tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63388748860249729432024-02-22T09:47:24.603-05:00patrick l. groleauIMAGES & IDEAS & WANDERINGSzzzapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01651526110440554754noreply@blogger.comBlogger824125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338874886024972943.post-10244478095346054382022-02-28T15:01:00.006-05:002022-02-28T15:01:55.912-05:00<p> I am in the process of revising this site!<br /></p>zzzapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01651526110440554754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338874886024972943.post-42844971429828837112021-10-17T20:21:00.005-04:002021-10-19T14:36:56.303-04:00A Bridge to Span the Tide<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">as many times you've heard me express, this is one of my most favorite places in the entire world ... here, for me, "was" and "is" and "to be" merge to become a timeless "now" ...</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yV3tz01JVwNnp9YhTjT_mBHYvjDkVpHPHY4GaEfqWiZ6gAMqyxeUwGRPBkK1IaRqUYNZqHKh559KzElkZR7waqYfSs5PWNXAdS3Mir_ji_FfTjZ5bOeyddwPxDU8xjH69omOTFPidxyg/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100887-926w.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="3010" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yV3tz01JVwNnp9YhTjT_mBHYvjDkVpHPHY4GaEfqWiZ6gAMqyxeUwGRPBkK1IaRqUYNZqHKh559KzElkZR7waqYfSs5PWNXAdS3Mir_ji_FfTjZ5bOeyddwPxDU8xjH69omOTFPidxyg/w640-h246/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100887-926w.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">john and i arrived as the sun was rising, this season aligned with the distant bend in the stream</span></b> ...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikh1UXRtRa9lzkGt6EzJNk299eXp1jjeQ5vmODOOT-m2CIMxdWS4xk0Bf6tnfoLmzlVZ_59fxFFPc2oqm_cJLX8TnlVuCS8xacHGB2VBbVMb8E-yvb8vlB5MWbogT5unbmefnKiPwFuDf3/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100775w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikh1UXRtRa9lzkGt6EzJNk299eXp1jjeQ5vmODOOT-m2CIMxdWS4xk0Bf6tnfoLmzlVZ_59fxFFPc2oqm_cJLX8TnlVuCS8xacHGB2VBbVMb8E-yvb8vlB5MWbogT5unbmefnKiPwFuDf3/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100775w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... ever so slowly day arrived in the valley</span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ...</span></b></div></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelsSoBI0BQ-jklX5PMf5D4Asnm_k9c_7LoL_f-szRQs5arHjUdw3XMAq6T29sOILe1CHEmNb2D7KLOT7hYw4djXC6GsRKbuCwD-9efz_DvC0bCQu9tAYHqamoBOPJdY_A9qKWndlighVr/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100771w.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelsSoBI0BQ-jklX5PMf5D4Asnm_k9c_7LoL_f-szRQs5arHjUdw3XMAq6T29sOILe1CHEmNb2D7KLOT7hYw4djXC6GsRKbuCwD-9efz_DvC0bCQu9tAYHqamoBOPJdY_A9qKWndlighVr/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100771w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... mysterious, and, as i said, timeless, as if my eyes were gazing into any moment in the twelve-thousand years since the glaciers retreated from this landscape</span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68FN7G2bDgYo5wGyBzbHCSRNpZfpxI2S4Y5b31AcqASPTop46V7nDuzKE8O_2hbNq1nkc6w25loNdaJTmXLSMYWydOE743SbsVqkWAs7NPQsx75AqbquYpMi82QiiINjAgTxnB1EaOETb/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100768w.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68FN7G2bDgYo5wGyBzbHCSRNpZfpxI2S4Y5b31AcqASPTop46V7nDuzKE8O_2hbNq1nkc6w25loNdaJTmXLSMYWydOE743SbsVqkWAs7NPQsx75AqbquYpMi82QiiINjAgTxnB1EaOETb/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100768w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... for forty-plus years i have been searching for the perfect vantage ... this is a quick snapshot, but one which left me feeling i am making progress</span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFelUVedLzcHM6M_d6yugIsEHFAXteg-NMMhRwEvOfkMEHrM1OrJrEW3QWMKKc79ARz9-bvgZp8zCSBfmwtSbg0mMN4llQNdovbNAEnlhR-olV53EqVWxLqfUlULpq31z-iCqrqXN7JGma/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100625-29w.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFelUVedLzcHM6M_d6yugIsEHFAXteg-NMMhRwEvOfkMEHrM1OrJrEW3QWMKKc79ARz9-bvgZp8zCSBfmwtSbg0mMN4llQNdovbNAEnlhR-olV53EqVWxLqfUlULpq31z-iCqrqXN7JGma/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100625-29w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... no matter the number of times i've seen it, a hue that always brings me to smile</span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ...</span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccGSmKqLHePVr7AXVnki9_mLHG0dKszvL4IeVcoogZ-nVtesq712o8T0Pki8Esgbf7t2KuzKqwCerNDD7oKQ-VFC7gSkgUiGKYThPJ5L29aHs_ahxoLLbbaCOBFeQH5So5-PAFp5Vh659/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100841w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccGSmKqLHePVr7AXVnki9_mLHG0dKszvL4IeVcoogZ-nVtesq712o8T0Pki8Esgbf7t2KuzKqwCerNDD7oKQ-VFC7gSkgUiGKYThPJ5L29aHs_ahxoLLbbaCOBFeQH5So5-PAFp5Vh659/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100841w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... to the left, a boulder eroded from ancient strata, millions and millions of years old, while to the right a similarly aged rock, both sculpted to these shapes by ice and water within the past twelve thousand years, geologically "recent" times ... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3U7O-R835FIbKS8TcC3Gowrh-JTX2h1oW4Zei7CNOIP_VXidXh5WvUEvy9ZkETQfxDurCmaCDlIxdeKwwXhd9jMMBZGln-bnG4BzxeCTkwp3C-i32kxsROwc5Bq5OzBfS5u_X1APV7hEM/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100832w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3U7O-R835FIbKS8TcC3Gowrh-JTX2h1oW4Zei7CNOIP_VXidXh5WvUEvy9ZkETQfxDurCmaCDlIxdeKwwXhd9jMMBZGln-bnG4BzxeCTkwp3C-i32kxsROwc5Bq5OzBfS5u_X1APV7hEM/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100832w.jpg" width="268" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5b7DVFzIzUbmZQ2-8-6k_JAF3ArtpQBsE-suaeVnyYkUYfXeJguFVOYY1ueY3ma1QEtueO5NnMgh61uETvoQMRZ-pwz72VetjPKVxxI0kv7m4HA46sXbn7i8AsRMvmWVWWdJq4hcWCPx/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100836w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2212" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5b7DVFzIzUbmZQ2-8-6k_JAF3ArtpQBsE-suaeVnyYkUYfXeJguFVOYY1ueY3ma1QEtueO5NnMgh61uETvoQMRZ-pwz72VetjPKVxxI0kv7m4HA46sXbn7i8AsRMvmWVWWdJq4hcWCPx/w294-h400/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100836w.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">according to documentation, using cables manufactured in england because there was no such production yet established in america the wire bridge was constructed over one and one-half centuries ago, just after the civil war</span></b> ... local oral tradition has it that it went up twenty years earlier ... here survives evidence that the bridge was a function of the industry of its time ... </span></b></div></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjkq39oQIX1cXtV1zqf5_ZwikB6eK8kE1S5xz38JD9nZ-MmivJYBMSyncfaaG_vvL17kT6H77eRmmIp0SPkey6AcHKcfZb7VyXOX_J44mmjsFQ0OLKZ7cdomx4HwKdnpBUW5-voFNSTLy/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-100721fsw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjkq39oQIX1cXtV1zqf5_ZwikB6eK8kE1S5xz38JD9nZ-MmivJYBMSyncfaaG_vvL17kT6H77eRmmIp0SPkey6AcHKcfZb7VyXOX_J44mmjsFQ0OLKZ7cdomx4HwKdnpBUW5-voFNSTLy/s320/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-100721fsw.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... one winter i drove up to witness the huge ice floes that had jammed to within mere inches of the wooden deck supports ... knowing that if the ice rose higher the bridge would be swept away, the national guard was present, prepared with explosive charges to take a huge risk by attempting to blast away the ice ... luckily, and, i'm sure, with great sighs of relief, nature allowed that the bridge's time hadn't yet ended ...</span></b></div></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RdCC7AeisAK33GAPIEc3MRgxzdqN86npQKDscZtqt3iCCaXUovGn3eXGOXA_mYNCBfMki2ibw6p5unO4ZvbRTa2d2ZO3WnARnTfqpBR0xFRTMSqBzclhPWk6yyuTiCTSHyTOeAPNE-fK/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100849w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RdCC7AeisAK33GAPIEc3MRgxzdqN86npQKDscZtqt3iCCaXUovGn3eXGOXA_mYNCBfMki2ibw6p5unO4ZvbRTa2d2ZO3WnARnTfqpBR0xFRTMSqBzclhPWk6yyuTiCTSHyTOeAPNE-fK/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100849w.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... i've witnessed far greater loads traversing the span, so the bridge must be much stronger than its posted design capacity</span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOw6J9d-WGHm9HNBZRab3frIuSOlllYechKAM52T6dlQkwQyh4bSsmv1ghGeF5hyphenhyphenNRTstE2KrfyI-mkriaO7xVOq-YD0urIwlGxjF74cYOBakOHfRMqkwGgKg46VRPRwV6v7VJZDhnOvFo/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100967-71w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOw6J9d-WGHm9HNBZRab3frIuSOlllYechKAM52T6dlQkwQyh4bSsmv1ghGeF5hyphenhyphenNRTstE2KrfyI-mkriaO7xVOq-YD0urIwlGxjF74cYOBakOHfRMqkwGgKg46VRPRwV6v7VJZDhnOvFo/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100967-71w.jpg" width="428" /></a></div></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">An old man, going a lone highway,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Came at the evening cold and gray</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">To a chasm vast and deep and wide</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Through which was flowing a swollen tide.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">The old man crossed in the twilight dim;</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">The rapids held no fears for him.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">But he turned when safe on the other side</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">And built a bridge to span the tide.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Old man,” cried a fellow pilgrim near,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">“You’re wasting your time in building here.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your journey will end with the closing day;</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">You never again will pass this way.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">You have crossed the chasm deep and wide;</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Why build you this bridge at even-tide?”</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">The builder lifted his old gray head.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Good friend, in the path I have come,” he said,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">“There follows after me today</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">A youth whose feet must pass this way.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">This stream, which has been as naught to me,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">To that fair youth may a pitfall be.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">He too must cross in the twilight dim —</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Good friend, I am building this bridge for him.”</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... as i said, timeless</span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>zzzapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01651526110440554754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338874886024972943.post-63571975953861905022021-10-17T19:11:00.013-04:002021-11-07T20:16:21.074-05:00Happy Birthday, Tessa!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> <br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> ... this entry is a bit overdue ... i've been somewhat off the grid of late, in part a malaise permeating these days of the covid, but also because i've been assessing and then reassessing some of the ways i communicate with the world in general and all of you in particular ... more on this in the near future ...</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>... i drove over to new hampshire so tessa and i could help her celebrate her birthday ...<br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>... first stop was to pick up supplies for the day ... </b><a href="https://www.chutters.com/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa400;">chutters</span></a><b>, of course, which was an initiation for this wonderful child ...