photopoet's PhotoBlog

Once Upon a Time...

2008-07-23T21:34:00Z

“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.” Albert Einstein

Take Some Time...

2008-07-20T22:54:19Z

The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Wisdom of the Sands

Maine Folks

2008-07-19T21:21:05Z

"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks." Harper Lee

You Can Only Lay One Brick at a Time

2008-07-17T20:29:40Z

Brick by brick—the history of civilization The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice. John Dos Passos

Thuya Garden

2008-07-14T19:34:37Z

If I wanted to live in my own created world I'd lay claim to these flowers, but I've never grown anything too demanding. Hostas thrive and ground covers multiply on my small plot of land. Thuya Garden is part semi-formal English garden surrounded by woodlands and situated on a granite hillside. Charles Savage created the garden in 1956 on land that once was an orchard. He designed the garden to be a "semiformal herbaceous garden in the style of England's famous designer and author, Gertrude Jekyll.." The land was originally owned by Joseph Henry Curtis—a Boston landscape architect. He designed a "Terrace Trail to traverse up the hillside." A summer cottage at the top was called Thuya Lodge—so named for the northern white cedar in the area. Thuya occientalis.

Odds and Ends

2008-07-13T17:55:11Z

“To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.” Oscar Wilde

Wild Mushrooms and Polypores

2008-07-11T22:04:16Z

“All mushrooms are edible - once”

Where the Mountains Meet the Sea

2008-07-10T14:03:34Z

There's something so invigorating about hiking for three or four hours, reading a book on the rocks while listening to the surf, spotting lobster boats haul in their traps, and then heading over to a fishing village for lobster or lobstah.

Ethereal Maine—a Misty Day

2008-07-09T20:54:07Z

I love the sunny weather, but there's something about a misty day in Maine.

Simply Maine Rocks

2008-07-08T15:02:46Z

“A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind.” —Antoine de Saint-Exupery Maine's rocks are cathedrals—places to stand in awe. I love the sound of the surf or quiet lake water , the barnacles and rockweed, and the patterns engraved on rock surfaces. We roamed among the rocks, sometimes finding small treasures, often enjoying the rock paths we created. This is poetry not prose. (Enlarge to see details)