Maine – Oh, the Places We See . . .

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #154: One Photo Two Ways

With a fabulous jump-start from Tina, this week’s photo challenge is a double take, in a sense. It asks us to share one photo that can be seen in two different ways. Although we’re novice photographers, we’ve found six simple maneuvers that show the same subject but in different ways using photos from a recent […]

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #152: Shades and Shadows

All the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow. Leo Tolstoy Launching the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge this week is Ann Christine inviting us to share shades and shadows. With two trips under our belts this year, we’re finding shadows that we didn’t even remember as we review our photos and note them […]

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #122: The Sun Will Come Up Tomorrow

This has probably been the year that many of us have asked ourselves this question: What more can happen? We’ve endured a devastating pandemic, far-reaching forest fires, civil unrest, and the election (contested as it still is) of the 46th President of the United States that exposed our divisiveness. But through it all, the sun […]

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Welcoming in so many ways: The doors of Castine, Maine

We’re not the first nor the only ones to declare Castine a tucked-away gem along the scenic coast of Maine. Joining us in affirming the charm of this historic Down East hamlet is Yankee magazine who named Castine one of the 10 Prettiest Coastal Towns in Maine. So it was with great pleasure that we […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Sunrise at Acadia Dock

Coastal Maine offers glorious sunrises if you’re willing to wake up early, bundle yourself in layers, and stand on a dock for the morning show. And you’re never alone. From birds gliding overhead to lobstermen checking traps before dawn, docks like Acadia in Castine put on a spectacle like no other. Dawn comes in layers. […]

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Elms of Castine, Maine

Considered almost sacred in Castine, Maine, are the stately elms hovering over private residences, shops, and the charming streets of this tucked-away town. Even the free walking tour map entitled “Under The Elms and By The Sea” focuses on two aspects of Castine that residents (permanent and sometime) and visitors look for year after year. […]

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WPC: Favorite Place — On board the Bowdoin on Penobscot Bay

Many people have asked us what our favorite place in Maine might be since our trip in the Fall of 2017. Of course, there are many, but for Tennessee landlubbers like us, sailing the Bowdoin on Penobscot Bay has to be a memory for a lifetime. It was the dream of Donald B. McMillan to […]

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Getting to Monhegan

Once you’ve fallen in love with the idea of seeing Monhegan Island for yourself, you have to figure out how to get there. And, as you might expect, it’s easier to get there during tourist season (May to Columbus Day in October) than it is off-season. Since we were coming from Castine “up north,” we […]

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Five places to see: Monhegan Island, Maine

It’s no wonder artists and writers hole up in Monhegan. The entire island could fittingly be called “land that time forgot.” Weathered gray shingled houses, grass growing through piles of lobster traps, dirt paths proud to be left alone — it all adds up to the lure of a scene you can’t make up nor […]

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Out of this world: Monhegan Island, Maine

Much of Maine could be said to be out of this world — the raw beauty of its rocky coastline, old-style clapboard homes dotting the landscape, and the quiet that falls over the state after Columbus Day when residents hunker down for long, cold winters. But nowhere was an other-worldly experience more pronounced for us […]