</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQv9-9hfBeGS8AHj-hxjcafswIb0h5TaoH13eOKjmihAQVO52zP6xs0wzUSNiNIeP0gEOuu8Xt2u0z-cZIcMlxaGXJ1rplLd50j0mcy8Nt-dzMjy6izAcAp-mtQ7tOiG9Ff37CJ8VHhUk/s6000/02108846.JPG" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQv9-9hfBeGS8AHj-hxjcafswIb0h5TaoH13eOKjmihAQVO52zP6xs0wzUSNiNIeP0gEOuu8Xt2u0z-cZIcMlxaGXJ1rplLd50j0mcy8Nt-dzMjy6izAcAp-mtQ7tOiG9Ff37CJ8VHhUk/w640-h426/02108846.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>... chutters experts provided tessa with advice ...</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPIMj_5LBaFO8UFE3CK56NARF0i9NPxHn7dwANP7Zx5GGoYOG91QSJ5-ovvcxs4mhmDsPx_3CwMYyJRCNNImIPl2uM_4fFOJiuChWdLn4kh1cPXaHCmcDr9GOKjnbDUL9CIJbNp8vYeM7d/s3010/02108830.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPIMj_5LBaFO8UFE3CK56NARF0i9NPxHn7dwANP7Zx5GGoYOG91QSJ5-ovvcxs4mhmDsPx_3CwMYyJRCNNImIPl2uM_4fFOJiuChWdLn4kh1cPXaHCmcDr9GOKjnbDUL9CIJbNp8vYeM7d/w400-h268/02108830.jpg" width="400" /></a> </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> <br /></b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> ... making sure there's no hole in the bottom of the bag ...</b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQ8y4arqDQn5veg79w-sCDUkMkGB9wXmGxECJN5m9Vud-IpDl6EiIlTi9-GujsI5ud_r5myx8GEx5v_USOBzc_VBhbk_w1PobldngX1zy7wWpPtbK7XONZsaFYSlo5s0qbPWrlBlYtFHe/s3010/02108837.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b> <img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQ8y4arqDQn5veg79w-sCDUkMkGB9wXmGxECJN5m9Vud-IpDl6EiIlTi9-GujsI5ud_r5myx8GEx5v_USOBzc_VBhbk_w1PobldngX1zy7wWpPtbK7XONZsaFYSlo5s0qbPWrlBlYtFHe/w400-h268/02108837.jpg" width="400" /></b></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>... "yaaaaaaa, happy birthday to me" ...</b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd71wTYW2POx2wBqh91RoMnvTI3MBPikyoZG0oxldDUcOvo_iOKY2reC1U7bpw0FNis37Q4muGD4X-oasXEs-XS5VjV2UlhJvyBW0awt98Xj0myVSUGHO7dgvT6bmivxJeBR5DYlCglnKL/s3010/02108839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd71wTYW2POx2wBqh91RoMnvTI3MBPikyoZG0oxldDUcOvo_iOKY2reC1U7bpw0FNis37Q4muGD4X-oasXEs-XS5VjV2UlhJvyBW0awt98Xj0myVSUGHO7dgvT6bmivxJeBR5DYlCglnKL/w640-h428/02108839.jpg" width="640" /></b></a></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> <br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>... next was a ride up the mountain in a little cable car ...</b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3imBUZ4JemeA3Wp2XARubPrU3WCPRHjChK3jTz2h5FfjqytMDXKUAcQGX8pcxN5N1QE24y85lJfc0xvZn_udsaHGkYL6m-P3zRtUSkxq87OgTgnKwG__xkmLpk_GEAYtuDKn0i3Mc_hK/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02108848w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3imBUZ4JemeA3Wp2XARubPrU3WCPRHjChK3jTz2h5FfjqytMDXKUAcQGX8pcxN5N1QE24y85lJfc0xvZn_udsaHGkYL6m-P3zRtUSkxq87OgTgnKwG__xkmLpk_GEAYtuDKn0i3Mc_hK/w400-h268/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02108848w.jpg" width="400" /></b></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>... from the peak was a remarkable view of the valley ...</b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPUv84iYSeXKsn5mmBS_44SkTmARGX5WaHDjinbbOv2MYiXjqnPDc9LSMFSR2_lLBQ-32dwKu_dMDEw6bVRmJ3j3t1iYF7OuWbmAzpbePfcH5yNNau13Oy2lzC6MW1L2HxQFSYAcctnQX/s3010/02109032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPUv84iYSeXKsn5mmBS_44SkTmARGX5WaHDjinbbOv2MYiXjqnPDc9LSMFSR2_lLBQ-32dwKu_dMDEw6bVRmJ3j3t1iYF7OuWbmAzpbePfcH5yNNau13Oy2lzC6MW1L2HxQFSYAcctnQX/w400-h268/02109032.jpg" width="400" /></b></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>... we than strolled the trail to the "boulder maze" ... huge rocks, many larger than houses, glacier tumbled and jumbled and then strewn along the side of peak, between and below which the resort constructed an elaborate hiking/walking/crouching/crawling trail ... this picture is <u>not</u> tilted ...</b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgzzI4nFUwqH082_xOud7UR10PSC7EYkgNrmVjJCZDjHvv3X9yH58sGtchZdvkK_o7bQFmpK19h9tM0zDjH-0a2H-C1rvHxWnqXI4CrbBtvy2vaeZ0sLDk5K-8eYgjQEIaaBXG1uB8dOU/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109071.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgzzI4nFUwqH082_xOud7UR10PSC7EYkgNrmVjJCZDjHvv3X9yH58sGtchZdvkK_o7bQFmpK19h9tM0zDjH-0a2H-C1rvHxWnqXI4CrbBtvy2vaeZ0sLDk5K-8eYgjQEIaaBXG1uB8dOU/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109071.jpg" width="640" /></b></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>... for this one i skipped ahead on the bypass trail ...</b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXstmBr5Uuz5fjI4z8JsXZ66OTh-FiHXZ0F_3S1CJqUM3JnNVUuNfPeksUtd8-Mxr3MbDYvGUEwcznV-xjspExhVQSY-x_nhJkUMSy_Y5PI9VgJvlJ5-lVYn1alAKzpATm40OLLQcW43D8/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109086.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXstmBr5Uuz5fjI4z8JsXZ66OTh-FiHXZ0F_3S1CJqUM3JnNVUuNfPeksUtd8-Mxr3MbDYvGUEwcznV-xjspExhVQSY-x_nhJkUMSy_Y5PI9VgJvlJ5-lVYn1alAKzpATm40OLLQcW43D8/w400-h268/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109086.jpg" width="400" /></b></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>... while watching a couple rehearse their nuptials we enjoyed our lunch at a little wedding amphitheater overlooking the valley ...</b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhes73QtztS6_0kTk7C3rHgwtrwbFyoMyEEi9TCnMDTnTdMq9uPD_MTe7HpDj5jt6NHDx4NVg-ck6BNArEr8ivi5DZWa2v2fPXdvO5-WcclSOykDvNVkzAdQuUDRZhJYmEJvjxaD-owQ4W2/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02108920w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhes73QtztS6_0kTk7C3rHgwtrwbFyoMyEEi9TCnMDTnTdMq9uPD_MTe7HpDj5jt6NHDx4NVg-ck6BNArEr8ivi5DZWa2v2fPXdvO5-WcclSOykDvNVkzAdQuUDRZhJYmEJvjxaD-owQ4W2/w495-h332/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02108920w.jpg" width="495" /></b></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>... niece and aunt, most absolutely destined to be b.f.f. ...</b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShMrgt4U6sOqgGYZT-_hmbqPGKQoH8QT7oUXmDQUf-5SkCqESAZ7A3jKkRMY4k7Iy8njNsN3_6qeLm3mJksr2la43MfB5be51M3FzuHypGL-kkRdBpJWlLuXUhvv0OEjuwwaUaqBn2AEF/s5035/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="3357" data-original-width="5035" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShMrgt4U6sOqgGYZT-_hmbqPGKQoH8QT7oUXmDQUf-5SkCqESAZ7A3jKkRMY4k7Iy8njNsN3_6qeLm3mJksr2la43MfB5be51M3FzuHypGL-kkRdBpJWlLuXUhvv0OEjuwwaUaqBn2AEF/w640-h426/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109055.jpg" width="640" /></b></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>... back at the house i explored again sarah's greenery ...</b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGF5l7fle3rxYsU51FdryyDQUu70uL1Lrn-EQSksLl-SFxwQfI9aoc4uktgNChKekh-e5vCpIDA-mubrpUeMMb5BIZZMx1Ku9_RGPP0AzfOnuNTKZXoJKQB04Xq3jUrYERi11ONQKTrF0E/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109250w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGF5l7fle3rxYsU51FdryyDQUu70uL1Lrn-EQSksLl-SFxwQfI9aoc4uktgNChKekh-e5vCpIDA-mubrpUeMMb5BIZZMx1Ku9_RGPP0AzfOnuNTKZXoJKQB04Xq3jUrYERi11ONQKTrF0E/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109250w.jpg" width="268" /></a></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-XnAh-2cbzNbzjwOkf-cOaa3Qc-HU7PNKMvTNIt3gFYYMbKo9R-uhfPKAioqopFl0mw-Bjg2VgzSazed4vuiMpfYQ1hSt686Ue1zAM4NdTpC3Dr5og7vU6o7ypPYECRl3d-zpRkmCxE-/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109246w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>... for me, perhaps a tiny bit of bittersweet to this wonderful image ...</b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWVdtO_ZFXg_ZH3uZdonRW7VgJBJnu3ZQwV6FLel5wxQpH5exc7TVazWNbRrJ0yqjrkTnKTPS7J8Q9P4_VoDcF_Gcf1GxRnlNBPYZekoikJihpmOLFGb7YAUvMGVxLTM1BOVLqWiMYVYQ/s5597/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="5597" data-original-width="3731" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWVdtO_ZFXg_ZH3uZdonRW7VgJBJnu3ZQwV6FLel5wxQpH5exc7TVazWNbRrJ0yqjrkTnKTPS7J8Q9P4_VoDcF_Gcf1GxRnlNBPYZekoikJihpmOLFGb7YAUvMGVxLTM1BOVLqWiMYVYQ/w266-h400/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109453.jpg" width="266" /></b></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>... i know that making the day about tessa was your present to yourself, so happy-happy-happy birthday, adrien ...<br /></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /><br /></b><br /></span></span>zzzapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01651526110440554754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338874886024972943.post-4851092001479988202021-09-08T17:58:00.010-04:002021-09-08T18:32:33.230-04:00"A Sad Song in de Air"<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> ... </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">for a little wanderabout that's been in the to-do file for some time, john loaded his canoe atop his car and we headed north into the woods to to see the "onawa lake trestle" ... from beyond the distant point we paddled over a mile to the lake's outlet ...</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9W9zYECBXrjEXExTxV-wDPjwgEhyphenhyphenE9DxcxjKNQb-iyKSDTTfqXQ3L2_WuidZ8vK_wWnQUdNbZRxr9emtjLOfJcU34CHyZqd6DqZBprl7ylSbQuzhDDEUtTZwsfzoenoxEMMDWiTQtRx2e/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109991.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9W9zYECBXrjEXExTxV-wDPjwgEhyphenhyphenE9DxcxjKNQb-iyKSDTTfqXQ3L2_WuidZ8vK_wWnQUdNbZRxr9emtjLOfJcU34CHyZqd6DqZBprl7ylSbQuzhDDEUtTZwsfzoenoxEMMDWiTQtRx2e/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109991.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">... </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">over 1200 feet long, this remarkable structure allows locomotives pulling stock filled with pulp wood to traverse 130 feet above the ship pond stream's rocky gorge ...</span></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnB6K89m4EakcapZApkBes8gv1FPxNVBz7Gp8kdEKQY5YuUfJIbCm2GJAI2tfALiA7_rn3ZP6Ey-38AE5jSONIQmjUIC2BRqxihLWUbH1012mWH0BLtxSvHRpuq3Zv2BUopGXzcDu8G6fh/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109859-62w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnB6K89m4EakcapZApkBes8gv1FPxNVBz7Gp8kdEKQY5YuUfJIbCm2GJAI2tfALiA7_rn3ZP6Ey-38AE5jSONIQmjUIC2BRqxihLWUbH1012mWH0BLtxSvHRpuq3Zv2BUopGXzcDu8G6fh/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109859-62w.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">... </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">after viewing the trestle i spent about a half-hour using my 24mm wide-angle to do some close-up photography ...</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7wQwIPO1C0RzU_fbkWvUNnWljZldTo3iNzoNA_e8AvqqomaU0lNwNZnwwgnXZwfypQtVqscH6NdE3Clrr0AYgheIKSv69WGRv5f8mItMPHw4jBLFknkGjyfdNuK6BhnIIiUDepmJ4w2B/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109979-82w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpjyj2JnSv9-nCpK0J53QAhxU3hyphenhyphenKaICgKoShKhBgtnqOpNXIHiTL4INOOWKjs9VhdiNPROzY_P8_cIO4lPW-5qyi6bmj6OzosRQhqI5J2dCXsA93LcLDoEEHIFNn2KONItj3N_JM5-A5/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109984-7w.jpg" width="268" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7wQwIPO1C0RzU_fbkWvUNnWljZldTo3iNzoNA_e8AvqqomaU0lNwNZnwwgnXZwfypQtVqscH6NdE3Clrr0AYgheIKSv69WGRv5f8mItMPHw4jBLFknkGjyfdNuK6BhnIIiUDepmJ4w2B/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109979-82w.jpg" width="268" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">... </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">i was fascinated by the line detail in these leaves ...</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnfGIDsOkOydmsiFx888tTAkYYR2_V7XwYQMH0TBs3bN1DOWXnqOAz6T6GFawRLaBWgBTKqBl2-pzkbkWaI0uALmS3rA_SSm-H4bDrt-1jhcxjczO5tFCcYswRLuzOJra3ojS22lEo10P/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109953w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnfGIDsOkOydmsiFx888tTAkYYR2_V7XwYQMH0TBs3bN1DOWXnqOAz6T6GFawRLaBWgBTKqBl2-pzkbkWaI0uALmS3rA_SSm-H4bDrt-1jhcxjczO5tFCcYswRLuzOJra3ojS22lEo10P/w400-h268/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109953w.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">... </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">summer's ending is gently proclaimed ...</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbXaipwcXEJ_YzXGOl6lOg9EkjjDpuPqEaseX5iUoifHDz3aBjfUpMbJ_1aq8PY8OhsZiiOomAZjaLgWRKD_zCJGe0RisU0RBUx3IZBSB1ANsI4yZ2aGgB_waDeZNqgx6TOb4kk_11zwK/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109933.w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbXaipwcXEJ_YzXGOl6lOg9EkjjDpuPqEaseX5iUoifHDz3aBjfUpMbJ_1aq8PY8OhsZiiOomAZjaLgWRKD_zCJGe0RisU0RBUx3IZBSB1ANsI4yZ2aGgB_waDeZNqgx6TOb4kk_11zwK/w400-h268/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02109933.w.