It's very hot here in Florida right now, but we've been able to get to the Little Lake Manatee State Park down the street a few times when it gets cloudy. A breeze also helps!
With a chilling breeze coming into the harbor, from the open ocean, I pulled on an extra layer of clothing as I prepared for a scenic walk around the beautiful waterfront of Belfast, Maine.
During the American Revolution, Belfast Maine was burned by the British. Again, in September of 1814, Belfast was again taken by the Bristish and held for five days, during the War of 1812.
Boats at their moorings on pastel waters in Cape Harbor, Newagen, Maine. Invite the spirit of the sea and the moody charm of Coastal Maine, into your living space, with any of the exceptional prints available in the Coastal Scenics Gallery by Fine Arts Photographer and lifelong Maine native, Scott Loring Davis. https://pixels.com/profiles/scottloringdavis/collections/beautiful+harbor+scenes+of+maine
Here's one from the archives for #MeerMittwoch. It was taken in lovely, grainy Ektachrome, in Matala, on Crete, in May 1974, which makes it exactly 50 years old.
It was a blowy morning, and the sand was being whipped into a bit of a haze. The fishermen had finished their day's business and hauled their boat up onto the beach. I still wonder what the chap with the walking stick was looking for in his bag though...
Of course there were things to do; there always were, and some of them could even be listed in the "important" column.
But at the moment, nothing seemed more important than standing in the yard, overlooking the bay filled with sailboats, and just letting one's mind glide from one thought to another, as if it too were sailing on the bay.
This is a picture of Brixham harbour, which is only a few miles from where I live. It made the national news last week as the epicentre of an outbreak of cryptosporidium, but is normally thought of as a picturesque fishing port.
It's a popular tourist destination and, to the left of the shot, you can see its well-known replica of Sir Francis Drake's 'Golden Hind', in which he circumnavigated the globe. It's a disturbingly small vessel.
With a chilling breeze coming into the harbor, from the open ocean, I pulled on an extra layer of clothing as I prepared for a scenic walk around the beautiful waterfront of Belfast, Maine.
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