Tag: Photos
In the early evening sky
It’s our principal ‘big city’
Bangor, Maine, population of 31,753, is the third-largest city in Maine. For us in Way Downeast, it’s also where we go for airline flights, medical specialists, the mall and big-box stores, and much more. It also has the region’s daily newspaper.
Thomas Hill Standpipe overlooks the city and valley below.
Oh, yes, it’s still a 2½-hour drive from Eastport.
Our Coast Guard icebreaker
When the icebreaker Thunder Bay visited Eastport last summer, I wondered why the Northeast would need one. And then I learned about the Penobscot and Kennebec rivers this time of year, as well as the mighty Hudson. Yes, they ice up even in the navigable tidal stretches.
Here’s how the Penobscot Narrows look from the observatory atop the Fort Knox bridge:
I thought he was a prince
At the U.S. Coast Guard station. So much for Shakespeare.
In the ebb and floe
River ice, downtown Bangor
Just before sunrise around here
Nothing else beats this for comfort
Getting a wood-burning stove is high on our list of home improvements.
Winter slop
A lovely heavy snow turned to rain. More snow was on the way.
Most of the scallop draggers, having already caught their limit, were already back for the day.
I finally got a shot of a pileated woodpecker
At the Pembroke public library.
