Our first stop in Norway was at Shepard's Farm Preserve. It's a park with sculptures adjoining trails to Witt's Swamp. Here are some photos.
The trail names and signs have fun with the name of the swamp:
We saw some birds and some interesting plants which I'll save for another day, but the birds we only heard may have been the highlight of the trails. We heard an Eastern wood pewee, black-throated green warblers and oven birds and were serenaded as we looped around the swamp by winter wrens, but the most magical moment was standing on a trail in the woods with at least two hermit thrushes calling around us here is a tiny flavor (sound only):
Exile #2 bought me this wooden pinball kit for Christmas. It was a challenging build but mostly enjoyable (I will admit to a few frustrated moments). Here are some in-progress photos:
And, in the end, after a bit of problem-solving, it not only works, but plays rather well:
All along Clearwater beach - between the sand and the road were beach showers with a variety of cute turtle sculptures. Here is one (with a palm tree for good measure).
I’m not in sunny Florida now, but it is the weekend.
The three of us went Kennebunk on Saturday morning to visit the Brick Store Museum. One of their current exhibits is of Lego art by a local artist. He has made a model of the outside of the museum which is a row of historic buildings and also loaned them various other pieces.
We also took a close look at some historic doll houses.
Note the tiny ship in a bottle
It was a great visit - as usual. It’s a fantastic little museum.
With rain in the forecast for today, we planned a drive around the bay to Eastport - the easternmost city in the US (Lubec being a mere town), but since the rain hadn't started and it was otherwise pretty clear unlike the misty morning recently we stopped down the road to witness the tide come rapidly in over the South Lubec Sand Bar.
Here are a couple of videos (actual speed!):
After I had retreated from the disappearing sand bar
After that, we headed to Eastport as planned. It was the final day of their pirate festival and although I suspect we were a bit early in the day for too much pirate action, we enjoyed our visit - including the pirates, street art, the port and a Wabanaki art exhibit on loan from nearby New Brunswick.
Ye Ole Hookers
Uncle Sam caring for a bird
The Roosevelt house on Campobello across the bay
Tiny car ferry
Having got that far, we decided to drive another thirty minutes to Calais ("CAL-us"), a true border town with just a fairly narrow river crossing separating it from St. Stephen, New Brunswick. We visited a small museum at the visitors center and had a tasty lunch.
Selfie with a moose at the museum
On the way home we stopped at a couple of spots in the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge and drove the 4.4 mile auto tour on some challenging roads.
Yes, this blind is really at this jaunty angle. The viewing windows are angled to suit wildlife enthusiasts of all heights
