tree Fort: Hammering

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    Granddad pounds in one of the bolts that connects the tree fort to the tree.

    If you’re casting about for something to do on Sunday, August 19th, have I got the event for you: my friend Arthur Ruckle (yes, this guy) has organized a benefit concert for Cate Cooper, who is in Arizona to have a pontine vascular malformation repaired. It will be held at Merlin’s Rest, the best pub on Lake Street, starting at 4 PM. For more details, download this PDF version of the Friends of Cate’s Brain flyer. And heck, while you’re at it, post it around your favorite coffee shops and tattoo parlors to help bring in a few more fans of music and brains.

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    08.7.07

    Tree Fort: Platform

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    Our big project at Granddad’s house in Maine was the construction of a tree fort; not just any tree fort, though, but the kind of fort that will outlast us all (Granddad tends to over-build a bit…). Here’s the platform mounted on four trees before the flooring went in.

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    11.24.06

    VFD

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    The Woodstock, Maine, Volunteer Fire Department’s newest tanker truck.

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    11.23.06

    junior firefighter

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    The boys’ granddad is a member of the Woodstock, Maine, Volunteer Fire Department; he was actually called out to a lumber company fire one night while we were visiting, but we were so exhausted that we slept right through it. Here Peter tries out one of the helmets.

    A happy and safe Thanksgiving to all!

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    11.22.06

    Sudbury Canada

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    Bethel, Maine, was founded in 1768 as “Sudbury Canada“, by settlers from Sudbury, Massachussetts, in commemoration of an invasion of Canada in 1690, during one of the French and Indian Wars. Every year there’s a “Sudbury Canada Days” encampment in Bethel, with the usual crowd of folks who like to dress up in funny clothes and sleep in tents. We caught them just as they were preparing to strike camp for the year and go back to the early 21st century.

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    11.21.06

    our glorious dead

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    Bethel, Maine.

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    11.18.06

    Texaco Ahead

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    Bethel, Maine

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    11.17.06

    undertow

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    Old Orchard Beach, Maine

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    11.16.06

    surf

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    At Old Orchard Beach, Maine. The boys weren’t thrilled about the over-all wetness of the ocean; they much preferred playing in the sand.

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    11.15.06

    green red yellow

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    Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

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    11.14.06

    barnacles

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    Taken under the pier at Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

    Featured on the Daily Dickinson site.

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    11.13.06

    silhouette

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    Taken under the pier at Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

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    10.6.06

    On the Beach – Dragon Coaster

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    Peter talked tough on the beach; he was going to go on the flume ride — and not the low one, by gum, the HIGH one. Well, when it came time to actually get in line, he discovered that what looks HIGH from the beach is actually HIGHER up close when you’re pushing 42 inches yourself. He decided the dragon coaster, a version of which we ride at the Minnesota State Fair, was more his speed…

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    10.5.06

    On the Beach – Drop Zone

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    10.4.06

    On the Beach – Fresh Cut Fries

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    10.3.06

    On the Beach – Fried Dough

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    10.2.06

    On the Beach – Shadow

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    Jack in the shadow of the pier at Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

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    10.1.06

    On the Beach – Pier

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    09.30.06

    On the Beach – Umbrella

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    09.28.06

    pool

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    09.27.06

    maelstrom

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    09.26.06

    cataract

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    09.25.06

    Elephant Rock

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    09.24.06

    The Map

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    08.28.06

    George Cleeve

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    This is George Cleeve, an early settler of Portland, ME, who arrived in 1632 and apparently caused quite a controversy in 2002 when this statue was given to the city. The city ended up declining it, after some debate about whether he could be considered the “founder” of Portland (the native settlement of Machigonne preceeded the English settlement of Casco that eventually became Portland), whether he should be singled out for honor (his business partner Richard Tucker settled with him and their families), and whether he was a slaveowner at the time of his settlement (it appears that he wasn’t, but there were enough questions to make people uncomfortable). In the end, the statue was placed on the property of the Portland Company Marine Complex (the company’s owner, Phineas Sprague, Jr., is a descendent of Cleeve).

    None of which I knew when I snapped this picture–I just kind of liked the look of good Mr. Cleeve in his 17th Century duds and stalwart expression.

    Mr. Sprague, incidentally, has been supportive of the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad (located at Fore and India; the statue is right across the tracks from the boarding station for the ride along Casco Bay). So whatever one may think of his ancestor–and, as ancestors go, George Cleeve seems no better nor worse than the various adventurers, profiteers, religious zealots, and ne’er-do-wells who braved the difficult passage from England to the wilds of Maine–one should be thankful for his largesse and commitment to preserving history.

    As I’ve noted before, one can’t choose one’s ancestors, nor can they choose their descendents; to give Nat Hawthorne the last word on the subject:

    Let us thank God for having given us such ancestors; and let each successive generation thank him, not less fervently, for being one step further from them in the march of ages.

    Main Street, Nathaniel Hawthorne

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    08.26.06

    M.N.G.R.R.

