The 75-mile-long Machias River is Maine’s leading salmon habitat and was a major lumbering stream. There is little settlement or paved-road access upstream from here, the bridge in Whitneyville.
Tag: Maine
Lush ferns in the wild
They still charm me.
These are at the Cobscook Friends Meetinghouse in Whiting.
Superyacht on the scene
We’re not overrun with them, unlike Bar Harbor and points south and west.
At the end of another fine day
I had a good day of photography
a wonderful day overall
How gentle the water surface
a few moments of approaching mal de mer, but no problems
we were lucky, having seven rain-free days,
only some heavy fog in the night and morning
why did the chicken cross the road?
because he didn’t cook it
As a preview of tonight’s aerial show
Here are “four for the Fourth,” a sampling from last year’s pyrotechnics display. The photos were taken from maybe 200 feet away from the firing line on the Fish Pier. It’s always a fine festive event along the waterfront.
Have a happy and safe Fourth of July.
Beach trash art
Lubec blue-collar artist Chuck Kniffen created Rosebud, above, and Unicorn, below, from debris found along the shoreline.
Ready to go
At the Breakwater.
Dropping anchor for the night
As usual, there were kerosene lanterns, which I didn’t attempt to photograph.
And this time, phosphorescence in the water itself. Ditto.
But, as I noted:
unseen, the moon grows more luminus
in night shrinking from day
Small-town festivities reminder
Eastport’s big homecoming week and Fourth of July celebrations are just ahead. We face a long list of events.
The annual all-ages cod relay race, using salmon, is zany fun.
And people turn out for parades.
We don’t know if it really is the world’s largest or even legal, it’s still a good gag.
As well as a few surprises.
Day lily
Somehow, this one evaded the ravenous deer.
Jnana's Red Barn 