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">... five frames, focus-stacked and hdr merged, well worth almost poking my eye out</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> ...</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYel3yT0MzGa2gdvN7sk7Lj8GuxaQnkvv2Gu-rWJ9z__5w2GTnN3y6hJT9Mlo4n2JaXmBs7gdKw4U-ET1h6AQ2Pua3s1rVIpMfgTV_5xvbr7QvjnHsjdO9sDoJG0XncuAwTLY9XBUlMw_y/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-2109918-23w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYel3yT0MzGa2gdvN7sk7Lj8GuxaQnkvv2Gu-rWJ9z__5w2GTnN3y6hJT9Mlo4n2JaXmBs7gdKw4U-ET1h6AQ2Pua3s1rVIpMfgTV_5xvbr7QvjnHsjdO9sDoJG0XncuAwTLY9XBUlMw_y/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-2109918-23w.jpg" width="428" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">... while i was wandering about in the forest </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">john had hiked up to the other end of the trestle ... i was going to do so, too, but accepted his wisdom that my bum knees and the step incline wouldn't make a pleasant combination, so we paddled back to the boat landing ... a strong breeze and wave chop resisting us, i was quite proud when john said i'd done a good job managing "5 out of 10" conditions ... i could hear pa smile ...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGihvMHxSnDC5jhxTDTTEs-UGqT7ZZf_q6WJ8Qgxq0rNbc-aQk3zp3GxY-Tmq_-2HXa26nmfJRCoEEOhTs4CyOypj7YXN5v5WlUypvx6Kz6-WI-frdbLmCkJZqWxmmCxE1XUc93MCZaYUm/s1792/241651821_10223535683892751_8322392389868455056_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1792" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGihvMHxSnDC5jhxTDTTEs-UGqT7ZZf_q6WJ8Qgxq0rNbc-aQk3zp3GxY-Tmq_-2HXa26nmfJRCoEEOhTs4CyOypj7YXN5v5WlUypvx6Kz6-WI-frdbLmCkJZqWxmmCxE1XUc93MCZaYUm/s320/241651821_10223535683892751_8322392389868455056_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">... after a nice swim we hiked the track ballast to the end of this most impressive span</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> ...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiID1W1Y8RXfLIsPdGcvkwEUowz5q0oB7dt_l2OEGGnK6zeJzOlTucJ2zEyOdZ9MzZC95Z0ALeFrA8B9C-V-BjM2TPfzFU0o7Ys9zs083ty7RDgI0xjbOePGnyrW0akjMPXtXnZHGHgdhNo/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100004-8w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiID1W1Y8RXfLIsPdGcvkwEUowz5q0oB7dt_l2OEGGnK6zeJzOlTucJ2zEyOdZ9MzZC95Z0ALeFrA8B9C-V-BjM2TPfzFU0o7Ys9zs083ty7RDgI0xjbOePGnyrW0akjMPXtXnZHGHgdhNo/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100004-8w.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">... </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">as i walked onto the trestle i noticed some sort of sign, but, alas, without my reading glasses all i could make out was "no tr- ..." — hmmmm, probably said, "no trains without permit" or something like that ... the trees below are 25-30 feet tall ... !!! ...</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Qi0-omE2oEdrZRxPzNzMIUupswqeEskf6DCfe42_KX0f5gjV95GTLvNqbCuwHgulr6bqAKEgTK83z0Eyl6uhcJ5J6oGiI3St6J2FVaB9V54_IXiIuExo6fxFQv6bN2EJX2Vwrj3QZFhk/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100066w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Qi0-omE2oEdrZRxPzNzMIUupswqeEskf6DCfe42_KX0f5gjV95GTLvNqbCuwHgulr6bqAKEgTK83z0Eyl6uhcJ5J6oGiI3St6J2FVaB9V54_IXiIuExo6fxFQv6bN2EJX2Vwrj3QZFhk/w400-h268/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100066w.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">... from the center of the span </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> ...</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViQzpqAE5IrnH_hxE-qLDiTBZUuQx7QEHYQj29-fGV_fB4W8EdSsJs1pP3oW_TqyF-wFBsrF5uC0vV2rF1smndeyxIK7JUOp6SEBFWnDQLoAAxQanG2m1Z3mSZgR8CU0hTLTPOfplXjuS/s3010/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100050w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViQzpqAE5IrnH_hxE-qLDiTBZUuQx7QEHYQj29-fGV_fB4W8EdSsJs1pP3oW_TqyF-wFBsrF5uC0vV2rF1smndeyxIK7JUOp6SEBFWnDQLoAAxQanG2m1Z3mSZgR8CU0hTLTPOfplXjuS/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100050w.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">... </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">a most beautiful spot, now forever etched onto my "most favorite places" list ...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjPRqexuSy9YnjlSt19E9UNRkJOqbKUBODgCdloL2oO6axBiH6zXEJn9d9SHdKvZxFwf6qgoyXuC3F9bqC3V2788B8Hle2M4eB-k0RcJXDNLlAQHdi0KEsaTJNMInd5UcP31YbZe2yJbz/s3000/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100029%253D31w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjPRqexuSy9YnjlSt19E9UNRkJOqbKUBODgCdloL2oO6axBiH6zXEJn9d9SHdKvZxFwf6qgoyXuC3F9bqC3V2788B8Hle2M4eB-k0RcJXDNLlAQHdi0KEsaTJNMInd5UcP31YbZe2yJbz/w640-h426/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02100029%253D31w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: courier;"> De railroad bridge's <br />A sad song in de air. <br />De railroad bridge's <br />A sad song in de air. <br />Ever time de trains pass <br />I wants to go somewhere. <br /><br />I went down to de station. <br />Ma heart was in ma mouth. <br />Went down to de station. <br />Heart was in ma mouth. <br />Lookin' for a box car <br />To roll me to de South. <br /><br />Homesick blues, Lawd, <br />'S a terrible thing to have. <br />Homesick blues is <br />A terrible thing to have. <br />To keep from cryin' <br />I opens ma mouth an' laughs.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #999999;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">LANGSTON HUGHES </span></b></span><i><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span>zzzapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01651526110440554754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338874886024972943.post-31638129807844851102021-08-27T23:19:00.012-04:002021-08-27T23:32:18.357-04:00If Only for a Cup of Tea!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>... last week i drove support for roger's "four-corners of maine walk" ... he began his journey last year in grafton notch, and, cross fingers the creeks don't rise, he should complete circumnavigating maine sometime this fall ... here he begins the final day of this leg of the walk ... over thirty miles up and down hills the previous two days, i'm thinking his eyes're were closed so he could get a tiny bit more sleep before heading north to calais ...</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZNPC6didZPEpWeF_x1SoYQl3Zd1zleoblvRNVDThtkS5Ycsim2u_6xkTKu27IIhspqrg2gV0d1tD0NBWOQeb1crCN0j0tuPvk8ZjbSlbPoB-lVW1BSLYQPX3ph8S0zqtoLD-B5OvEx7Z/s2048/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-02108686w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZNPC6didZPEpWeF_x1SoYQl3Zd1zleoblvRNVDThtkS5Ycsim2u_6xkTKu27IIhspqrg2gV0d1tD0NBWOQeb1crCN0j0tuPvk8ZjbSlbPoB-lVW1BSLYQPX3ph8S0zqtoLD-B5OvEx7Z/w429-h640/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-02108686w.jpg" width="429" /></a></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>... while things'll be different in the deep dark dennisville (pop. 342) woods, for this section of his adventure i only needed check in with him every couple of hours, so i took the time to wander around in a part of the state through which i've many times traveled but never explored ...</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span>... after negotiating several dead end roads on isolated rock peninsulas trying to find the famous "pembroke reversing falls," i finally gave in and stopped at an irving station on route 1 to ask directions ... "oh, we put signs up but some of the local residents take 'em down" ... go figure ...<br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>... the combination of erosion resistant granite sills and ledges and twenty-five foot tides along this coast produce a rather unique phenomena ... the "fine print," of course, is that you never get to see the falls actually reverse ... when the tide comes in, as it was doing so when this picture was taken, a series of very turbulent white-water cascades is created ... later in the day the high tide will be up to the markings on the rocks and this inlet will appear quite calm ... then, per a billion year-old twelve-hour cycle, when the tide goes out a similar event will take place on the other side of the estuary ... thus, it's two visits or a half-day wait to see the "reversing" ...<br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="2793" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67LrSl1Y3HjTpV9RztReRBAeOJQyxLv3xbPaCofnjzSGFF6Q_MluD7SP-cX28RwVPJth8ey41OWXUuOPFB5JMwUpANRvyf75wr3gJx1FtQLap_nrM11DXKdBi2BPNBaxTt0gOJ2TOz4jk/w640-h258/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-82821pan3w.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> ... there are warnings about the eddies and rip currents and whirlpools that form during the tide change ... as innocuous as this may seem, i'm an experienced aquanaut and it frightens me ... while it most likely wouldn't suck a swimmer beneath the surface, the strong swirling currents and cold water are a deadly combination ...</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibV7PyJsugG0GV2-C4FtKePmkYv8IeVRdB_QDWIi1LqfjhFhsDBxrABheCw39oTskBUIYt-fAv1MJmWg5Uo4aML-HJ0edZgqAYjDu8g9zz3kky7fog5xbquZZMEkagLmxaeLaM9kLMxlih/s2048/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-02108610w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibV7PyJsugG0GV2-C4FtKePmkYv8IeVRdB_QDWIi1LqfjhFhsDBxrABheCw39oTskBUIYt-fAv1MJmWg5Uo4aML-HJ0edZgqAYjDu8g9zz3kky7fog5xbquZZMEkagLmxaeLaM9kLMxlih/w429-h640/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-02108610w.jpg" width="429" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>... other spots along the coast are lined with seaside cottages and lifestyles-of-the-right-and-famous summer homes, but here is only a pleasant seaside forest ...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkezXibyF9uEjWYrFEbfAwHziEy9jEvWxlaHGw6bToI1Lf50fFj78BtKPsvtB3WlEl2M6CQWlqrTtljxSz-nzhyphenhyphen39Zt33SMQbzHFrdU71ba6ubjrj2pyLHnUXZ3QPaiWwNSpQwKClCCwF/s2048/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-02108625w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkezXibyF9uEjWYrFEbfAwHziEy9jEvWxlaHGw6bToI1Lf50fFj78BtKPsvtB3WlEl2M6CQWlqrTtljxSz-nzhyphenhyphen39Zt33SMQbzHFrdU71ba6ubjrj2pyLHnUXZ3QPaiWwNSpQwKClCCwF/w400-h268/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-02108625w.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>... caring not what i might say about these waters, double-brested cormorants ("sea ravens") find the reversing falls a perfect place to fish ...</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiED-l7Kd3J8YrknKTUSOpbwaC57v4DEtfvQQNeB-wiOhKA9MUzwEzfnh_HLsA16Lbi20suOp0hsR11cbgLvba6TJ4JMqd4o5WdMoIeOQTbrE7OKcW0Pf0Xc31X0qQPkFqfq3IgzI0ByPuL/s2048/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-02108554w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiED-l7Kd3J8YrknKTUSOpbwaC57v4DEtfvQQNeB-wiOhKA9MUzwEzfnh_HLsA16Lbi20suOp0hsR11cbgLvba6TJ4JMqd4o5WdMoIeOQTbrE7OKcW0Pf0Xc31X0qQPkFqfq3IgzI0ByPuL/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-02108554w.jpg" width="428" /></a><span><span> <span style="background-color: black;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>... another of my little excursions was to stop and visit </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>the<span style="color: orange;"> <span style="background-color: #666666;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span><a href="https://www.nps.gov/sacr/index.htm" target="_blank">st. croix island national monument</a></span></span></span></span>, the</span></span></span> international park common to both the united states, the riverbank in the foreground, and canada on the opposite side of the st.<span style="background-color: white;"><span></span></span> croix river ...</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K9LOh2zUQtFCi4ZoDjZWiaxJ161Z5r3D4krcobLCAcAqitoNAdRDSyReYuwugZf-7mdt3dybTwF5AynzSygNUtOl0W2nyBF_Phto4i3uG8CJ7zH-nMJ2WSgsMQtkodOpWlAM98FkVycD/s2517/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-82821pan2w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="2517" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K9LOh2zUQtFCi4ZoDjZWiaxJ161Z5r3D4krcobLCAcAqitoNAdRDSyReYuwugZf-7mdt3dybTwF5AynzSygNUtOl0W2nyBF_Phto4i3uG8CJ7zH-nMJ2WSgsMQtkodOpWlAM98FkVycD/w640-h318/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-82821pan2w.