A few years ago, we went for a quick hike up and down Knox Mountain before a thunderstorm came. This year, we got to hike Knox Mountain on a beautiful, sunny, July day, with no storms in the forecast. Eliza … Read More

On a sunny July afternoon, we went for a hike up Bauneg Beg Mountain in North Berwick. The hike is a good one for a family like ours, and the kids had a good time on the trail. At the … Read More

Lindsey and I went for a short walk on a loop trail to Hidden Pond in Freeport. There is a nice parking area for the walk on Grant Road. From the trail head, there is a loop trail that begins … Read More

Near the end of September, I drove out to Runaround Pond in Durham, and took a few photos of the early fall foliage there. Then, later in October, Lindsey and I enjoyed a beautiful, warm, fall day with a nice … Read More

We continued our fall tradition of going apple picking in Vermont with our friends Mary and Miles. Eliza and Lindsey had fun picking and eating apples at Burtt’s Orchard in Cabot. The weather was beautiful and on the late September … Read More

The weather on April 8th was perfect for the solar eclipse. I had not really thought much about trying to photograph it from our house, but I decided to give it a try. I used my Nikon D7100 with three … Read More

We drove down to Ogunquit to do a little winter sightseeing. We went to Perkins Cove and checked out the draw bridge. Later, we went to York, and walked across the Wiggly Bridge, and walked along the Fisherman’s Trail. Finally, … Read More

After a month of December where we mostly had wind and rain storms, we finally received our first significant snowstorm in early January. About a foot of snow fell in the area, so I drove around Freeport and South Freeport … Read More

In late July, we took the kiddos to the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray. It was fun to walk around and visit the animals. We have made visiting the park an annual tradition, and Eliza has enjoyed going back every … Read More

On a sunny day in May, I took the girls with me to Brunswick to see Midcoast Railservice in action on the Rockland Branch. Soon after we arrived, Midcoast Railservice arrived with both locomotives and a train of cement hoppers. … Read More

I took Eliza and Lindsey for a walk along the Royal River in Yarmouth. It was fun to see the Canadian Geese and ducks along the edge of the river. The leaves on the trees were just starting to pop, … Read More

I’m starting a new occasional series of photo posts called Digital Developments. These are photos that I took with my Nikon D7100 using the camera’s monochrome JPG settings. Sometimes I want to shoot in black and white, but I don’t … Read More