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    Of all the many antique trains we’ve ridden, the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad in Portland is probably #2 on the list. It runs along Casco Bay from the old dockside warehouse district to the remains of a railroad bridge that burned in the 1970s. The engines and cars are collected from narrow gauge railroads around the country, with the core from Massachussetts and Maine, and are in great condition. The tracks are just two feet wide, and the cars are cutely miniaturized; Maine had an extensive network of narrow gauge trains to support the timber industry–it was much easier to get these little trains into the woods for hauling out lumber than would full-sized trains.

    Our train rides to date, in order, are:

    1. The Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, NH: wonderful scenery and big open cars, not to mention a beautiful station and a nifty model train display.
    2. Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad in Portland, ME
    3. The Excelsior Streetcar Line in Excelsior, MN: a reminder of the days when Excelsior was a summer resort, with a museum dedicated to the old amusement park and a streetcar ferry ride across Lake Minnetonka
    4. The Como-Harriet Streetcar Line in Minneapolis, MN: a trolley (we call them “Toby Trains”, after the tram in Thomas the Tank Engine) ride from Lake Harriet to Lake Calhoun; the cars have great reproductions of period advertisements
    5. The Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, MN: the “Day Out with Thomas” ride was a somewhat disappointing, and rather brief, haul along an industrial waterfront. But I suspect this would shoot to the top of the list if we’d taken the North Shore Scenic Railroad up to Two Harbors; that’s on my list for an Autumn excursion.
    6. The Minnesota Zephyr “Polar Express” ride, Stillwater, MN: I’m sure that it was because of the “Polar Express” tie-in, which is probably the Zephyr’s money-maker with the tots, but it was a short and uncomfortable ride made worse by the fact that the promised vegetarian lunch was a “misunderstanding”. It’s probably a very nice ride when it’s the full dinner cruise, though I’m in no great rush to spend $71 a seat to find out.

    Sadly, none of the trains we’ve taken has been a “steamie”, though all of them feature steam engines in their advertising (sneaky…). I hear there’s a steam engine in Osceola, WI, near one of our favorite camping spots, so that’s another one that might make it to the top of the list. Oh, and next year we’re thinking of the Mount Washington Cog Railway on our visit to Granddad: about as spendy as the Zephyr, but a guaranteed good time.

    Yup, I’m about as much of a train geek as my little boys; the apples landed awfully close to the tree…

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    08.25.06

    five years old…

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    It’s hard to believe that the two little things we brought home one day in August 2001 have grown into big five-year-old boys who go off to school in less than two weeks. They’re certainly not babies anymore.

    Here they indulge in one of their favorite obsessions–trains!–at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad in Portland.

    We’ll be indulging in more obsessions during the three-week-long non-stop fete that is their birthday: a trip to the state fair, a cookout with their Minnesota grandmother (after a week of cookouts with their Maine grandfather), and a Choo Choo Bob’s party. Oh, to be a spoiled five-year-old again…

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    08.24.06

    on the beach

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    Here’s Jack at Old Orchard Beach, a Maine getaway for about a hundred years. It’s got a pier, an amusement park, french fries with vinegar (the Canadian contingency here outnumbers the U.S., and you’re as likely to hear French as English on the beach), and of course the waves. Jack wasn’t really thrilled by the waves–they were a bit, well, wet–but the sand was a hit.

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    08.23.06

    silhouettes

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    What oddness is this?

    The boys took my Lubitel at a gathering at my grandparents’ house in Lewiston and insisted on taking pictures of the relatives. I figured I might as well let them, and insisted only that they come back between shots so I could advance the film for them. Though I tried to get things set so the pictures would sort of expose, there’s no way a Lubitel is going to be “point and shoot” in the hands of a couple of four-year-olds.

    Still, I liked some of these under-exposed, backlit, shadowy pictures–they’re a little eerie and odd.

    I’m hoping the next roll I grab to develop will actually be worth scanning…

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    08.21.06

    Wiscasset Gull

    Wiscasset Gull  - click to enlarge
    The ubiquitous gull.

    I’m on auto-pilot from August 12 to August 21, displaying some of last year’s vacation pictures, while we head back to Maine to hang out with Granddad in the woods. If I don’t get back to you, it’s probably because a gull is making its way across Wiscasset Bay with my Holga in its beak.

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    08.20.06

    Lobster Shack

    Lobster Shack  - click to enlarge
    Sprague’s Lobster Shack is located on the bridge at Wiscasset; despite the traffic (Route 1 is a slow-moving parking lot from June to September), it’s a dandy place to stop for a “lobstah” roll.

    I’m on auto-pilot from August 12 to August 21, displaying some of last year’s vacation pictures, while we head back to Maine to hang out with Granddad in the woods. If I don’t get back to you, it’s probably because I’m elbows-deep in drawn butter, clam shells, and Shipyard Ale.

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    08.19.06

    twins’ loop

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    Each trail back behind Granddad’s house is carefully named and marked with a sign–here Jack and Peter observe the intersection of the Twins’ Loop with Mi-Ke Drive (no, I’m not amused by the name of “my” path…) with Great-Granddad.

