Blogs from Camden, Maine, United States, North America - page 2

At 5:30 in the morning the sky is grey. At 5:30 in the morning the coffee shops are closed. The humidity was high. Mosquitoes rouse hungry, attracted to any animal that exudes CO2 . Today it drizzled making the grey just another tone darker. The mosquitoes don’t care about the rain. But it was breezy. So what better place to be than to a nature center in Rockport, Maine? Well I can think of a few . . . .thousand. For those who reaaaaaaaalllllllllly have an interest, here’s more info; http://www.merryspring.org. We all gathered to take pictures of the flowers. Whoopi! Too much rain though. The flowers drooped. I walked around trying to find some pictures to take. The rest of the class was very excited. With tripods and macro zoom lenses they took really close ... read more

July 5, 2009 Have you ever been in a room with a group of people with whom you felt, at least on the surface, that you had nothing in common? This group of like-minded or like-feeling individuals didn’t know one another before but they didn’t have to. It appears that they get it and I don’t. They are Photographers and I take snapshots. At least this is how I felt tonight listening to the introduction to the workshops at the Maine Media Workshop where I’ve enrolled in “Photographing the Colors of the Maine Landscape.” There are 15 workshops starting tonight ranging from digital still photography to video, lighting, and film. And all the students, one-hundred plus of them, except for me are, according to the Charles Altshultz, the Executive Director, creative and ready to delve deep ... read more

We’ve been in Maine for a month now, and the more we see, the more we realize how much more there is to see. However the mornings are getting colder, there’s more north and stronger wind, so it’s time to start south. It gets dark now at 8:00pm The first week we were here our friends Mary and Christian took us on a general circuit around Penobscot Bay. Since then we’ve been to some incredible spots, and found a couple places we just keep going back to because they are so beautiful. There are several things that make Maine unique from anywhere else we’ve cruised. First the boats. On our last night here, I’m sitting in the cockpit of our boat in Rockland harbour. Looking out at the boats there are small traditional sailboats, Lobster boats, ... read more

LOCATION: Camden to Acadia Camden Hills SP was a lovely area and we hoped to hike and bike, but the rain got in the way. We walked through Camden in the early morning. Camden is a harbor town built on a river and has a panoramic view of Pennobscot Bay, cute little shops, etc. We drove back to Camden Hill SP and up to Mt. Battie and tried to get some photos, a bit foggy and rainy. Undaunted we continued onto Belfast (guess how it got it’s name) another harbor town with wonderful shops. Off we continued to Acadia NP for the night. The song “A Rainy Night in Georgia” doesn’t quite make it, actually it was pouring all night. It was nice to be warm and dry in our little cocoon, the Bothan. ... read more