Winter walk
Category: Postcards
Deer tracks in fresh snow
They had an active night, as seen from our kitchen window.
Another promising start
In the early evening sky
Sea smoke
When the air temps drop to near zero Fahrenheit or below around here, these sprites start dancing atop the ocean.
Meetinghouse interior
Way back before the Zoom camera appeared.
It’s our principal ‘big city’
Bangor, Maine, population of 31,753, is the third-largest city in Maine. For us in Way Downeast, it’s also where we go for airline flights, medical specialists, the mall and big-box stores, and much more. It also has the region’s daily newspaper.
Thomas Hill Standpipe overlooks the city and valley below.
Oh, yes, it’s still a 2½-hour drive from Eastport.
Our Coast Guard icebreaker
When the icebreaker Thunder Bay visited Eastport last summer, I wondered why the Northeast would need one. And then I learned about the Penobscot and Kennebec rivers this time of year, as well as the mighty Hudson. Yes, they ice up even in the navigable tidal stretches.
Here’s how the Penobscot Narrows look from the observatory atop the Fort Knox bridge:
I thought he was a prince
At the U.S. Coast Guard station. So much for Shakespeare.
In the ebb and floe
River ice, downtown Bangor
Jnana's Red Barn 