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> <br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>... detailed history can be found at the above link, but in a nutshell, while the french landed on this island properly prepared and equipped to set up a colony <i>sixteen years before the arrival of the mayflower</i>, the deaths resulting from scurvy of almost half the settlers brought a decision to move to port royal, nova scotia ...</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqdQcJD9mlU1Tw0K5epmtiv9oodSujX785OSotUk2zzbK5g_YKaFovArqjFi1rG_uXfwV5gCvkfPgKQTTh81CMq0s9WDW4B7mLzjVJ6vlv7a4wgv2qvD6r14ovzCvI42s7sdo_Tx3hPGN/s2048/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-02108681w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqdQcJD9mlU1Tw0K5epmtiv9oodSujX785OSotUk2zzbK5g_YKaFovArqjFi1rG_uXfwV5gCvkfPgKQTTh81CMq0s9WDW4B7mLzjVJ6vlv7a4wgv2qvD6r14ovzCvI42s7sdo_Tx3hPGN/w640-h426/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-02108681w.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span>... while the french were far from perfect, they did seem to do a good job of developing positive relationships with the first people ...</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span>... how interesting, that had these french settlers known before the onset of that terrible winter what the first people already knew, that <span style="background-color: #666666;"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647905/" target="_blank">a mug of hot white pine needle tea</a></span> each morning prevented the debilitation and death inflicted by scurvy ... a tiny little village perched very edge of both a continent and time, but for daily hot tea how the history of north america might have been so very, very different ...<br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnA7LNicOI38DO-lhTjmLPbqELLD4gA0ocHgJEoQGA5ypCN08EAPApLmw9ConoUiYzF1RV-Rh82R0eulnb5KE2-gxHajshdGZJPxDKYXGz1SpO6cd3Vw_HMntbJ0ms9YsNUCO64vltpJUE/s2880/%25C2%25A92021patrickgroleau-82821col1w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLVGrSVxfVjn8NnooezuZ7j6MPrsLnaPNwIS5u0zwfwZnniFZlFKfse05k9QvcUH8HixeM1WLMIqm9US1UA-_H2AuswimJeG_0GM_V3xyg7gHywTeG3j4785DIa_EpQODB59fIPPvNa6N/w429-h640/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02107677w.jpg" width="429" /></a></div> <br /> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>... the music was wonderful, and since i cannot here replay it for you to enjoy it'll have to suffice that my pictures somehow convey a sense of the skills and talents of these musicians ...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltBJfl954exPe-1qD28ClMYb6wPyeLNNFOFlxdbpMzMcIM-hHl3y52WJlUbsfMSJlPhCXYDmiKjk18dNgVfXz1gsBqGpx-p5PZ-oLMNZfZZkJGehCI6xE3zlVK8Z3jg3yyfdr-8tUWXvZ/s2048/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02108116w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Titillium Web";">... i know, it's been awhile ... covid, wintertime blues, unusual spells of photographic funk, or, perhaps, a bit of all three in combination ... reason doesn't matter, suffice to say i'm back, and, truth be told, i'll admit to hoping at least a few of you missed me ...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; font-size: xx-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b>... five months or so to catch up, i'll not worry if this journal entry turns out to somewhat jumbled sequentially ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; font-size: xx-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b>... lately i've enjoyed cooking, one of many ways to cope with the increased in-residence time ... much fun in my "new" kitchen, painting courtesy liz ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b>... mmmmm, remember, i've always more'n i need for myself ...</b></span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; font-size: xx-small;"><b> </b></span></span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8JsXJ0M0hMoYEfUEohs_-vcoQAroGLMpaDAd_Jab-joUUlqHrlgxQ1vqcvJNnrNxcpLinMYwlYiyKgmZZUd71ZotpPSq7uJDnETMaFzIj6k1hid5mAKpw4h8WgxYHf48VEEVKjvsSCCZ/s2048/186484347_4110806338975468_1873470806673139194_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8JsXJ0M0hMoYEfUEohs_-vcoQAroGLMpaDAd_Jab-joUUlqHrlgxQ1vqcvJNnrNxcpLinMYwlYiyKgmZZUd71ZotpPSq7uJDnETMaFzIj6k1hid5mAKpw4h8WgxYHf48VEEVKjvsSCCZ/w286-h215/186484347_4110806338975468_1873470806673139194_n.jpeg" width="286" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="1819" data-original-width="2048" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgViGdou3xqK_GXwI83x3CKZyuroAZx7k-MOhwMbbiXEEZ8Qb62h-x3b5TzB6_xvcgyZ4JMYKe2snDzmhbJ8LCMsfnn0iPJqZWFF10poAsV5A_avxt29BYR8icYSMdTIECsu6tHCOREKI/w240-h214/147777523_3836992209690217_5384118594956381267_n.jpeg" width="240" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span>... not traveling, some extra wedding photography income, presents from the federal government, and, something of which i am both thankful for and self-conscious of, a steady income so far unaffected by current events, i decided to sell some of my "classic" lenses and purchase an "auto-everything" super-duper 100-400mm zoom ... john snapped a picture of me with it ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgViGdou3xqK_GXwI83x3CKZyuroAZx7k-MOhwMbbiXEEZ8Qb62h-x3b5TzB6_xvcgyZ4JMYKe2snDzmhbJ8LCMsfnn0iPJqZWFF10poAsV5A_avxt29BYR8icYSMdTIECsu6tHCOREKI/s2048/147777523_3836992209690217_5384118594956381267_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmymQ1ktQG3BZfdIoXTjeXsUPunEZNQMyLdSX3_jBnqrIwC7KZ7hF-nFh4TO1o3oGjAbm2Q1-DgEUmJMnx9MqLFSV1tH5wc_ZugT2dHdkRby9S1j-Xc0_kzC_MKDiHvJH8602ZLe9Y4kN/s2048/Patrick%2527s+Super+duper+Lens-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmymQ1ktQG3BZfdIoXTjeXsUPunEZNQMyLdSX3_jBnqrIwC7KZ7hF-nFh4TO1o3oGjAbm2Q1-DgEUmJMnx9MqLFSV1tH5wc_ZugT2dHdkRby9S1j-Xc0_kzC_MKDiHvJH8602ZLe9Y4kN/w400-h266/Patrick%2527s+Super+duper+Lens-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div></div><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span>... from one of my first outings with this fascinating glass, looking down to the kennebec from the deck of the 2¢ bridge ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmTzFdKXVmQdEQZyT2CNl4y14qCiSYv5zQaYug_xTmN6ghzA2BS6T0ejpK2ennEHxhbSozCEvh7mTtZje2MlW4aGJDSQlWub6NZxRl5SqBNyzfrnDbVwJTHwOrMtmVhtTCmfq6vrLSDO6/s1882/163366795_3952537191469051_1711570000865630328_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1257" data-original-width="1882" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmTzFdKXVmQdEQZyT2CNl4y14qCiSYv5zQaYug_xTmN6ghzA2BS6T0ejpK2ennEHxhbSozCEvh7mTtZje2MlW4aGJDSQlWub6NZxRl5SqBNyzfrnDbVwJTHwOrMtmVhtTCmfq6vrLSDO6/w640-h428/163366795_3952537191469051_1711570000865630328_n.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div></b></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b>... these images are 1/3-frame crops, demonstrating the sharpness and contrast the lens can deliver ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; font-size: xx-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyo1-nVD0la5fGFdmk32iF8KG4PO4NiGpx3_ZSeKA_EclYtyl11GRDT9YtqeyvpgxLKjprWK0ic_fsvuWaKhNtXU4GX-Kh1HS1-Aw-aemrUAc8-3CbrVgXO5jpfUBw-v9j19S1NzBVUGNX/s1882/164112473_3952537008135736_3815960732463943852_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uHGE855JfjyVY9WaWRVQhPub3oiMoB_1mfeBp5nHbP6tz0GZYdursB7PisjTVNF-2XiYIyDb-oMMfvoc8o2tQ1bwvZ2UrHy1DwHmaijEzoSmUGP3fu_HpbGna9n_-qoBAPzDGikRkpdJ/s1882/122796129_3561471377242303_1001403583582988790_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1882" data-original-width="1257" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uHGE855JfjyVY9WaWRVQhPub3oiMoB_1mfeBp5nHbP6tz0GZYdursB7PisjTVNF-2XiYIyDb-oMMfvoc8o2tQ1bwvZ2UrHy1DwHmaijEzoSmUGP3fu_HpbGna9n_-qoBAPzDGikRkpdJ/w428-h640/122796129_3561471377242303_1001403583582988790_n.jpeg" width="428" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span>... "bug light" in south portland ... this is an hdr merge from five frames ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div></b></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Zo30J1DxRfMH1TOZO78Bx13OJJY5Fer89Z7BIahgukF4GJ9vCzuVwr4Jm42k3VWDxrjFP9dl2UXO0UuhBCb0H2_qfxzqcJ5f8VCZzLhEcoUF43Z4rolaprFSIThXnM42iQ7ikr9PjD4k/s1882/160582896_3931145420274895_934086933282552916_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1882" data-original-width="1257" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Zo30J1DxRfMH1TOZO78Bx13OJJY5Fer89Z7BIahgukF4GJ9vCzuVwr4Jm42k3VWDxrjFP9dl2UXO0UuhBCb0H2_qfxzqcJ5f8VCZzLhEcoUF43Z4rolaprFSIThXnM42iQ7ikr9PjD4k/w428-h640/160582896_3931145420274895_934086933282552916_n.jpeg" width="428" /></b></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b>... moving on, john and i made a little wander down to the marshall point light ... perhaps you remember seeing it in the movie "forest gump" ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; font-size: xx-small;"><b> </b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAVwvVeEMhDLVAMuxEdabzpI4GodLMM_eQtrplbWfojXPLVDHTBj4F2al_m9qT3ApAYyzCdJ8ipBLwp99-6Oak9leEn_cOM02xJSvlA8BuWiu5LdodXj4_BzNOCl8q8pn8zZhBZrDGJjj/s2601/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-041521Pan2w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="2601" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAVwvVeEMhDLVAMuxEdabzpI4GodLMM_eQtrplbWfojXPLVDHTBj4F2al_m9qT3ApAYyzCdJ8ipBLwp99-6Oak9leEn_cOM02xJSvlA8BuWiu5LdodXj4_BzNOCl8q8pn8zZhBZrDGJjj/w640-h298/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-041521Pan2w.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47fywBTKF37FdqwUnvDfn2KbNUPqXuy9odBhqcB7S-6F_6Yumcx17WCkbr2R7XU_GOMrykaicZnPN6eF02Mfp7W7d7u8ggl3tAaidPZ18p6fMzNM29MOXsCjW48cE8jbv5_TDveMgrIZC/s2048/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02103765web.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47fywBTKF37FdqwUnvDfn2KbNUPqXuy9odBhqcB7S-6F_6Yumcx17WCkbr2R7XU_GOMrykaicZnPN6eF02Mfp7W7d7u8ggl3tAaidPZ18p6fMzNM29MOXsCjW48cE8jbv5_TDveMgrIZC/w179-h267/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02103765web.jpg" width="179" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKufYPsNAsEtAAE7bNXJa0wjEBAPpKaHmEHVlk0DvukYR_Le1Mjd9txfKXHkuyZFGW1HNJ2YVnHyYOqRrmXuNOEsUiC9Pm22IrFYI0wpx0agzpzy__HhdnXnbD2DsEECOojo7WbEp3d35X/s2048/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02103972web.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKufYPsNAsEtAAE7bNXJa0wjEBAPpKaHmEHVlk0DvukYR_Le1Mjd9txfKXHkuyZFGW1HNJ2YVnHyYOqRrmXuNOEsUiC9Pm22IrFYI0wpx0agzpzy__HhdnXnbD2DsEECOojo7WbEp3d35X/w400-h268/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02103972web.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b>... my pal alison asked me to take some family portraits ... i worked up this delightful study of mother and daughter from one of the discarded files ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; font-size: xx-small;"><b> </b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdXPfTW1lZY9dk-HPDvQ5IJcPD1Ixq9y5jCV-cAObDtPntDk6YwcboqJVsNQ388tIKtfgKsfKVPryJirvEg5OrKq9uo49N_AP1BqE2sZan7-_M4QRwCScOvYVqlZn2aK3jRaPIE6b0emU/s2048/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02105231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdXPfTW1lZY9dk-HPDvQ5IJcPD1Ixq9y5jCV-cAObDtPntDk6YwcboqJVsNQ388tIKtfgKsfKVPryJirvEg5OrKq9uo49N_AP1BqE2sZan7-_M4QRwCScOvYVqlZn2aK3jRaPIE6b0emU/w426-h640/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02105231.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span>... compositionally "teasing the frame," i admit ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div></div></b></span><div><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvuslj1FwlP1pbbi4gM9pAw4jnaAbJpe5iiAw1FhzTZQn09wkn9lZQqicgzVbbFX-08ALHSojR7C391z3pOw8nf7Z6PxpELfrnv0M48Z-Bi6aFGsgiSZAWx7UaraPiv0kKFIy09F0tSJn/s2048/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02104963w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvuslj1FwlP1pbbi4gM9pAw4jnaAbJpe5iiAw1FhzTZQn09wkn9lZQqicgzVbbFX-08ALHSojR7C391z3pOw8nf7Z6PxpELfrnv0M48Z-Bi6aFGsgiSZAWx7UaraPiv0kKFIy09F0tSJn/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02104963w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span>... from a wanderabout down—hmmmm, someplace somewhere nearby ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div></div></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4c6m1a5QU3xfbVlTOnEA-li-1Zj3WlpYb6HaokG46gWFgXTS2cmqjUxwZg9AnAQxDP9Pk0FxtpJTSbxNKRAGhR_t4De2MsNjqcMTKIIwuotjBoIZzk49bIpfyuBuxhfmNOGjppzaznPlS/s2048/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02103657web.