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Slin's Island seen from the bridge in Spruce Head Maine. This is a small island we used to row to. Ospreys had a nest for many years high up in a dead tree. The tree finally fell. During the recent rebuilding of the bridge, ospreys repeatedly tried building a nest in one of the tall pieces of equipment used for construction. My brother tells of the osprey's shadow spooking him as it passed over him seeming like a huge monster about to swoop down on him. It was a hurried row home after that.

Watercolor Paintings, Classes, & Workshops: I paint watercolors of Maine scenes. In Maine you'll find coastal views with red poppies dancing in the summer breeze, blue & purple lupine sloping down a hillside to the water. From here in Rockland you can see the breakwater lighthouse and walk 1/2(?) mile out in the harbor to reach it. You can also go to Port Clyde to visit Marshall Point lighthouse, which you may remember from Forest Gump's (the movie) run across the U.S.A. The Belted Galloway cows herd graze peacefully at Rockport's Aldermere Farm and offer idyllic watching of these strong gentle cattle. Maine's harbors, fishing villages, florals, gardens, and animals capture our imagination and nostalgia for the ways of life of previous...