Could it be that winter didn’t get the memo that it’s time has come and gone? The answer is, apparently not. Even as Mainers flipped their calendars from the month of March to April, the movement …
Lighthouses
A Frosty View of Cape Porpoise Harbor
Now that the annual mud season’s muck and mire has replaced most of the snow-pack, it is easy to forget that less than a month ago winter was showing no signs of relinquishing its bitter hold along …
Hiding Under a Heavy Blanket of Snow
During the first part of February, I happened to visit Pemaquid Point Lighthouse at the beginning of yet another snowstorm. My goal was to linger for a little while in hopes of experiencing a slice …
Arctic Sea Smoke
On January 24, 2011, the Midcoast Maine region endured its coldest day to date this winter. In Rockland, temperatures registered an icy -9 degrees by dawn, with a wind chill of -24 degrees that only …
Snowstorm Sweeps over Coastal Maine with Concentrated Fury
For those of us who love winter and the cloak of snowfall that caps its icy reign, the promise of another round of snowy weather being carried up the coast by a January northeaster was rejuvenating to …
Owls Head Light’s Winter Splendor
Below are views of Owls Head Lighthouse in the wake of the great “Blizzard of 2010” on December 26-27. A new blanket of snow covered the Maine coast, and though the sun was shining bright after the …