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4c6m1a5QU3xfbVlTOnEA-li-1Zj3WlpYb6HaokG46gWFgXTS2cmqjUxwZg9AnAQxDP9Pk0FxtpJTSbxNKRAGhR_t4De2MsNjqcMTKIIwuotjBoIZzk49bIpfyuBuxhfmNOGjppzaznPlS/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02103657web.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><span> </span><span> </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b>... a bit of playing around, there are sixteen separate layers in this image ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; font-size: xx-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCOyHAincpDi5zLr2_9t_s6bQN2DuXgNjQ7wZFZkAW9_2sseBtr7jWSG0YyxUFFgwMJcv69BKJCAYxU_iRTxBFROIav_hdbOHxF6mbfTr0Mb7tVlku2koBCEe0wp5smo_HRyrogq0mRbf/s2048/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02105073wa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: xx-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBX6n3gKxrZ5pxob3GLdH3q5-oxt0Md0eZ0Aw9tqh4l1wPT4N3wfqswLuwRQmD8Vjhj_WwnL89AUnSf_RYlB8l2-gaveG2CHCNjMBziBa37lNluESNJ6gdFHYcOV6c4Fj263IhINsjsmCP/s2048/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02104442web.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBX6n3gKxrZ5pxob3GLdH3q5-oxt0Md0eZ0Aw9tqh4l1wPT4N3wfqswLuwRQmD8Vjhj_WwnL89AUnSf_RYlB8l2-gaveG2CHCNjMBziBa37lNluESNJ6gdFHYcOV6c4Fj263IhINsjsmCP/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02104442web.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZhbLSQCIS5OopYK2abm2PPONVcuC7DJ4J0A5HSb5HP17MWtIZPG6QV2juSp5XyrpC3iikE7797COPvhQo5DFnpSrmKTTDNU4t9-Hjd0MP2K7y5zujRYRTrVfpMgRoN8mCko0rDNcUOux/s2048/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02104444web.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZhbLSQCIS5OopYK2abm2PPONVcuC7DJ4J0A5HSb5HP17MWtIZPG6QV2juSp5XyrpC3iikE7797COPvhQo5DFnpSrmKTTDNU4t9-Hjd0MP2K7y5zujRYRTrVfpMgRoN8mCko0rDNcUOux/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02104444web.jpg" width="640" /></b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b>... one of those "which do you prefer" offerings ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; font-size: xx-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZs-uGCcfAm0h0qxm1Q03U8Kg44HXq3JETKFnGN7RQr-supznXIB0XfrWuw8f8pQJpfeHorf6YqyTkINBDFi5Uke1ORArQBWxXrQPBvYW2r6tovabfOomf8_lt7EOib5G6B_MQmd8CiXB6/s2048/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02104632-6mw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b>... again, a 25% crop ... wow, for sure i've latched on to a nice lens ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; font-size: xx-small;"><b> </b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qRoXYPRKkXn7YHeulmJGpWQ0yY66yr7A4OJke_XkWWx8L37TouOx1qaUMiOgV8JgL0_FFPu1VuVwiWoOqHdK-0TGvUUXTPwcSitzaY1Wr1erkJthHhB4Mz6Y_O9LqGijxpYpqsDM-KkO/s2048/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02104824w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qRoXYPRKkXn7YHeulmJGpWQ0yY66yr7A4OJke_XkWWx8L37TouOx1qaUMiOgV8JgL0_FFPu1VuVwiWoOqHdK-0TGvUUXTPwcSitzaY1Wr1erkJthHhB4Mz6Y_O9LqGijxpYpqsDM-KkO/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02104824w.jpg" width="428" /></b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b>... a window in one of the 2nd-floor rooms at sunset, eight frames ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b>... jon guided while i drove, and we found a place-we've-never-been, where we came across a chevrolet truck that had perched itself alongside the road and, for those who took the time to stop, whispered soft tales of long ago times in maine ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; font-size: xx-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpq6dX13rv9xmkOVBRu6tEYCuDujyw50-k2cgvj_UwvbFY8KnH7UB8N9Dh0gckfna_73D906QhIbRdtKwd885Vh0YlEn9qVeTVxJhYtwEjU9H-DIzI5YmEQMefEnKMHs61FRmNmMxkKVQ/s2048/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-052321pan1w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1640" data-original-width="2048" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpq6dX13rv9xmkOVBRu6tEYCuDujyw50-k2cgvj_UwvbFY8KnH7UB8N9Dh0gckfna_73D906QhIbRdtKwd885Vh0YlEn9qVeTVxJhYtwEjU9H-DIzI5YmEQMefEnKMHs61FRmNmMxkKVQ/w565-h452/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-052321pan1w.jpg" width="565" /></span></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORiKq67CBt2ItAA2R-ZLc0GVrmmx7P4iUHWX62sMoYoq1o9kM6pU6W9fvU2AxXX_UtCgen-23zEsgO36scUgt1a_im7P-1Y4mVYdxGw39pUTLwvlbpv4k196HLLqowP5OSWlRKumi5sQ3/w381-h255/%25C2%25A92021pgroleau-02105793-5w.jpg" width="381" /></a></b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b>... last winter my tried and true 47 year-old herman survivor boots finally lost their capability to be waterproofed so i found myself a set of comfy warm pack boots ... this winter, something i've always wanted to do, i got myself an extreme-cold parka ... l.l. beans offered a wonderful deal if i signed up for a credit card that i'll never use ... it's easily as warm as the issue parka i wore while serving duty in some very-very-very cold assignments, yet it's probably only one-third the weight and it sheds water ... modern technology, what'll they think of next ... hmmmm, perhaps some sort of device that i can talk to and things'll arrive at my door ... ??? ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b>... that was in the brrrrrrr-season, now is the you-can't-walk-on-the-lake time of year ... something i've always wanted to play around with, i found an unbelievable deal on facebook marketplace ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; font-size: xx-small;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYM_qEnukEKOWpQi0ONvQbw_wKzzyVDFjTnQvEIfex5fUQJK_gJjjksant4U0kwIcNBnfPVdUklrqLg2lZ1SrTVE_H26OQ3ZbjbmYIm3LkBvLG6sBgTPUzv_M2OLvnwZ2hMNoH7XVBzK-/s2048/177350350_461245051816232_7303249340547227473_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1885" data-original-width="2048" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYM_qEnukEKOWpQi0ONvQbw_wKzzyVDFjTnQvEIfex5fUQJK_gJjjksant4U0kwIcNBnfPVdUklrqLg2lZ1SrTVE_H26OQ3ZbjbmYIm3LkBvLG6sBgTPUzv_M2OLvnwZ2hMNoH7XVBzK-/w458-h421/177350350_461245051816232_7303249340547227473_n.jpg" title="JOHN MEADER PHOTO" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... a high-quality "advanced elements" inflatable kayak ... no, not a vinyl pool toy, this is a most serious piece of kit ... the whole thing packs in a carry bag that fits in my car's trunk with room to spare ... wicked easy to set-up and take-down ... great fun ... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: Titillium Web; font-size: x-small;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>.. a request ... for me taking pictures is extremely personal, but sharing my images is of the great joys in my life ... so, if you're of the mind, i would greatly appreciate if you shared this entry ... on facebook all you need do is click the "share" button ... if you are one of my mailing list readers you could do a bcc forward to those you think would be interested ... thanks ...</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00; 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font-size: medium;">... </span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: medium;">john and i wanderabouted until we ended up at the wire bridge, where we shared our subway sandwich picnic supper with the autumn splendor ...</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTvNxSIjUjfBwjw6H1ebaVm3lFuGwiIG8l3UNwLBsIHI0z9k9lNcv-IliZVINDPmsJEgmP0F-srwjHszdLVmBg0D-ls5-bzP8u2zEz9seMzapKn_dXhmZjyMuIegOSAtafDtWoHOIln05/s2823/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-wirebridgepan092920aw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="2823" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTvNxSIjUjfBwjw6H1ebaVm3lFuGwiIG8l3UNwLBsIHI0z9k9lNcv-IliZVINDPmsJEgmP0F-srwjHszdLVmBg0D-ls5-bzP8u2zEz9seMzapKn_dXhmZjyMuIegOSAtafDtWoHOIln05/w640-h252/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-wirebridgepan092920aw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;">... </span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: medium;">my brother, michael, and i made a visit to new hampshire to witness for ourselves the famous (my apologies to r.l.stevenson) "dr. tessa & ms. hyde"</span><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;"> ...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmzmWen5ukUvJ1b-xQKIyaiXpRii2W8VEZtBB39XwsUoTIkWs2ipeTBrplmWeXHyh0kkc8_t6ZpTNnxDUK-CWA9-RbYyPYVQ2M-6COOPRLN8pagbo97-ijQLqPZbnSF-SKexOhk0fbF_L/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06620w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmzmWen5ukUvJ1b-xQKIyaiXpRii2W8VEZtBB39XwsUoTIkWs2ipeTBrplmWeXHyh0kkc8_t6ZpTNnxDUK-CWA9-RbYyPYVQ2M-6COOPRLN8pagbo97-ijQLqPZbnSF-SKexOhk0fbF_L/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06620w.jpg" width="268" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55IHp5CLLOe5i1WiF6zbURCy9g-1veYWToJdJu4rb6W7Go4Z7bFxMMdRuySt8V25DDn_l72CZrM81xkztHR_0isYIYlE_0XztN2jzjG4-obTf01gBVuAxua_CCmQJUIkK61o1vCZLIbZl/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06655w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi55IHp5CLLOe5i1WiF6zbURCy9g-1veYWToJdJu4rb6W7Go4Z7bFxMMdRuySt8V25DDn_l72CZrM81xkztHR_0isYIYlE_0XztN2jzjG4-obTf01gBVuAxua_CCmQJUIkK61o1vCZLIbZl/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06655w.jpg" width="268" /></a></div></b><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"> </div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;">... </span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: medium;">outside i reclined on the little grassy hill and enjoyed the color</span><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;"> ...</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmPVT5L6t_th1EY6nMv5KA-14bRUqXwsVMkHwMngBFJPmlFY4PBf45p3nOcJkkLYoOX8bToMMTpfhHtNsZmo71FAAay7jc2yTrC4p3V99_mybMflDE3wH2M5vOU4DuFZXROd_kVzqOJH5/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06345w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmPVT5L6t_th1EY6nMv5KA-14bRUqXwsVMkHwMngBFJPmlFY4PBf45p3nOcJkkLYoOX8bToMMTpfhHtNsZmo71FAAay7jc2yTrC4p3V99_mybMflDE3wH2M5vOU4DuFZXROd_kVzqOJH5/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06345w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"> </div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;">... </span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: medium;">a kid, a swing, the world is perfect</span><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;"> ...</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FLbJ_2rJwb5cYgTlhrBYs1FjPhvYublmBtIuHILNAMrxwUHLPdmPkot0haIvGpYpuxyKaoSuiBrvHGTcm1NoFtYMBosSLjjKUwVoRckbUj-qJpeHX980Z6yaYKSNsDGcCJg1jn9mgNER/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06419w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b> </div></b><div><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;">... </span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: medium;">my brother, with mr. charlie oliver in the background</span><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;"> ...</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOdoWbliZbeSWNrrkjnZ_UuCq81Q112YePWfA0q3HRUnVJ8XNQnzGpMXQCMgH1CQB2shuqckMIKctFrPJflrjqaT-dv-rbb8rvxwZ18tHQu1YOewRegOzdxtrJZywWqj35PfJdeeCjCSN/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06591w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOdoWbliZbeSWNrrkjnZ_UuCq81Q112YePWfA0q3HRUnVJ8XNQnzGpMXQCMgH1CQB2shuqckMIKctFrPJflrjqaT-dv-rbb8rvxwZ18tHQu1YOewRegOzdxtrJZywWqj35PfJdeeCjCSN/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06591w.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"> </div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;">... </span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: medium;">tessa "makes faces" to adrien's cues</span><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;"> ...