Blogs from Maine, United States, North America - page 40

I am so happy to report that our first night with a party of six went great ! Everyone slept well and they even woke up in a good mood. It’s seems as though they must have brought some of that good ole’ Georgia sunshine with them up here to Maine. When we got up this morning those golden rays were just a shinin’ through the windows and we couldn’t be more happy ! After a week of really crappy weather, it finally looked like we were going to be able to get out and do some stuff without having to worry about getting all wet. Luckily, Tim, Jon and I survived the first week without catching pneumonia and now at least Jon was going to have a couple of nice days to enjoy. We gathered ... 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

Well heck, you would think by now we would be getting used to all this crazy cold New England weather but when you wake up on July 2nd and it’s so cold you can see your breathe, that’s just insane !! We decided last night that we were going to sleep in this morning so we didn’t even set the alarm on Tim’s phone. Somewhere around 11:00 am we rolled on out of bed to another rainy day. The thermometer on the window said it was 53 degrees and I believe it ! We actually had to cut the heat on for a bit because as we were talking we could see our breathe in the air ! I really needed to make a trip inside and re-stock on a few things before the rest of ... read more

Day 7 - Portland Maine Today we explored Portland Maine. The first thing we discovered was that the visitors map of Portland (that is practically everywhere) had an error on it. The visitor’s center was moved from the destination given on the map to an area near the train museum at the other side of the harbor. We did a lot of walking to find it. But we found it and did get some information. We visited the Observatory, which was very interesting. It’s amazing that it has survived all these years, through fires and bad storms, but it has endured them all. The Observatory isn’t even secured into the ground as it held down by ballast (giant granite bolders). Once the 2-way radio communication came into being the observatory wasn’t really needed anymore. The shore ... read more

Day 6 - Maine Vacation 2009 Today we had breakfast at the restaurant adjoining our hotel called Governor's - it was vey good. Then we headed over to the Portland lighthouses to get a few pictures. We walked out to the Springpoint Light. There were a lot more gaps on that breakway than the one at Rockland. We walkd out to the lighthouse and watched a couple people who were fishing. Then we went to get a picture of the BugLight and onto Wells to meet up with Aunt Carol and Robin. Wells was easy enough to find. It was about 40 minutes away. We found their hotel and then we all rode to Cape Neddick-Perkins Cove, York Harbor & Ogunquit. These areas were very busy with pedestrians and vehicles. It was very congested because it ... read more