An evening view of the Theatre at Monmouth, Monmouth ME during the current summer season
Maine
Not quite Big ben
For sale at a yard sale in Maine: big clock, imported, used
Need a ride?
Butterfly at the iris garden
Old man ent
Some people are not going to get my reference here; it is not a bad thing to listen to the trees.
Spring at no name pond
We had a chance to check out the no name pond this past week. There was a light wind and this reduced the drama from the reflection patterns I could capture. It takes persistence and luck to get the desired image sometimes.
Spring sign
The signs of springtime are coming grudgingly in central Maine. This is a first-time blooming of a bulb planted last fall.
Bog view from the beaver dam
This is the late winter, early spring view of the beaver bog from the beaver’s primary dam site. The beavers have departed long ago but their bog lives on.
Remnants of past civilizations
Our many patrols through the backwoods reveal past histories, as Stephen Jay Gould would say, littered with “curious parts.” While his subject was evolutionary anatomy, I continually find pieces from an extensive farming community hidden away in the forest that has sprouted up since.
Springtime bog evening
After a mid-forties temperature day, the sun sets on the beaver bog. It is maple-sugar season: cold nights and warmer days.
john's f-stop 