</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGftBBnIX_mMWjgJhmBos1BXrDJBcqkZqky7eJ-071mj2XVvTe2jke7J_kqqANJXg-i1azgx5CJhp8p2fF5dy29b0rCa4xCswEXSkUpIyB0QS8Th129qnGeadGONSQ9hU5EWiihPOkax5/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06613w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGftBBnIX_mMWjgJhmBos1BXrDJBcqkZqky7eJ-071mj2XVvTe2jke7J_kqqANJXg-i1azgx5CJhp8p2fF5dy29b0rCa4xCswEXSkUpIyB0QS8Th129qnGeadGONSQ9hU5EWiihPOkax5/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06613w.jpg" width="268" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwr4bXWPonfbUcShKZqWxdYyxSGAY70zpeAEKGw3_LtFKDjPcfjLIt9wPT6X2LAn5Jf-8Rp1q63x5b4Tdc0zy1oxUIXPeEamEMOdx1hPg-VQt81TXhEDmongMNAPyyalgSjTXRblc3cvd/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06616w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwr4bXWPonfbUcShKZqWxdYyxSGAY70zpeAEKGw3_LtFKDjPcfjLIt9wPT6X2LAn5Jf-8Rp1q63x5b4Tdc0zy1oxUIXPeEamEMOdx1hPg-VQt81TXhEDmongMNAPyyalgSjTXRblc3cvd/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06616w.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"> </div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;">... </span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: medium;">once again, "there is as much color in a single leaf as is displayed by the entire forest"</span><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;"> ...</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></div></div></b><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwv6T7vI7Gv3hzbyuMCyDr9ET-SZ-nmwU-wRBAxga-MXNHyfYJMYJlcbF7Ntfnx_CSwhZdf1d1kg2dmzoKQGIx7GgcsvLjUCfLyz_2v2Qpq2hTGf2RoAkZlH2CVnjWHyOqyPsDD3IEPkz/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06375-91w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwv6T7vI7Gv3hzbyuMCyDr9ET-SZ-nmwU-wRBAxga-MXNHyfYJMYJlcbF7Ntfnx_CSwhZdf1d1kg2dmzoKQGIx7GgcsvLjUCfLyz_2v2Qpq2hTGf2RoAkZlH2CVnjWHyOqyPsDD3IEPkz/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06375-91w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"> </div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;">... </span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: medium;">this one's from the wire bridge</span><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;"> ...</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCrFGAS1NFAEx5PorGshc10sErRqHWm1GJcoUn6xMerT7u9jX_6VVTco1SYmOza_AIAdqNKeJXl8e0Ctz43cRncJZLuHqqm0wEkJG9cWvnChdt0TpN6nw5RhUMxboBetIndnTrfzOXgkAX/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06948w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCrFGAS1NFAEx5PorGshc10sErRqHWm1GJcoUn6xMerT7u9jX_6VVTco1SYmOza_AIAdqNKeJXl8e0Ctz43cRncJZLuHqqm0wEkJG9cWvnChdt0TpN6nw5RhUMxboBetIndnTrfzOXgkAX/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-06948w.jpg" width="428" /></a></div></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"> </div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;">... </span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: medium;">p.s. as i write this my "student," danny, is busy doing seat work ... due to intermittent power outages his peers attending the "brick & mortar" classes in oakland are now waiting for their buses to take them home ... "how come i have to keep working" ... "because when you're done you get to play on the computer blasting zombies and aliens, that's why ... now go back to work" ...</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></div></div></b><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmsakFNmmQA0zkSVJAaJtTiX92pnF15VDO4SAd5etRW1lOct3CEkS99-BCipNW9BZf5OeF1lU83-YPYJAh8ekJU3LRiGAImFJVjKX8X5lIFe1TJLYwoPL9n25VzbhMpHmL6NsMES8wlWG/w300-h400/2020-09-30_09-33-40-01.jpeg" width="300" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: medium;">... </span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: medium;">howling wind outside, i'm much afraid the foliage isn't going to survive ... still, the forest desperately needed the water ...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Bitter; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>zzzapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01651526110440554754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338874886024972943.post-6632811437783941302020-08-31T16:47:00.029-04:002020-08-31T21:44:44.431-04:00... AND STILL TICKIN'<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;">... john, "is a surprise where we're heading" ... for both of us, that's pretty hard to do in the state of maine, so i was excited ... after a bit of a drive we departed the state road and slowly negotiated a rather rutted and rocky backwoods track until we arrived at a somewhat spooky olden-time house ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsd0JnTtJLvsfHE8MIDkp5wCIrToxcv1k9-GBngLv4TVw0GckvPD2l4-iWCdy_nFxwBbYaGWyFNsfPWwZJg2t57lTm_kE8IIzKvwyq1WLMEGDlWfuYFdCEIOwee6Bg55p5fzu-147nlFA/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05050-54w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsd0JnTtJLvsfHE8MIDkp5wCIrToxcv1k9-GBngLv4TVw0GckvPD2l4-iWCdy_nFxwBbYaGWyFNsfPWwZJg2t57lTm_kE8IIzKvwyq1WLMEGDlWfuYFdCEIOwee6Bg55p5fzu-147nlFA/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05050-54w.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;">... blueberries ... millions and billions and zillions of them ... blueberries, from where i sat all the way to the horizon ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcb4_rIFBCvIJwVGJWTjzhzl7H98T1v8TrD_0tpqCAIw6Sr1YEXohRBeuUZV0K8Le7pq2d8pK8lekbbW-vUkqXRIlmdx-nR4Ri5lmxsdKhyzCkzDKp4qGl3EABcDj062QKc0bJatk_Eya/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04957w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;">... a gone to fallow blueberry barren, biding time until it can be incorporated into protected public lands ... thus, of course, a most secret location ...</span></b></div><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7Dvp_9OK1BIJp2bXN6r3UT53vyxz72RVftDwKK6YHmBP4AO7GD-OOWlw50O6axqM7LhyEf68a8cuFNFnGPWi2iaELwRyz37GbNaSWOMoJmIbCjt30FsmMenmZNOfPRzAWUzhr85AaKSE/s2690/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04853-93w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="2690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7Dvp_9OK1BIJp2bXN6r3UT53vyxz72RVftDwKK6YHmBP4AO7GD-OOWlw50O6axqM7LhyEf68a8cuFNFnGPWi2iaELwRyz37GbNaSWOMoJmIbCjt30FsmMenmZNOfPRzAWUzhr85AaKSE/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04853-93w.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;">... one of the finest vistas of the western mountains i've ever enjoyed ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYe2mNcozrSJuiiIZ7pp3mpm2lnkmleRisDpx5p03t4igHmWzC4mVix1DSV70g6DyHjp6vcfo4OzTbMY7IhBPlyBHz0kZu9egpv256kPYa1oBbtADUDvp0xyh72r73WgX-SSN6xjlu7sPl/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04937cw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYe2mNcozrSJuiiIZ7pp3mpm2lnkmleRisDpx5p03t4igHmWzC4mVix1DSV70g6DyHjp6vcfo4OzTbMY7IhBPlyBHz0kZu9egpv256kPYa1oBbtADUDvp0xyh72r73WgX-SSN6xjlu7sPl/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04937cw.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;">... later, we stopped at an old favorite ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2PIC1qafAZxkSA_-2oft6gMsJ-ifUw8M1x4rCpozpiyDohWqy8lu1kYWk2ZTVk0ezv6ZQnwC3agEreYiUjhH3zedG-OWJJeX4pBTHiEgesZ8rQ38YZCdzvxEiwdhOxpLfo7AcqTV0yIVo/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05125-29bww.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2PIC1qafAZxkSA_-2oft6gMsJ-ifUw8M1x4rCpozpiyDohWqy8lu1kYWk2ZTVk0ezv6ZQnwC3agEreYiUjhH3zedG-OWJJeX4pBTHiEgesZ8rQ38YZCdzvxEiwdhOxpLfo7AcqTV0yIVo/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05125-29bww.jpg" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;">... cool summer's-nearing-done air ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF5LJgXnACDniAY-Jg_y3XpNdNvfWasWzDe33cLdrkXmF4W36QMmNybr4rb2xbiWzwd5BYl09D0ceNMB7K8zz6WK-IzjAh8N2T4Drj0rcWPPPfq_AibFGyYSMDYxxx6O8gekdMYGC5NUjH/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05150w.jpg" style="text-align: left;" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;">... we met these nice ladies ... i had their names memorized—two weeks ago ... my bad ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-eoL8p1nyVxV2L3kicj50DJnB6n16_TOiKKwZTKPxo9mxtniuhyphenhyphentW0FkXLRCg4XBqFQAFiJWpnMVFvbMqwvUYaBIg_WnhRQjHSFMzFtdGSeKATQmrpVd2POdO7acZbBKteSwwKTICEKO/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05132w.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;">... again, of my most favorite spots in the entire world ...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeEurBY9d5CC6RC_uq6hEcIvqcbKh4nDnFtKJPiptJCBHUy5iVZ3gUe9M9D8zGzR-6gx1Qr9VArFpaDvIUgTyXt1Lw3jP159e0zQ1Utk9eTgkwT99gi8dPEcCGGW12_OOIdcl_HXxZ_tEN/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05065-69w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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"mysterious," that's what i felt ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2a41u3zyxemom9TGCSakp0kqTxfU-K73cabnfL5gIJlj5L0fgIATIUSgA-m0DEr7HWvlcCOQ-vBhBqnCCIKsasVsL4ATrmVeHILj5e7k-hYlVOfGNo8JFBA_z2DArigcLjRQjacm6Dtbl/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-083020bw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2a41u3zyxemom9TGCSakp0kqTxfU-K73cabnfL5gIJlj5L0fgIATIUSgA-m0DEr7HWvlcCOQ-vBhBqnCCIKsasVsL4ATrmVeHILj5e7k-hYlVOfGNo8JFBA_z2DArigcLjRQjacm6Dtbl/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-083020bw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... and red berries, which overwhelmed me with their redness ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPysPXnvdzafYyI1m-RoGrsm3qijZjaqZ5_pc6AhdA1JmOtdfWWQAGMazwcS5PiVhNW6-mJycxVj2g7yQ3_5zNgx-tqtwlaPqdC1eBSHB_6nxUFz3HQgyDH0NuRFiuIq6YqPDHxmTssax/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-083020cw.jpg" style="font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPysPXnvdzafYyI1m-RoGrsm3qijZjaqZ5_pc6AhdA1JmOtdfWWQAGMazwcS5PiVhNW6-mJycxVj2g7yQ3_5zNgx-tqtwlaPqdC1eBSHB_6nxUFz3HQgyDH0NuRFiuIq6YqPDHxmTssax/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-083020cw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... okay, out of sequence ... the narrows bridge ... yes, as you know, i do not like cable stay spans ... having admitted that, i'll also 'fess up that i like taking pictures of them, as i do of almost any bridge ... i like bridges ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhig5-x_waQiMTT9z6QgD94yaQcb-LjkEaWLM1A6aaTk8C1Er-tWEUCcHauyRwZ9CPetkEJcVzeg576PWrCv1J1ei9FkzqWWhOMfadooMIJz822jArPxl87m4_eDcKY_PrJhMV-QG3AALOr/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-5221_4w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhig5-x_waQiMTT9z6QgD94yaQcb-LjkEaWLM1A6aaTk8C1Er-tWEUCcHauyRwZ9CPetkEJcVzeg576PWrCv1J1ei9FkzqWWhOMfadooMIJz822jArPxl87m4_eDcKY_PrJhMV-QG3AALOr/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-5221_4w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... my partner in crime ... interesting, no matter how much beauty we collect the remainder never seems any less ... hmmmm, perhaps one of those "modern math" things ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz7_jz_c8QumYPWPcnAAemqGdspv095M1fDskIcf9uyDTL_U40Js4iHXIRV7HffBZRu8XpUAk5j0kagNmjqpZcoMhykBi53DBWCvcFgkwre4wNF8tcFeJ0y2aEdo7VXQAQWY4CEM9XS-K/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05251_4w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz7_jz_c8QumYPWPcnAAemqGdspv095M1fDskIcf9uyDTL_U40Js4iHXIRV7HffBZRu8XpUAk5j0kagNmjqpZcoMhykBi53DBWCvcFgkwre4wNF8tcFeJ0y2aEdo7VXQAQWY4CEM9XS-K/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05251_4w.