Progressive Photo's

 This sad little house has been for sale for a long time and now it seems to have been sold.  when we first came here it had a porch that was falling off the left hand side of the house and other things that looked so sad and forlorn.

 Now that is has been purchased they have decided to make something of it.  They have cleared out the wild growing bushes and have started to replace the windows with new modern ones (destroys the historical aspect of the house in my opinion) and are putting siding on the house.    I guess it was considered sound enough to refurbish and prepare to live in it but even with the siding on it, the house is still and OLD  HOUSE underneath.

 Now , that is what I call an INK BLOT!

 this is one of the court papers from Washington county court records.  I guess the clerk got bored with the proceedings and decided to draw a face.  Perhaps this is the first example of having a court appointed artist to sketch the defendant?  Well, lets face it, they did not have cameras and they did not have TV so it was up to someone in the room to sketch the defendant!

Our grey tower of ten boxes of records from Washington county.  on the right hand side of the picture are the next 10 boxes ready for us to work on.

 A very patriotic picture of the state house , white blossoms on the trees, one  red car between two blue cars.  could not have orchestrated this one if I tried.

 this box of unopened wipes were found in the mess in the film lab.  The price on it says 69cents and they are advertised on the front as, among other things, being pretty!

 I remember these atomizer sprays.  This one is in pristine condition and has never been used.   We used to have one at our home and it was filled with DDT and we used it against the fly population.  We could smell DDT for hours after spraying.  I wonder what damage it did to us then?

 Pre Kay art at the YMCA.  Totally charming in my opinion.

 More Pre Kay art.  Love It!

 Dawn in Riggs Brook Lane, Augusta.

 Have wanted to capture this scene for months - finally did.  It is of the Armory and the boat landing on the east side of the Kennebec River.

 I love this river.  My wallpaper on this computer is the Fall color season from this exact spot.  It looks a lot different with leaves on the trees.

 At last I get to see Messalonskee Lake.  How peaceful and beautiful.  almost tempted to ask if we could buy a house on the lake and live there the rest of our lives - but in Winter, Arizona is much more comfortable.

 this boat rack at Messalonskee Lake is similar to the boat rack apparatus that they had on the lake in Minnesota.

 This man was actually in the water waiting for someone to come and put the trailer in the water so that they could float this watercraft onto it and tow it out of the water and take it home.  These pictures of Messalonskee lake were taken at the public boat ramp and there was an attendant there who was checking registrations of watercraft before people could be allowed to enter the lake.

 Maine Blueberries.  These were huge.  Actually the biggest blueberries I have ever seen and come from the High bush variety of Blueberries.  I had no idea that they had different types of blueberries.  All I have ever seen them is packed in plastic containers in the supermarket.

 There are many types of Day lillies.  these next few pictures were taken at the DMV in Augusta.

This is Bergamot or Beebalm.  It is a flower that is said to attract hummingbirds and butterflies.  I tried to grow it in Pennsylvania but was not successful.  There are many gardens here that sport Bergamot and the variety of flowers that grow here is mind boggling.