
A wide variety of precious and semi-precious gems and stones have been gleaned in Aroostook County, Maine.
The return to nature takes time.
You never know what we'll churn up in cleaning a stall

A wide variety of precious and semi-precious gems and stones have been gleaned in Aroostook County, Maine.
The return to nature takes time.

They face the wind.
Eastport, Maine.

These in Maine may have been left by an interloper from Canada. My car keys give you an indication of size.

Compared to where I’m living, this is Bright Lights, Big City.
It was seen from the historic schooner Louis R. French before we set sail the next morning late last summer.

Streams take off.
The legs of the former American Can Company factory on the Eastport waterfront are revealed at low tide if you’re out on the water. To see what’s behind them, go to my photo album, Can Factory Caverns, at Thistle Finch editions.
It’s a striking breed, seldom seen outside Scotland.
Here’s a small flock in neighboring Robbinston.
I really do think the ram in front should have a cartoon quip balloon attached. Any idea what he’d say?

A gap between two islands presents a quick glimpse at the town of Castine beyond. A landscape explored from the water connects places in a much different sense than you get from land.
That’s one of the lessons I savored aboard the historic schooner Louis R. French last summer.
Remember, so much of Maine is water.

Now I’m wondering about the gulls.

Welcome to where I now live, more or less.
Beardsley Cove, Eastport, Maine.