    I’m on auto-pilot from August 12 to August 21, displaying some of last year’s vacation pictures, while we head back to Maine to hang out with Granddad in the woods. If I don’t get back to you, it’s probably because a moose has made off with Granddad’s Mac.

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    08.18.06

    catch and release

    catch and release  - click to enlarge
    Jack and Peter watch Great-Granddad releasing a squirrel–what is it about men of a certain age and squirrel traps?

    I’m on auto-pilot from August 12 to August 21, displaying some of last year’s vacation pictures, while we head back to Maine to hang out with Granddad in the woods. If I don’t get back to you, it’s probably because the squirrels are holding my family hostage.

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    08.17.06

    squirrel

    squirrel  - click to enlarge
    Peter and Great-Grammie’s squirrel.

    I’m on auto-pilot from August 12 to August 21, displaying some of last year’s vacation pictures, while we head back to Maine to hang out with Granddad in the woods. If I don’t get back to you, it’s probably because the plastic squirrels have come to life and are waiting on the porch for breakfast.

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    08.16.06

    Jack and Peter

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    Jack and Peter at Granddad’s house.

    I’m on auto-pilot from August 12 to August 21, displaying some of last year’s vacation pictures, while we head back to Maine to hang out with Granddad in the woods. If I don’t get back to you, it’s probably because we’ve taken to the woods.

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    08.15.06

    elbows

    elbows  - click to enlarge
    Jack at Granddad’s house in Maine.

    I’m on auto-pilot from August 12 to August 21, displaying some of last year’s vacation pictures, while we head back to Maine to hang out with Granddad in the woods. If I don’t get back to you, it’s probably because a bear has eaten the modem again.

    | Posted in 35mm, Color, Kids, Maine, Pinned & Wriggling, Summer, Yashica | 2 Comments »
    08.14.06

    flag and hill

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    At Portland Head Light, in Portland, Maine.

    I’m on auto-pilot from August 12 to August 21, displaying some of last year’s vacation pictures, while we head back to Maine to hang out with Granddad in the woods. If I don’t get back to you, it’s probably because we’re relaxing in the summer sun.

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    08.13.06

    ship’s wheel

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    Jack spins the pirate ship’s wheel at the Children’s Museum in Portland, Maine.

    I’m on auto-pilot from August 12 to August 21, displaying some of last year’s vacation pictures, while we head back to Maine to hang out with Granddad in the woods. If I don’t get back to you, it’s probably because we’re on some maritime excursion.

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    08.12.06

    sandwich shop

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    Granddad and Jack at a little sandwich shop in Portland, Maine, not far from the Children’s Museum.

    I’m on auto-pilot from August 12 to August 21, displaying some of last year’s vacation pictures, while we head back to Maine to hang out with Granddad in the woods. If I don’t get back to you, it’s probably because we’re en route to great fun in America’s Vacationland.

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    12.12.05

    Stone and Stream

    Stone and Stream

    Still thinking of summer; this is a picture of a mountain stream off the highway in New Hampshire where we swam on our visit to Granddad.

    Yesterday we had two of the boys’ friends and two cousins–six kids aged 3 to 7–over to the house to make Christmas cookies. We decorated a batch of gingerbread and half a batch of sugar cookies before we conked out.

    Three things for which I’m thankful:

    1. Having kids dropped off at the house for an activity
    2. Having kids picked up when the activity is over
    3. Gingerbread

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    12.11.05

    Jack’s World

    Jack's World

    Another summer memory: Jack at Portland Head Light. It’s not quite the Wyeth painting (Wyeth was a friend of my mother’s family–more on that someday), but Jack’s pose reminded me of Christina Olsen a bit.

    Yesterday our neighbor Dave, Erin’s husband, came over to help with my storm window project. Two of the windows went in last weekend without a hitch, but two more turned out to be 1/4″ or so too wide. Damn old houses and their characteristically inconsistent measurements. But Dave is a carpenter by trade, and in no time those windows were in place and ready to calk. I’m such a pathetic handyman.

    Three things for which I’m thankful:

    1. Good neighbors with useful skills
    2. Choo Choo Bob’s Train Store, 2050 Marshall Avenue, St. Paul–Santa does all his shopping there
    3. “Easy” to assemble gingerbread house kits

    Be sure to check out the current issue of JMWW!

    | Posted in 35mm, Color, FED3, INSPIRATION Photo Challenge, Kids, Maine, People, Photo Friday, Photo Tuesday, Pinned & Wriggling, Tuesday's Photos | 1 Comment »
    11.22.05

    Scream

    Scream

    07-09-2007: selected as a “Belligerant” favorite for Moody Monday

    | Posted in 35mm, Color, Duly Noted, Kids, Lensday, Maine, Oktomat, People, Photo Friday, Photo Tuesday, Pinned & Wriggling, Thursday Challenge | 3 Comments »
    11.2.05

    Yellow Hard Hat

    This is Peter at the Children’s Museum of Maine in Portland. I took it with my mother’s old Yashica rangefinder–it’s the most incredible camera for low-light, no-flash candids, but I need to modify a battery for it to get it back out in circulation.

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