With snow in the forecast for the next day, Eliza and I went for a nice walk at the Spear Farm Estuary Preserve in Yarmouth. It was a pleasant early winter day in the mid 40s. Eliza loved checking out … Read More

Before Christmas, we went for a drive through the Cumberland Fairgrounds for the Maine Celebration of Lights. The display of lights wound through the fairgrounds for over a mile. It was really fun to drive through, and Eliza loved seeing … Read More

Eliza and I went outside to play in the yard after the first little dusting of snow we got. It was barely enough to cover the grass and remaining leaves of fall that were scattered throughout the yard. I brought … Read More

This year, we went to Hanscome’s Christmas Tree Farm in North Yarmouth to get our Christmas Tree. This was our first time going to Hanscome’s, and we liked it a lot. The farm is quite large, and we found a … Read More

Eliza and I went to Cumberland Center to see if any trains would go by. While we were there, we were lucky enough to see the Pan Am OCS train pass by and I was able to get a couple … Read More

We went to Hacker’s Hill in Casco to check out the autumn colors. From the top of the hill, which you can drive up on certain days of the week, there are nice views of the area. The White Mountains … Read More

Rachel, Eliza, and I drove to the Wire Bridge in New Portland. The bridge crosses the Carrabassett River, and features a suspended wooden deck with wooden trusses, and timber framed, shingled towers. It was constructed in 1866. It was interesting … Read More

In early October, we went for a nice fall hike to the top of French Mountain in Rome. The trail makes a loop, and is a fairly easy climb to the open viewpoint. The fall colors were pretty nice, and … Read More

In late September, Rachel, Eliza, and I went to Vermont to visit our friends and to take part in our annual apple picking and applesauce making weekend. We went to Burrt’s Apple Orchard in Cabot. We also did a little … Read More

Our friend Tom came to visit us recently. While he was here, we went for a sightseeing drive up the coast. We drove along Shore Road near Boothbay Harbor, which offers some nice views of the ocean, and the Ram … Read More

I took a few photos of flowers at Pineland Farms using Ilford Ortho Plus film. This was my first time using this type of film, and I was curious to see how different color flowers would look. Ortho film renders … Read More

Eliza and I went to one of our favorite playgrounds in Freeport. While we were there, I took a few photos of the playground itself, and of Eliza playing there. The playground has a lot of interesting geometric shapes that … Read More