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A friend of mine took this picture at Old Orchard Beach last week after a bizarre mass wash up of clams.
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Was it the storm?
The earthquake?
The (then future) eclipse?
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I don’t know.
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But they were all still alive and I’m guessing lots of local residents had chowder that night.
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The long awaited solar eclipse was a low key event as Casa River. Yes, we could have driven up north and seen the totality… but the traffic was nuts and the crowds were insane so we settled for 95% on the barn porch.
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I went out half an hour early with a book and a beer.
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I was ready.
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The man cave/Barn Mahal porch proved an excellent viewing platform.
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Though my attempts at photographing the event were less so.
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But it was an awesome sight and we enjoyed the experience.
And while we didn’t have totality darkness, the change in light and temperature was enough to flip out our resident woodchucks who were scurrying all over the place.
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When they see or hear us, they usually hide.
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But not during the eclipse.
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They were looking for shelter and didn’t give us a second thought.
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So how about you?
Did your eclipse viewing include befuddled wildlife….
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A few more winter pics, because it’s already melted and I didn’t have a chance to post them.
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Pink sky in morning…
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I swear this spring robin is saying WTF!
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Not yet little plants.
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We have a small Amish population scattered across our state and every once in a while we see them.
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I’m usually up early in the morning and often see the moon go down.
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It’s beautiful in the winter….
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Bouncing off the white snow, against a blue sky.
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So I brave the cold and trot out front in my pajamas for a few nice photos.
To find I’m not the only one with that idea.
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We have large open spaces around our property and people often stop for Kodak moment.
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Good thing he was facing the other way. No one needs a picture of me at 5:00am wearing penguin pj’s.
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I live in Maine.
I like winter, cold weather and snow.
I do not like the warming trend and temperatures that now fluctuate during storms.
And I most definitely do not like ice.
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Where’s Sharon Stone when you need her?
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We haven’t seen much of our resident deer this winter because… well, we didn’t have much of a winter in Maine this year.
But with the late season snow storm came our backyard buddies.
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I sure have missed them.
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Love to watch the young ones kick up their heels and scamper around.
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That big guy in the foreground is a buck.
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He has a nice little harem.
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While most of you are enjoying tulips, daffodils and other cheerful harbingers of warm weather…in Maine things look a little different.
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We had a good old fashioned N’or Easter on Thursday.
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With high winds and wet heavy snow.
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It was the pretty kind that sticks to bushes and makes everything feel like a winter wonderland.
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But it also weighed down trees, snapped branches and left half of our state without power.
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I think we ended up with a foot, though with the wind it’s hard to tell.
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Since the temperatures hovered near freezing it was that awful wet, heavy snow that you have to constantly go out and clear before it becomes too saturated to move.
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Yes… springtime in Maine can be a bit of a challenge.
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My husband may not be a mailman, but his version of that age old creed says nothing will come between him and his television. Not even the ripping Maine N’or Easter with 50 mph winds and heavy wet snow that pummeled us yesterday leaving half our state without power.
Thankfully we never lost electricity… but when my spouse lost the satellite signal?
Out he went.
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Digging in the shed for a ladder.
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Trudging across the back lawn…
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To knock the wet snow off the dish.
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Reception restored, he trudged back in the house…
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Only to return an hour later for more sweeping.
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What can I say?
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The man really likes his tv.
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We headed west recently… which is always a nice drive.
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Destination?
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An unassuming little Italian restaurant housed in an old shoe factory.
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Lots of original exposed beams and sunlight.
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And some seriously good mojitos. This one is blackberry.
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I passed on the pickle.
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Lunch for me was a tasty chicken carbonara tortellini. Their pasta is fresh and fabulous. Mojito #2? Mango.
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Husband went with haddock piccata minus the capers, garlic butter linguini and maple glazed carrots. Scrumptious.
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I meant to ask the bartender about this rather odd Nesquick placement but was too busy eating.
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Raspberry cheesecake for the spouse.
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And a rare bananas foster for me. I love this caramel and rum soaked treat but rarely find it in Maine. It was too apt to melt for a leftover box so I had to each the whole thing in one sitting.
I had to.
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Oh what a difference a day makes.
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The beginning of green grass and our first chuck sighting of the season.
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The next day?
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It’s back to winter.
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And one very limber local cat.
In other news…
She’s baaaaack.
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It’s the sci fi franchise that just won’t die.
And finally, a little help if you’re planning a vacation.
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