My sister and I ran away to Ogunquit a couple of weeks ago, and I got to play tourist in my own state. It was awesome! The company was great (yay, sis!), the weather was idyllic, and the town was…
The Shore Path, Bar Harbor, Maine; November 3, 2012 (Beachcombing series No.68) Well now, here’s the very last Beachcombing still life from 2012, number 68. After number 67 sat on my light table for six months I felt guilty, somehow,…
Hulls Cove, Maine; October 26, 2012 (Beachcombing series No.67) The first new Beachcombing series in six months! I don’t know why it took so long to pull together, but I’ve been moving these pieces around on my light table since…
The College of the Atlantic has one of the most spectacular campuses in the world. Fact! It was patched together from several grand old estates so it still has a couple of Victorian “summer cottages” and even some remnant gardens…
Our family had gathered to celebrate my father-in-law’s birthday when we were distracted by the drama unfolding in the sky. First a fragment of rainbow began to spring upward from Ironbound Island. Then a second rainbow shot off at a…
It was our last day on Campobello Island and I set out to explore the area south of the wharf. My husband is an amazing trumpet player and wanted to practice, so he stationed himself near the wharf building, which…
The sea glass hunting around the Welshpool wharf is some of the best I have ever seen. There wasn’t a lot right next to the pier, but to the northwest the beach was speckled with beautifully worn glass. According to…
Friar’s Bay, Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada One of Campobello’s claims to fame is that Franklin Delano Roosevelt summered there. Friar’s Bay was one of his favorite places on the island. It wasn’t mine. Granted, it was high tide and…
Well, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’ve missed the whole darn summer! I won’t go into the details or we’ll never get to the beachcombing, but every darn person living in my house and several other close family…
Raccoon Beach, Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada; June 8, 2012 Raccoon Beach is part of Roosevelt Campobello International Park, an amazing joint effort between the US National Park Service and the Canadian government. View Larger Map The park takes up…