Beauty treatment
Category: Postcards
The common shipworm afflicts piers and pilings as well
Osprey in flight
Like eagles, they can have long wingspans that stretch straight out when soaring. And unlike eagles, they can hover, as they do over water before plunging in a power dive and coming up with a fish. Not that I’ll ever get a shot of that with a simple camera.
Low tide in comparison
I know I keep talking about the dramatic tides around here, but the SUV in the circle offers a measure of just how far out the water goes twice daily.
Crow and cawing
The pulp and paper mill in Woodland, Baileyville
Has to be the biggest business employer in Washington County, where jobs that pay well are scarce. Some days, the vapor plumes can be seen miles away, and ditto for the smell. Much of the bundled pulp is shipped from the Cargo Pier in Eastport.
The plant also makes kraft paper and tissue.
She’s out, asleep, just like that
Crack of dawn
Nesting eagles
This sight caused a shudder
When I was last in Dover, 18 months ago, the downtown was booming with construction. But on my return a few weeks ago, when I first glimpsed this rising over Central Avenue, I thought a skyscraper was going up and I’d somehow missed the news.
A second look, though, had me realizing it was the clock tower on city hall, getting spiffed up for the city’s big 400th anniversary next year.
Well, it kind of look likes a space rocket about to take off, too.
Banners proclaiming that event are already along the major streets.
