27th Beltaine at Popham, 2009

I've written a LOT about this annual event in the last several years which all may be read HERE, but if you'd just like to see the 80 or so photos that I made this year click the photo above. :)

Maine Maple Sunday 2009

I created a multimedia story about Maine Maple Sunday for this blog back in 2006, but this year we ate a nice breakfast and I only made photos. See them here:

The Miss Portland is re-Born!

Back in 2005 I blogged a post here about the Miss Portland Dinner being run down and closing her doors. This last summer, the Dinner was reborn just a few thousand feet down the street on Marginal Way from where she had thrived for so many years previously. She now sits with an expanded kitchen and dining room right next to the new Student Housing complex for my alma mater, the University of Southern Maine...

The new exterior...


The warm and inviting original dinning car...


Happy to report that the food and atmosphere is just as wonderful as it used to be.

Family Time

Mom's Birthday...






and Thanksgiving...

Pepere and Charlotte making some music...


A very long Turkey Day for Nana...


PWCA doing what the PWCA does...


The Boo following suit...

PAW 2008 - Sebego Lake

The several acres of cattails which grow near the boat landing on Sebego Lake in Raymond, Maine have always impressed me. The light and foliage with the cattails in the foreground on this day demanded that we stop and I make a photograph.

Haiku from The PWCA

Fall Haiku for Dad's Birthday
by Nicole Caitlin Berube (at 11 years old)

Crisp, red, autumn leaves.
A sunset, filled with orange,
Night drives it to fade.

Long strands of color,
Dissolve into the darkness,
Is not forgotten.

Inside, the wood stove.
Flames dance, lapping at the wood.
The warmth is cherished.

Stars glow, signaling
The night, as if to begin.
The cats purr softly.

Comfortably happy,
They both drown out the silence,
With their content song,

They all flex their claws,
As if to beckon comfort.
Supportive creatures.

Contently staring,
They bob their heads lazily,
Welcoming a nap.