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Portland: To Her Sons Who Died for The Union. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument statue, Portland, Maine. Dedicated on October 28, 1891, it honors "those brave men of Portland, soldiers of the United States Army and sailors of the Navy who died in the First Civil War.

I have had lots of outdoor cats. They come and go. This is Bob. 2022

I can see you sneaking up on me. Really go bother someone your own size. Blue Heron in Marsh. Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park. 2023

Blue Heron, Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park, Maine 2023. One of the last sightings before it flew away for the winter?

Deer Island Bridge on the Eggemoggin Reach near Deer Island, ME. Exhibiting the Salt Water Taffy effect from the wake of the Friendship V out of Bar Harbor. From the book: lighthouses of midcoast maine & tales of the folk who lived there. A slim volume of poetry and photographs, faithlanebooks.com.

Junk Rigged boats at the 2023 Junk Rig Association Sail In. Gouldsboro, ME. The double masted Kokachin visited from England and the single masted Great Auk from Maine

Celtic Cross Irish Memorial. In memory of those men, women and children who died from hunger and disease while fleeing the potato famine in Ireland and lie buried here on Hospital Island. Lovingly remembered by their descendants who persevered and helped build this great nation. St Andrews, NB, CA

From the other side of the bridge over the gorge in St. George, NB, Canada. If you go with the flow of the traffic you can get a steady moment when the bridge is not bouncing to take your shot.

There is something comforting to find Pooh keeping an eye on things in a closed up mansion. Missionary Island, St Andrews, NB

The mill through the bridge over the gorge at Saint George, New Brunswick, Canada. The side walk on the bridge was cleared to a gate in the center which allows you to cross the old one lane bridge to a bump out on the other side. It was not cleared. I carefully pushed the snow aside.

Sunrise, St Andrews By The Sea