Autumn Down East – Page 3 – Oh, the Places We See . . .

Create a spooky house using distressedfx

It all happened quite by accident. Bert and I were riding around the area near Stockton Springs, Maine, taking pictures of stately, old New England clapboard houses. We love plain homes best, but often point out to each other houses with unique architectural details — you know, like arches and corbels and odd-shaped windows. Recently, […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Rounded

Maine’s got curves and rounds, so we’re sharing a few for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Rounded. A stack of pumpkins at the front door of Newcastle Inn in Newcastle, Maine A bright orange life preserver at Searsport harborA potter rounds the bottom of a vase at Mainely Pottery on Route 1. And who doesn’t love […]

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Mainely Art: Three places we loved in Boothbay region

In Maine, art is all around. From colorful harbors that shimmer by day to pristine white houses standing alone near fields of wild blueberries. Artists flock to the region for inspiration, and those of us who love to shop are rewarded with delightful renditions of what artists see and, in turn, share with us. […]

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True Maine treasure: Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

Approachable and easily accessible, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse is a treasure both for the state of Maine and for those of us looking for the quintessential charming white lighthouse.

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WPC: Maine all aglow

This week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Glow must have had the coast of Maine in mind. At least twice a day — and sometimes more often — Maine literally glows. From soft reflections on harbor waters to lengthening autumn shadows on land, there’s no shortage of photo ops in the state of Maine. Morning at […]

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Farnsworth’s exhibit “Andrew Wyeth at 100”: Remarkable!

Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, is notably a destination on its own. But now, with an exhibit marking the centennial of artist Andrew Wyeth’s birth, a visit to this…

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Different yet familiar: Peninsula Fall Festival, Blue Hill

On our resumes, we just may have to list “festivalgoer” on the space reserved for non-paying occupations. After all, we’ve peeled crustaceans at the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival in Louisiana and sampled pimento cheese biscuits at Knoxville’s International Biscuit Festival with party stops in between. And even it it’s trite to say: we truly have […]

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New Harbor: most photographed fishing village in Maine? Could be!

There’s no such thing, at least in our book, as the prettiest fishing village in Maine. Each…

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A few glimpses of Wiscasset, Maine

There’s no rhyme nor reason for what I like to photograph. Something indicative of the area, something different, something I just have a fondness for with no real explanation behind it. But passing through Wiscasset, Maine for a couple of hours offered me a chance to grab hold of a few images to share. Like […]

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Can’t miss this one: Portland Head Light

Although we’d seen Portland Head Light once before, we looked forward to visiting what we think of as the granddaddy of lighthouses along the Maine coast. Of course, that’s not accurate — just our impression. After purchasing a book called The Islandport Guide to Lighthouses in Maine by Ted Panayotoff (sold in the Portland Museum of […]