From the Smithfield plantation

The result of a logging skidder whacking a tree that got in its way.

This is one of the best examples of the bottom of a tree I have ever seen. This large tree was uprooted, perhaps within the last year, at the Smithfield Plantation conservation land in Maine.

Early spring at the beaver bog shows the creek full but not overflowing.

Moon in the trees

A schooner plies the outer harbor at Boothbay, Maine, in 2009. This is an image manipulation using a photo-to-paint conversion.