I passed the lobster trap as I explored the beach knowing it would be a possibility for a photo with the heart, but knowing I could get it on the way back to the car.

Being so early in the morning no one else had been on this part of the beach so the only footprints were mine.  As I came back upon the lobster trap I knew I wanted to try to get the shot without any footprints in it so I looped up behind the trap.  I had planned to place the heart on the trap itself but once I saw the rope I knew where the heart needed to be.

Finding a poem or quote for this posting proved a challenge.  I started with keywords of heart and trap but not only where the choices slim they were also morbid.  I also searched for something about lobstermen and found very little and nothing that fit.  Finally I searched the keyword of Sea and found this quote.

Back in May I took Sil on an Expedition up the coast to feed her photographic needs for new places. At Pemaquid I tried taking a picture of the view through two windows. When we sat at lunch we were looking at the shots we had so far; I did not successfully get the view I had been trying for but instead was enthralled by the reflections in the window that were captured in the photo.

Since then when I am on an expedition and I see a building I take some shots of the windows, I apparently do it so much now that even the volunteer at one of the historic sites asked me why I was taking so many photos of windows. As is the case most times; being outside looking at the screen on my phone I can’t really see the details of the image, which makes for a bit of excitement when I get home and load them up on the tablet.

This particular barn had at least ten windows and I took shots of them all but only this one provided me a reward for the effort. In truth I did not see the reward in the reflection until I started cropping the photo.

Two years ago I took a trip up to Rangeley to hike a trail, along the way I was to stop and check out Height of Land a much talked about scenic overlook.  Well that day it was under construction but from what little I was able to see it I told myself “I’ll be coming back to check this out”.

Right now I am not physically up to hiking so I decided this would just be a lengthy road trip, looking at the map there would be some other lovely scenic stops on the roundabout route that I planned.

I came across another of what I call my “Stone Men” in the Bryant Pond area.  I lunched in the scenic town of Bethel and visited a lovely, but very expensive, Irish and Scottish shop, then it was back on my way.

Coming through the town of Newry I spotted signs for a covered bridge, so I sidetracked until I found it.  There was to be a wedding taking place that afternoon at 3pm inside the bridge and I don’t know that the couple could have found a nicer spot on a very beautiful day.

Height of Land was truly a stunning view (no picture I took did it justice), it was also very very breezy up there.  After a last look I enjoyed a leisurely drive up to Rangeley and then back home, coming through Stratton and Farmington.