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... don't ask, i'm still trying to figure why i saw this ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxumPvY7-Yx6y7O5i6pvYHHw36pOPBzo8W7tRJa5svRtOTE8fGRhM_DUcgL3kHnuZwjapDtQIPdlJKG31UOU1R3UdkM4bXWvUBev2hlelf8QUAEY1LQMKCYsRc4zCeuEdFOFQqL0paIp_t/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05395_9w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxumPvY7-Yx6y7O5i6pvYHHw36pOPBzo8W7tRJa5svRtOTE8fGRhM_DUcgL3kHnuZwjapDtQIPdlJKG31UOU1R3UdkM4bXWvUBev2hlelf8QUAEY1LQMKCYsRc4zCeuEdFOFQqL0paIp_t/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05395_9w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="font-size: medium;">... while exploring a little beach on the west side of the </b><b>peninsula</b><b style="font-size: medium;"> we spotted on the distance shore this abandoned ship ... as we headed back we made a brief pause to investigate ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhta7nC2hWOMHA0jH9IcB3m_DGYXuaRtSklHd2eAX5iv_ZitJWfLc7RrtpKUQ1rfpa3rEkhcEG5FZNgliuSGhh7QylTWM49Q1X6gXoBjvdtO_4SrtXA4UMWv-WjEfB0S0JIm-CL-xr2X8Wb/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05743_7w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhta7nC2hWOMHA0jH9IcB3m_DGYXuaRtSklHd2eAX5iv_ZitJWfLc7RrtpKUQ1rfpa3rEkhcEG5FZNgliuSGhh7QylTWM49Q1X6gXoBjvdtO_4SrtXA4UMWv-WjEfB0S0JIm-CL-xr2X8Wb/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05743_7w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... it is striking ... fabulously photogenic, especially if you're a zone-system kinda picture taker ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_pSJ_bl1Ukvk6t7Io2mfFat2JHyMV9kD7iHrj-J0zoflOQzOgQHl6AYDXx9STGeA18QJbfqrJmQEZHIae2yts76tkuwVz-12MkkAod_qRFu7R4bAJW3vc-ZqJqGIryAgrCqyOQjzOsJk/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05583_7w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_pSJ_bl1Ukvk6t7Io2mfFat2JHyMV9kD7iHrj-J0zoflOQzOgQHl6AYDXx9STGeA18QJbfqrJmQEZHIae2yts76tkuwVz-12MkkAod_qRFu7R4bAJW3vc-ZqJqGIryAgrCqyOQjzOsJk/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05583_7w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... each of these images is the result of merging five frames in photomatix, then converting them to monochrome in photoshop ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtnXMGsLQeBiUQ9l4awQwJz6PrVOtF2IhDpQ0oVHXF_SmwyHUk476GX9fgwJtTq5hGmLqKuS-llVw8roUUFmvDWsaXB8LFs7riGHXq8v3lGg6J_aX1uq8zUDok7yUdyim6v2tocRCtHvk/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05713_7w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtnXMGsLQeBiUQ9l4awQwJz6PrVOtF2IhDpQ0oVHXF_SmwyHUk476GX9fgwJtTq5hGmLqKuS-llVw8roUUFmvDWsaXB8LFs7riGHXq8v3lGg6J_aX1uq8zUDok7yUdyim6v2tocRCtHvk/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05713_7w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="font-size: medium;">... this—this place is magical ... me, of the shore, for a brief moment in that most transitory of all places between land and sea, forgetting all my own story to hear the whispering, then listen, </b><b>mesmerized, as ever so slowly enticed i become entrapped</b><b style="font-size: medium;"> in the ship's tales of distant ports in places exotic and gales driving and beating, testing the strength of the bond binding sailor and craft to one another ...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf46QNpC9BNEA2aN9aq_UxECmdUZenFqTiyZ_xfkmrZnoUKeYSDHFTKq7scuJqVHUKMU7sTcW93yXjGB_BI1bot1xnyC-5-XDnC6A4A54gpGdU18RCPWTfCE716OZTnqcbd1gkUJnrHj0C/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05733_7w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf46QNpC9BNEA2aN9aq_UxECmdUZenFqTiyZ_xfkmrZnoUKeYSDHFTKq7scuJqVHUKMU7sTcW93yXjGB_BI1bot1xnyC-5-XDnC6A4A54gpGdU18RCPWTfCE716OZTnqcbd1gkUJnrHj0C/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05733_7w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... here, even as it timelessly dissolves and disintegrates in to the sand, still it carries a cargo of wanderabouting ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngEHO_kwyPqMxzhBA4PAwL7mJkLGHZ7B-nqJVusocS_QEAUsZnLciMcyxhgmsuCFIYmBq-E08a9qyXVO6PL46-eVJ9G_NAde__xBlcUgNUn8XTqC9hvIS8drtIy9W41F-kRFvlV_lxgQn/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05648_52w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngEHO_kwyPqMxzhBA4PAwL7mJkLGHZ7B-nqJVusocS_QEAUsZnLciMcyxhgmsuCFIYmBq-E08a9qyXVO6PL46-eVJ9G_NAde__xBlcUgNUn8XTqC9hvIS8drtIy9W41F-kRFvlV_lxgQn/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-05648_52w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Our anchor we'll weigh,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>And our sails we will set.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Goodbye, fare-ye-well,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Goodbye, fare-ye-well.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>The friends we are leaving,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>We leave with regret,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>We're homeward bound,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Oh joyful sound!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Goodbye, fare-ye-well,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Goodbye, fare-ye-well.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Come rally the capstan,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>And run quick around.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>We're homeward bound</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>We'd have you know</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Goodbye, fare-ye-well,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Goodbye, fare-ye-well.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>And over the water</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>To England must go,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Heave with a will,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>And heave long and strong,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Goodbye, fare-ye-well,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Goodbye, fare-ye-well.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Sing a good chorus</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>For 'tis a good song.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Hurrah! that good run</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Brought the anchor a-weigh,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Goodbye, fare-ye-well,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Goodbye, fare-ye-well.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>She's up to the hawse,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Sing before we belay.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>'We're homeward bound,'</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>You've heard us say,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Goodbye, fare-ye-well,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Goodbye, fare-ye-well.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Hook on the cat fall then,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>And rut her away.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound.</b></span></div></div><p></p>zzzapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01651526110440554754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338874886024972943.post-11371307852571600062020-08-16T21:32:00.004-04:002020-08-16T21:43:57.993-04:00SUM-SUM-SUMMERTIME<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;">... adrien wanted some help watching the dogs and cat and chickens, so i made a little wanderabout over to new hampshire ... sarah's flowers are, as always, wonderfully attractive ...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLrsa4evF4aB4XZju65yQBQHqL-c-sq4ZJicaDnuDqAViEmUnF-XctvYS5P1ZxEWBqZtaoFEUgY2CMg4logSBSYh33660iB26Zh5DWAVU-DOwDwWFv1HEV_oRIlrD8O6PfNdBApxRx8EM/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04161w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLrsa4evF4aB4XZju65yQBQHqL-c-sq4ZJicaDnuDqAViEmUnF-XctvYS5P1ZxEWBqZtaoFEUgY2CMg4logSBSYh33660iB26Zh5DWAVU-DOwDwWFv1HEV_oRIlrD8O6PfNdBApxRx8EM/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04161w.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />... no, not a sad child ... at least, not this time ... this was result of a prompt from daddy, "show uncle pat your sad face" ... no doubt, such acting ability evidences adrien's coaching skill ...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQW8gZm_y9wmJNUqm1Xvk9wk7CS08mICdBphV3B2Z1fpGMVGdD8NwVtonV8X38b-8BDIk0f5WA0OycVQDyKEQAzNh9GwlPo05HZ8lQ6_oHRnoRECSOLJ7GX3dpU474H-Hl-WBvQzdAegJ2/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04753w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQW8gZm_y9wmJNUqm1Xvk9wk7CS08mICdBphV3B2Z1fpGMVGdD8NwVtonV8X38b-8BDIk0f5WA0OycVQDyKEQAzNh9GwlPo05HZ8lQ6_oHRnoRECSOLJ7GX3dpU474H-Hl-WBvQzdAegJ2/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04753w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />... twelve frames, aligned and focus stacked ... not usually a magenta fan, here i absolutely adore the hue ...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFBDKuzdUhHlDpVQTXj03vjW7FLZljQmbeNSL9iGopTzL5q2Ikd1XG7tarX0LF5mmuPa7nE-D422izcpEFB4jIz54JHKAYvtXV2NtMOnk7ZPurprW3VPfUID2hLJ0KyMIOjjrwEltWbIj/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04149-60web.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFBDKuzdUhHlDpVQTXj03vjW7FLZljQmbeNSL9iGopTzL5q2Ikd1XG7tarX0LF5mmuPa7nE-D422izcpEFB4jIz54JHKAYvtXV2NtMOnk7ZPurprW3VPfUID2hLJ0KyMIOjjrwEltWbIj/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04149-60web.jpg" /></a></div></b><div><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />... tessa's into "collections" ... here she demonstrates her blues' harmonica skills before she carefully assigns the mouth organ its proper place in the stack ...</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhJXF6zeh3PRhnxXM2p_LFCGwnYE363rv45bVf9G8ppWmHWAp5Xo_gCWmDg9djm4e3vPIIRjMhGNUrJXW7pVAq8fo6Gp-QDgUrWUxBH9qec7a5iBhSnvKZjbknfPvdwElbpGge_BfbB6b/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04488w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhJXF6zeh3PRhnxXM2p_LFCGwnYE363rv45bVf9G8ppWmHWAp5Xo_gCWmDg9djm4e3vPIIRjMhGNUrJXW7pVAq8fo6Gp-QDgUrWUxBH9qec7a5iBhSnvKZjbknfPvdwElbpGge_BfbB6b/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04488w.jpg" /></a></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />... "chillin'" ... that's the word ...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObCBq1JRXqcYw110J3IrYnLKiQSeN0qdxUXCep0moFkEacFiktFhJsg08PeRF0m_UzW1StgqfhpIchhywrTvry5d13poTIyHTT2fu-sFos1cJe74XzkJaas5c3-A094OnRm6rEyjDFGpL/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04697w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObCBq1JRXqcYw110J3IrYnLKiQSeN0qdxUXCep0moFkEacFiktFhJsg08PeRF0m_UzW1StgqfhpIchhywrTvry5d13poTIyHTT2fu-sFos1cJe74XzkJaas5c3-A094OnRm6rEyjDFGpL/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04697w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />... ellen, my friend and owner/operator of "the childrens' bookcellar," gave me this tiny window display cardboard house ... i set it up in tessa's room and when she came home said, "there's a surprise for you upstairs" ... she seems to really like it, thank you, ellen ...</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifI6S7ws7X0LWwlz4vYgvFn0LshMz8n9MVaEofAZdn1bOo30TvPFh_SF4IjBajYig-OJzcYnIl7Az7CB6cQDj3MaQ3_aUK3Exv_fRP1Mu39f4kp5JzkRI2EY8AFCo-FQG9FXczTrFueaNE/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04687w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifI6S7ws7X0LWwlz4vYgvFn0LshMz8n9MVaEofAZdn1bOo30TvPFh_SF4IjBajYig-OJzcYnIl7Az7CB6cQDj3MaQ3_aUK3Exv_fRP1Mu39f4kp5JzkRI2EY8AFCo-FQG9FXczTrFueaNE/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04687w.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><b>... no turquoise-blue caribbean sea in which to float, so ma and daughter enjoyed "mangos in the sink" ... ...</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgvgaVmOAq1zpZ-I9SsP0pRboXXM7lAoB4VHqAYJLPVMrgSxBU1yHGLtq4877RdB5PA-TwOYDqmsiID2fNuN2IyClbCTBKX9CRsXhKlXuNeYDAg_fDUomZGGM77dom4jPMX9gR0K85Eyj/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04448w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgvgaVmOAq1zpZ-I9SsP0pRboXXM7lAoB4VHqAYJLPVMrgSxBU1yHGLtq4877RdB5PA-TwOYDqmsiID2fNuN2IyClbCTBKX9CRsXhKlXuNeYDAg_fDUomZGGM77dom4jPMX9gR0K85Eyj/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04448w.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />... takin' a break ...</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VUFM64SMGYmgYAz7IKCCtbQ1KIZWg3gqHqJhwMoujUpdzvUjrhut2_sfLMnYb_nP26ZtK3oJf8iLj-6JKXvFtxwfVelvnxVQfaP_uTQ0AZx3IOYa_lO0DKs6x0iIRY4RvandZF5J0-K0/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04370w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VUFM64SMGYmgYAz7IKCCtbQ1KIZWg3gqHqJhwMoujUpdzvUjrhut2_sfLMnYb_nP26ZtK3oJf8iLj-6JKXvFtxwfVelvnxVQfaP_uTQ0AZx3IOYa_lO0DKs6x0iIRY4RvandZF5J0-K0/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04370w.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />... i especially like the shadows in this one ...</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmWv9E3DfoLiKn6Fo160wky5sMIaEUxsVxezyXGSSNBKtW-zYZCBhKshSS103_R-pfqY2mJ4gRCQiY5lJuo_ntbRuJ2W6ZhCl0qpUxOYALvgEYV1W3kGwOLMpysBX2jdMaredyRJsYMnf/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04305-22w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmWv9E3DfoLiKn6Fo160wky5sMIaEUxsVxezyXGSSNBKtW-zYZCBhKshSS103_R-pfqY2mJ4gRCQiY5lJuo_ntbRuJ2W6ZhCl0qpUxOYALvgEYV1W3kGwOLMpysBX2jdMaredyRJsYMnf/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04305-22w.