
The gathering celebrates the completion of the downtown’s public holiday lighting. The volunteers are duly applauded.
You never know what we'll churn up in cleaning a stall

The gathering celebrates the completion of the downtown’s public holiday lighting. The volunteers are duly applauded.
slosh, slosh, slosh, ripple
at the bow
/ bowsprit
one porpoise
then three
approaching Castine

topsail, top’sal
still motoring along
sound of chainsaw from shore
a nasty mosquito

Dice light

The difference a week can make.

Our population in Sunrise County averages out around 13 people per square mile, barely above the Census standard for wilderness. Here’s a view of the interior from the town of Wesley.

He was just there, blocking my view.
is that Belfast?
in this haze
a more realistic day
moving slow
but moving
Peter must be napping
also, the cook
against Islesboro
after Deer Isle
not that I noticed the shift

3:59 and we still haven’t settled for the night
Faint view of the Fort Knox Narrows Bridge spires
the captain stands at the helm no matter the weather

I do wonder what it was doing, since it didn’t enclose anything.

marking entry to Eggemoggin Reach
below Castine

the free lighthouse guide I brought along
2013 edition I see now
newsprint
has no mention of Saddleback Ledge light
not to be confused with Saddleback Island
other than a listing
no photo or description
nor does it list Eastport as a harbor
nor Lubec
though Calais somehow counts
buoys: green have flat tops
red, coneheads

Whiting, Maine
We get our share of lousy weather. Or may everyone’s, according to one Navy Chief Officer.

Okay, he was talking only about fog.

Wild apples, Whiting, Maine