
Category: Postcards
Moment of reflection

Dick in fine weather on a trail behind his farm.
Smoke with kitchen sunlight

You seldom know what you’ll find in an old barn


Well, it is the premise of this blog. For the record, a lot of our junk was stored under this floor, though this barn in York, Maine, was never ours.
Here’s how they’re grown

Cranberries are often grown in enclosures like this, which are then flooded. The berries then float for harvest.

One bed stands above the other.

This is Mingo’s in Calais, not the only one in eastern Maine.
Turkeys in the wild


Here’s how they look much of the rest of the year around here. And there are a lot of them who surprisingly disappear this time of the year.
Western sunset

Yeah, all sunsets are in the west, but this looks like something out of a cowboy movie finale. Even if it’s in Downeast Maine.
Window in the woods

The bark siding really captures my imagination.
Souvenirs on the wall

Stunning bridge over the Narrows



At the top of Penobscot Bay, this is the principal welcome to Downeast and Acadia. Or for those of us going the other direction, to the rest of America.
You can even go to the top, the equivalent of 40 floors, for a spectacular panorama.