by Susan | Sep 4, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
It’s shorebird migration time here, Downeast. I’ve not had time to get to the beach to watch, but I paused today when I saw them in the marshy area near the river today. I’m not sure if they are Sandpipers, Yellowlegs, or something else. The red...
by Susan | Sep 2, 2020 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
Nothing to see here but a girl who spent a happy hour today photographing blooms and bees.
by Susan | Aug 31, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
I’ve hiked Pigeon Hill dozens of times – usually with Hannah – but we’ve never ventured out for the full moon. Downeast Coastal Conservancy organized a full moon hike this evening. I asked Paul if he wanted to go with. He said,...
by Susan | Aug 19, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
It’s been five months since I spent more than a few moments in my colleagues’ company. Today, in place of our typical Wednesday Zoom meeting, we had the opportunity to gather outdoors at Gardner Lake for a staff retreat. I enjoyed five hours of talking...
by Susan | Aug 7, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
Low on motivation this afternoon, I talked Hannah into joining me on an outing to explore a new trail to the shore I learned about this week. She said she’d go but wasn’t up for a big hike. It turns out that the trail was just our speed. A short walk along...
by Susan | Aug 2, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
Hannah has a summer punch list to complete before returning to school. Visiting Acadia National Park was at the top. We’d planned to do this on her birthday next week – to make a day of it. Then came word from school that all students should quarantine for...
by Susan | Jul 7, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
Photography with my iPhone and a clip-on macro lens is a favorite past-time. I find the close-up detail in flowers incredibly appealing. The Coastal Maine Botanical Garden was a treasure trove of subjects. There’s so much to see when you take a closer that you...
by Susan | Jul 6, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
I am drawn to patterns and textures in nature. That fascination was nourished at Coastal Maine Botanical Garden last week. I see patterns in the flowers, and in the trees. I notice textures in the contrasts, and in the man made versus the natural. I spot it in the...
by Susan | Jul 5, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
The lure of the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden is the flora, but the fauna is the serendipity that makes the experience extraordinary. We spent an inordinate amount of time studying the frogs. It’s a frog eat frog world. New this visit is the butterfly house...
by Susan | Jul 4, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
Yesterday dawned cool and drizzly as Hannah, and I embarked on our journey to the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden in Boothbay, Maine a three-hour drive. It’s been three years since we first visited, and it’s on Hannah’s summer “To Do”...
by Susan | Jun 26, 2020 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
Today was our mandated weekly beach visit; a couple of hours after work to let the waves wash away the stresses of the day. The fog bank settled over the peninsula and outer islands, leaving the beach mostly sunny if a little chilly. The high tide didn’t leave...
by Susan | Jun 5, 2020 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
The weather app reported cloudy all day. By mid-day, the sun was shining on one side of the house while cloudy on the other, so we took our chances and headed to the beach. We parked our chairs and were rewarded with a quick 20 minutes of sunshine before the clouds...
by Susan | May 25, 2020 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
Hannah and I headed up to Meddybemps today to pick up a couple of barrels to turn into rain barrels. Meddybemps. It’s such fun to say. On the way home, we drove through the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, and pulled into a river overlook just in time to see...
by Susan | May 22, 2020 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
A couple of times a week, Hannah and I end the day with a drive before dinner. Cameras in hand, we take off for an hour or so in search of wildlife. Sometimes we only spot some Canada Geese. Or Cormorants. Or a gulp of Cormorants being harassed by Gulls. And then last...
by Susan | May 11, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
Hannah was out and about this afternoon on a hunt for sea glass. She called to find out when I would be finished with work and said she was kidnapping me so I could enjoy the beautiful day for a while. We visited for a while with this Common Eider Duck pair. Hannah...
by Susan | May 2, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
I tagged along with Hannah today. She was on a mission to take pictures for her school photography assignment. The subject was beach trash. It was a beautiful day in Beals with lots of whitecaps in the harbor. Hannah scoured the landscape collecting images of trashed...
by Susan | Apr 25, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
These days I feel as if I live at work. The commute from the home office is a ridiculously short one during the quarantine. So when the Saturday forecast was sunny and 50, Hannah and I packed a lunch and headed out for a photo adventure. Obligatory stop at Dunkin for...
by Susan | Apr 9, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
I tend to carry my camera with me most of the time – a 9-year-old Canon Rebel T3i. I get nervous when I forget and leave home without it because I know that’s the day I’ll see something wonderfully camera-worthy – and miss it. While Hannah was...
by Susan | Jan 4, 2020 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
On an afternoon where the weather couldn’t decide if it was going to rain or snow, Hannah and I headed to Schoodic. I did some beachcombing, playing with the iPhone macro lens Hannah gave me for Christmas. I managed to put my last one through the wash. I love...
by Susan | Jan 1, 2020 | Out and About in Maine
We welcomed 2020 with a walk at our happy place. It was a lovely day for a walk on the beach. Santa brought Hannah a crystal sphere for Christmas. We experimented with some refraction photography. The crystal ball, or lens ball, came with a warning about using it in...
