You never know what we'll churn up in cleaning a stall
St. Andrews, New Brunswick, is an hour-and-a-half drive from our home, but it does strike us as a Providence, Cape Cod, kind of place in a somewhat more respectable vein. Get away from the tourist strip downtown and you’ll find this at low tide.
The land beyond is Maine, USA.
It’s rather modest, actually, but so classy all the same, befitting the schooner Louis R. French. It was at the top of the ladder from my quarters below.
For more schooner sailing experiences, take a look at my Under Sail photo album at Thistle Finch editions.
The distinctive peppermint-stick tower of the West Quoddy lighthouse is viewed from the tip of Roosevelt-Campobello International Park in New Brunswick, Canada. You’re looking at the easternmost point in the continental United States.
For more lighthouse images, take a look at my Beacons Above the Water photo album at Thistle Finch editions.
On cruises aboard the historic schooner Louis R. French, passengers get opportunities to pitch in with the work. We help raise the anchor and the sails in the morning and we wash our own dishes. Sometimes, when the water’s calm, we even get a spell at the wheel, where you do get a feel for the interaction of the wind and water as well as the delay in the boat’s response to a change in the course. Here I am at the end of last summer.
For poems related to the sea, check out my collection Ocean Motion at Smashwords.com.
This site in Eastport is where several historic child-labor photos were taken. These days it’s a popular place for deer.
They face the wind.
Eastport, Maine.
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.
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.
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.
Welcome to where I now live, more or less.
Beardsley Cove, Eastport, Maine.
Jnana's Red Barn 