And there’s more than sea glass, too.
Sometimes it’s fun to play with what you tote home, creating whimsical designs like the ones you’ll find in the Shore Things free photo album at my Thistle Finch blog.
Category: Postcards
My ‘hood
Where did everyone go?
Just down the road from the birthplace of the U.S. Navy, the decommissioned Bucks Harbor Naval Radar station has an otherworldly presence, as if everyone had been taken away to another planet in the middle of the night.
What a Treat to explore
Officially, Treat Island is part of the city of Eastport, Maine, and once had its own thriving fishing village, school, and post office.
Today, though, nobody lives there. Instead, it’s one of the many preservations of the state’s coastline now held by the Maine Coastal Heritage Trust.
At low tide, it’s connected by a rocky breakwater to Dudley Island, which is officially in the town of Lubec.
The only way to get there, do note, is by water.
To take a quick tour upon landing, including its 7,000 feet of shoreline at the mouth of Cobscook Bay, check out the free photo album at my Thistle Finch blog.
You’ll have to zoom in to see the human figure
This cobble dune is much taller than you expect, and it is a natural wonder. In this photo, the sitting sunbather looks like one more small stone. Welcome to Jasper Beach in Machiasport, Maine.
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Old Glory in a golden light
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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Tucked-in lobstering enterprise
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.
Three eagles sitting in a tree
There had been five when I reached for my camera.
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Beach parking as a sign of the times
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.
Silent witness
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.
