Anna’s Neighborhood

Someone had gone piled up a bunch of trash that accumulated on Morse Mt. beach over winter, mostly lobster traps.

 

The weather doesn't matter, Morse is always a good trip. This is looking down from the 'mountain,' about half way to the beach from the parking lot.

It was windy - the lighter colored areas are blowing sand. A gull entertained us while we ate our lunches.

Here are some photos I took Monday at Maquoit Bay. It was low tide.

Why is a canoe just sitting there in the mud? It's waiting for its clammer. Note the plastic sled!

Apple trees. They'll look quite different in a couple of weeks.

 

Here are some photos from a recent kayaking expedition to Runaround Pond in Pownal. We saw painted turtles & plenty of interesting birds and heard peepers and wood frogs. And no humans but us. It was serene.

I love the upside-down view ... Here's an osprey eating a fish. And my travelling partners.

We've had a lot of rain over the last couple of days. Combined with the spring melt coming down the river from the mountains, the Androscoggin River's really roaring. Here are a couple of photos and a short video (turn the sound on).

 

 

 

I was riding my bike yesterday & this man was plowing the lower CSF field with his team of horses.

The sheep are out. And curious. These photos are from a trip to Crystal Spring Farm (CSF) last Saturday.

CSF is up high, but it's also flat at the top of the hill, so it's a great place for sunsets and moonrises.

Here's a closer look: And here's a later look, from another location. I know these aren't great photos, but what the heck ...

It must be spring, the doors are open. The farmyard's ready, where are the sheep? Actually, they are right inside the door. Too far away to pick up with my cheap camera, though.

Here's a field at Crystal Spring Farm, awaiting plowing. The green rows in the foreground are a cover crop of grass (rye?), planted in the fall to hold the soil and build organic matter when they are turned under in the spring. Last year tomatoes, peppers, and other vegetables grew here.

Crystal Spring is a community supported all-organic enterprise on land owned by the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust. The farmer, Seth, is ill, so I'm not sure what's to happen this season. We all hope for his speedy recovery!

I had to go out to Orr's Island today. Here's a view of Harpswell Sound from the Mountain Road, looking south towards the open ocean.