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...
by Susan | Oct 15, 2019 | Out and About in Maine
This is the view from the end of our road. Every day there’s something different happening here. On this morning, the sun was peeking through the fog, the tide partly out, and two Great Blue Herons lounging on the mudflats. Of course, my camera was back on the...
by Susan | Oct 12, 2019 | Out and About in Maine
Peak color has arrived Downeast. Maine never looks more glorious than she does these few weeks of the year. Nights turn crisp, and we relish the lingering warmth of the sun. Marsh grasses shift from green to gold. Trees give one last hurrah, brightening to yellow,...
by Susan | Oct 9, 2019 | Out and About in Maine
I left work early yesterday, so this morning I headed in early to make up for lost time. Cruising along U.S. Route 1, I noticed the tide was in and there was sea smoke on the Pleasant River. I tucked into one of my favorite spots to snap some pictures. After a few...
by Susan | Sep 15, 2019 | Out and About in Maine
I spent the day browsing photos from one of my last adventures with Hannah before she returned to college last month. We made the two-hour drive to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada to visit Kingsbrae Garden. The day was overcast and drizzly to start, but that...
by Susan | Sep 14, 2019 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
When I left the house this morning, the tide on the river was almost out. The sun was peeking out from behind the trees. It was easy to spot this silhouette of a Blue Heron fishing in the shallows. I stopped the car and grabbed my camera that has lived in the car...
by Susan | Aug 19, 2019 | Out and About in Maine
Hannah had the great fortune with win a raffle for a night’s stay at Kawahnee Inn located in Weld Maine. She took me along on her adventure. We went swimming in Webb Lake and lounged on the beach. We enjoyed dining on the Inn’s screened-in porch. The lobster gnocchi,...
by Susan | Aug 12, 2019 | Out and About in Maine
With just enough time to spare after dinner, Hannah and I cruised out to Baseline Road to capture the sunset over the barrens. It was a gorgeous evening with big clouds and a light breeze – perfect sweatshirt weather. Two weeks from today we’ll be headed...
by Susan | Aug 7, 2019 | Birds and Wildlife
Yesterday, we lunched in Castine for Hannah’s birthday. While there, I spotted this Black Swallowtail Butterfly feasting on the clover atop one of the bunkers at Fort George along the Penobscot River. I would have loved for the images to be just a shade...
by Susan | Jul 31, 2019 | Out and About in Maine
We returned to Poplar Hill tonight. Hannah wanted to film and record the sound of the Timberdoodles. I was fascinated by clouds. Tall cloud formations met the horizon over the barrens. The sunset, unique every night, was not as spectacular as last week. Hannah...
by Susan | Jul 24, 2019 | Out and About in Maine
Last night Hannah and I adventured to Poplar Hill to photograph the sunset over the blueberry barrens. Here are some of my favorite shots. While she worked, I was on self-appointed bear watch...
by Susan | Jul 21, 2019 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
After roasting while working at the Farmer’s Market yesterday, Hannah and I decided to take a ride so we could enjoy the car air conditioning. We cruised through the barrens scoping out locations for Hannah to film in the upcoming weeks. (Photo credit Hannah S....
by Susan | Jul 11, 2019 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
Just a simple dragonfly today. They may be my new favorite critter. Do you know that a single dragonfly can eat 30 to hundreds of mosquitoes per day?
