You never know what we'll churn up in cleaning a stall
A longstanding highlight of Eastport’s annual Old Home Week and Fourth of July festivities is a U.S. naval ship visit. Here is the destroyer DDG 98 Forrest Sherman from last year’s edition as illuminated in glowing late-afternoon sunlight.
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Think of Maine and you’ll probably envision lobster fishing as part of the scene. This crowded pier is in Kittery at the westernmost stretch of the state’s long coastline.
There had been five when I reached for my camera.
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Gone are the days of paying with quarters, especially not now that the hourly rate has gone up to $4. We have many memories of the Long Sands stretch of York Beach, Maine.
On our end of the state, the ocean parking is commonly free but the water’s too cold for swimming. Alas.
The former home of Methodist Episcopal congregation in Edmunds, Maine, once looked out over the Lower Bridge across the Dennys River. The bridge disappeared after U.S. 1 was routed a quarter-mile to the east. The church, meanwhile, is being encroached by forest, a reminder of a more populous and more prosperous time. Its square belfry is long gone.
Below, remaining stone abutment of the bridge is seen on the Dennysville side of the river at low tide.
Sometimes our vegetable beds look nearly perfect.
I just missed a shot of two eagles. A week later, with the water higher, I watched two harbor seals at play. Cobscook Bay is less than a mile downstream.
Our rocky shoreline includes sporadic pocket beaches, too. This one faces tiny Dog Island, shown below.
Maine’s highest mountain can be impressive even 80 miles away.
Lowbush blueberries are classified a wild crop, but the barrens where they grow do require tending. One practice involves burning the fields every few years to discourage weeds, shrubs, and trees from taking over.
Jnana's Red Barn 