Gull with a chimney pedestal

December 13, 2022October 27, 2022 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

And keeping warm, too. Often, it’s something I see while washing dishes.

Bunchberry or, if you prefer, creeping dogwood, I still love seeing it

December 12, 2022October 27, 2022 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

We’ve become fond of this groundcover along many of our trails, with its white blossoms in the spring and red berries well into summer. Here the foliage is fringed with red, set here against moss and a touch of snow in a stretch of what may be a peat bog.

Quoddy Head State Park, Maine

For the record, Cornus canadensis is also known as Canadian dwarf cornel, quatre-temps, even crackerberry,

Wonder how it would work in our home garden.

From a coastal cliff trail

December 7, 2022October 17, 2022 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Rugged Quoddy State Park

Watch your step.

Trees take a beating. (The band of blue is Grand Manan Island, Canada, nine miles away. It’s as long as Martha’s Vineyard.)

A taste of Ireland?

Lichen man in the rock. His head’s hard to see.

With a commanding view of the ocean

December 6, 2022October 17, 2022 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

A few houses sit atop the bluff of Fort Hill, as seen from Water Street below.

He’s the face of the town

December 5, 2022October 17, 2022 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

And he doesn’t even have a name.

Here’s the background. And then there are the novels by Eastport’s Sarah Graves.

Fortunately, the fisherman got a new coat this summer, a bright yellow one. Seeing the old one now comes as a shock.

Salty and me

December 3, 2022October 17, 2022 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

She’s usually not affectionate, but sometimes she’ll tolerate it. Everybody needs a little lovin’.

Totem time memory

November 30, 2022October 17, 2022 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Caught my attention while strolling along an unfamiliar street.

Especially once I got closer. This one is truly quirky. The foliage gives it a better background than it has this time of year.

How Mainers really live

November 29, 2022October 17, 2022 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

It’s one of those New England scenes you don’t see on calendars.

The gap betwixt Moose Island and the mainland

November 28, 2022October 6, 2022 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

A toll-bridge used to span this. The road on the other side leads through today’s Quoddy Village.

Of course, at high tide and its currents, the task was more daunting.

Maine Public service reaches far

November 26, 2022October 6, 2022 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Usually, you need a tall tower for FM and TV transmission. The taller, the better. Not so in the mountainous terrain of Washington County. One stick sends Maine Public Television’s signal across the easternmost reaches of the state. Another, Maine Public Radio’s. I’m not sure about the third. Maine Public Classical comes to us locally from Millbridge, rather than this transmission complex on the Charlotte-Meddybumps town line..

It really is pretty modest.