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />... yellow can be difficult in digital polychrome, but it's always great fun when playing around in monochrome ...</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzbj0ReA3nzKR9XETvBFOYbufYPwMVFeMxfC0_FjwQemtoDIMLBL0rgSbGikvHomg4bBKBM-OAAnl23jNyjkbAUs8Rm5AbGZYM1UPKwDoiVgtA2uaU0oOqtJa9L37tLXTmodm0QZXkfvC/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04170-84w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzbj0ReA3nzKR9XETvBFOYbufYPwMVFeMxfC0_FjwQemtoDIMLBL0rgSbGikvHomg4bBKBM-OAAnl23jNyjkbAUs8Rm5AbGZYM1UPKwDoiVgtA2uaU0oOqtJa9L37tLXTmodm0QZXkfvC/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04170-84w.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />... my new 80mm f/1.8, with an inexpensive +1 diopter lens affixed to the front, turns out to be an rather nice macro glass ...</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTG1s4lPgIkha6QNsUO6kON3rc5sbyQDpzp-GMGm0xD9zqqaN1eam8p9X68lLdAXfIw5R1Ac5Az2uBPkBrA9kr7emrMsMkWvW_GVoFlTSxj2NLZDtROU86Y5-ZdfEqM7uw4f2h-f7IZ_v/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04407w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTG1s4lPgIkha6QNsUO6kON3rc5sbyQDpzp-GMGm0xD9zqqaN1eam8p9X68lLdAXfIw5R1Ac5Az2uBPkBrA9kr7emrMsMkWvW_GVoFlTSxj2NLZDtROU86Y5-ZdfEqM7uw4f2h-f7IZ_v/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04407w.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />... perhaps the beginning of another "great american novel" ...</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtSpurjiN-WKxKB3VmRAzMxmHNfmwPQvLcx-fas4cg4Tx_SruJRhM1y49rmV8lglVpcKCXz6jTPIcO4L-hbBJ-fcE_c6ixX9YLaa1QaQCPxJ7U6baotBUdmqkI_oA3gcjSfpWi-oMoqBN/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04739w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtSpurjiN-WKxKB3VmRAzMxmHNfmwPQvLcx-fas4cg4Tx_SruJRhM1y49rmV8lglVpcKCXz6jTPIcO4L-hbBJ-fcE_c6ixX9YLaa1QaQCPxJ7U6baotBUdmqkI_oA3gcjSfpWi-oMoqBN/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04739w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />... revisiting a favorite image of a favorite place ...</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqo7Mx5QKIPWdn-xkHUWy7X1I2BTxf0wFpcwk9yCsFHKR0wcNTG-uYaiNeziQ5M2hblowokZ0XRjkuQbW4vD45PLl7eljXXesVkXkc00achEgKjEwh_QZJbvMhRt4xeIce1KAtJAD_hUo/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-2734w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqo7Mx5QKIPWdn-xkHUWy7X1I2BTxf0wFpcwk9yCsFHKR0wcNTG-uYaiNeziQ5M2hblowokZ0XRjkuQbW4vD45PLl7eljXXesVkXkc00achEgKjEwh_QZJbvMhRt4xeIce1KAtJAD_hUo/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-2734w.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><b>... on main street, i like the juxtaposition of the dog amidst the fluidity of the reflections on the car body ...</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bfzNr-zw6o98EVqdNildYbEU1_ZIpQRZvgx3E4bZz5rPQStL9RvOhKldelujAep5v7fpNJ7h8vGnaaNCJcGKrfYuOPZdc-piPzzSuiqmuNFhvBiYZrjjL7WszXoJVEIpHIy51se1LVjH/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04762w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bfzNr-zw6o98EVqdNildYbEU1_ZIpQRZvgx3E4bZz5rPQStL9RvOhKldelujAep5v7fpNJ7h8vGnaaNCJcGKrfYuOPZdc-piPzzSuiqmuNFhvBiYZrjjL7WszXoJVEIpHIy51se1LVjH/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04762w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />... i'm pleased with this, but for the life of me i cannot explain why ...</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_qVEbGI4gG3cUElvu7yYDFRHtg0FxDGYKsKLJES81NvRljlHxGmueUPwET0RqZc9PdXCwuTe3ApUv52r4Sn6nNXtLR5VpgkUzNE08VPCSDeb3_sJpDmdcGC80xxloyFk3MwqR1-csy5c/s2048/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04765w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_qVEbGI4gG3cUElvu7yYDFRHtg0FxDGYKsKLJES81NvRljlHxGmueUPwET0RqZc9PdXCwuTe3ApUv52r4Sn6nNXtLR5VpgkUzNE08VPCSDeb3_sJpDmdcGC80xxloyFk3MwqR1-csy5c/s640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-04765w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />... yes, indeed, what a wonderful world ...</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div>zzzapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01651526110440554754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338874886024972943.post-57559538433334039902020-07-27T21:40:00.009-04:002020-07-27T21:49:56.079-04:00WANDERABOUTING IN THE TIME OF CORONA<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... a bit of this and that, here and there, some images meant to calm and settle in a time when all seems spinning out of control ...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... john accompanied me on an expedition i had to make to nh to collect a cable for my "steampunk" computer project ... on the way home we stopped for a little exploration of the south portland waterfront ... across the bay, silhouetted by the setting sun, is downtown portland ... <br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO47pWgw7rG7JkzdxfO6GBKPvi1IOtEZ8wAeGI-RaLYTPgnre1TewycVvUPFDAF-kKUGgRERrzxAB_buM_5SX8d_sMPuFwGQ9_6oph6NqVRETHeyz3Oe3rPOc2Co2PBZ11PHkgXFhO_mMX/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03670w.jpg" /></a><br /><br />... bug light, well over 100 years old ...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6CKXtwBkdG-yMHRa5DN2sXuPuPFCp6yBLbhou9JT_7r8HqeFosiohNwBUROiWeCFz_jnJAGO5nNuI5GoKdMTgcd9Ms9kV0tWztZBpaoUTGaZ8aH6JMk-WB2ulnE1z8eJUkjih8h2chDn/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03620w.jpg" /></a><br /><br />... bug light is constructed of curved cast iron plates ... the joints are cleverly hidden by the decorative corinthian columns ...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span> <br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOBL8A2eGNmwU1AOr6vH-2RywXhC1Rb0opXLdmIgnpU4GmtA1RKbIhX7bwHl8F-T1D8L0YoCaXQxnow70owJ3kGaztbGQMFyK7hmwttHusP5sjgzp_hDVWmeI6WJ1sDJ4ngyoDwG6p3yV/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03650w.jpg" /></a><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... although it is quite possible that gan de in china did so two thousand years earlier, in the western world it was galileo's 1609-1610 observations of the tiny lights orbiting a brilliant "wandering star," the planet jupiter, that were to be the foundation for a new relationship between humanity and the heavens ... through my ancient all manual 300mm ed nikkor perched atop my rooftop porch: io, europa, ganymede and callisto</b></span><b> ...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhU3EvEJotIG7SJzy9WAouMZrTHQ2jIxC8gKEcK1kcs3yZ6iz5q9QFuETAIHlpSbbik-Ur5B8_IwJqBDJ3XY8OiXPPr5FtYikTx86DAur-v9JtOv6OJ5iBNPuhNL2rvLZUdIy2dI-G0Nb/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03576w.jpg" /></a><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia";"><b>And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds
created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an outside
will? When we are told to deny our senses and subject them to the whim
of others? When people devoid of whatsoever competence are made judges
over experts and are granted authority to treat them as they please?
These are the novelties which are apt to bring about the ruin of
commonwealths and the subversion of the state.</b></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><font size="1"><b>GALILEO GALILEI</b></font></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... late in the evening john and jeff and i went down to messalonskee lake where we shared a wonderful view of the comet neowise ... the "tail," a minuscule amount of ionic material that is being pushed away from the five kilometer diameter slushy dust/ice ball nucleus by the sun's radiation, is currently pointed in the direction the comet is heading ... by the way, the tail is over 5,000,000 miles long ... thanks for the show, neowise, we'll see you again in about about 6,000 years ...<br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsEo0suJ36sg0FjfSSaz2gUgCjgA7IxKFb5Mu3GWLIXjGwPAd_uy8ucqUlhR7oC0AbAbTyM6d-3KBSvmRIlxQvi_obf_cacSA6F6h0IHZVm4yz49jfVcEwOu-iqQmf6rt8C2i0sP12fiTY/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03760w.jpg" /></a><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... a revisiting of an image of waterville/winslow's 2¢ bridge ...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefuJqr5YKLxYMknUivBzoPSiscHcNOwQ2aSnic5jFqOYKk7OEOgWRIvLAUjwD4YjP7w6rJYgwE4Xs0IFlMFJHBG9pVuDeN0Jf3KVtCxzyxlfc8OcoAoAWXNxP-9D73Q03JibiMWcZADvu/w640-h512/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-1196_198_200w.jpg" /> </a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"></a></b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... on a bluff above the columbia river, </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>adrien and i came across this truck </b></span>... this is another image i enjoy reinterpreting ...</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b></span></font> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9F7AjSMGBQ_G8sgE8lAUUhnXiW6TLj3mUBqTL89MjKVXEkYQUuR0ef-m8P9I8jGBQ-w0ZQpWM0kshlJFpPQxL5DvD7X-Jx__FQltyZd8LhhM3Iefwepjn0Y13twhQOz1uOkT7JXxUPfTc/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-4533w.jpg" /></a><br /><br />... how appropriate, that this image is from circleville, ohio ...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span> <br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE216zlxp1w4LsPDkKLF94WbJAjwJWtLRipGy0VO2mh6-mzxMRCeXTtXo4PcRoW5a0xToLDXx5hJsHm22CKmvxz8TCXueoG2pFYpD_suUAK7uJS_RCJThlmPBy8SUtEOCluERxVOkLAl7G/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-8554w.jpg" /></a><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... if you know about the zone system then you know how irresistible ferns (and peppers) can be ...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span> <br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyrT7ntH4MKrg-f2KAdHFD99DYX8pbR1F20QJ6B75NI8MCZoe_fjk1c59pxc5UmEfikp6SPPXsfkuLwnxp-eLj5OGOhpvtJkBzMpd8o3Y2BPlzaGP6a2Q2NHizwFdK2nHWty7gPjYMxp9/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-0065w.jpg" /></a><br /><br />... john's "liberty tree" ...</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8i5ep1BoqVq4h9-aVc7R-yCLNzZS5EwxuGieOcLkVwX0Q_JH6CxGyKCNBDSlYj1DMu1Kp-1kbdWoo79Wxq9Ppw6w12zJZJRN4SzNgyG0iLRRIQwSRB-wa70WtAKuO8BS91PrQ2QaeAmoj/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03778w.jpg" /></a><br /><br />... the harbor in friendship ... <br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span> <br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PPrgAObfKCS4Vl9CRqlUWDPGIC4bty9Wz1ik8sGgtZjmraG8QYMc1GsOvuF0OPtdYHG1Z9usRk8tK_0SdxjlowUYTGuLHhQYe8g7pRU7ZqHq1OWQ9y3PRvrc7a19VIZQPaPVp1zSvN4t/w640-h248/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-072720aw.jpg" /> </a><br /><br />... what i call "the under-the-sea" road ... it's only exposed at low tide, giving access to privately owned garrison island ... john didn't want to drive it, so i'm going to have take my car down for a go ... </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRgHsvQouphg2QNYpi9MeL4njG7tI8Kjagcy-MdwLO3LEU2MkPY8sK3ANcN4tKDA3od2pp_JlJ8a9e_a6w97MsGhyQv6d3L0XR-if0BeWrgkNJn8lLXR7Zos59GlFQFLBPAdUIOr70W6Q/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03867w.jpg" /></a><br /><br />... the ridge leading to the island is another display of maine's convoluted geologic story ... </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1i0WtZMF-4OTVyJYnyYTB0NZKI-sqcHfqfdAVc8Dpip-5Zidqx0iAIhaGtse0ZGn4xmTRhbkQaV8dD9RmvXg5jvr2cu5I8Xcysl8thnUNPFMecAHTLIo74e2MrKugDUejDLEzxT2xjlr/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03825w.jpg" width="268" /></a><br /><br />... "life on mars" ... ??? ... if these fellows can survive being dried out in 90°f heat, submerged beneath a dozen feet of salt water, frozen in winter's -20°f arctic air, and for much of the year being covered with huge sheets of ice, well, i imagine mars should be a breeze for alien life forms ...</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNa3HYaeVEHqmqPLMjjxVmm8ZoP4LZ5w2zs-4H7G2I1Ueql6AdwCibuI1DkhHY7FlC4jzkA4mRJDAr5278HnfrPKNs12J1p6tqFM76K7zbLFKKY9-dHOyhZ8W4hrKx6l3f7jCl1BeDzuQV/w400-h268/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03817w.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br />... john strolls the under-the-sea road ... </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSa-QzHDeps4mQViIX45r2ZyPtS0kXcdNmXTtRKuC2kzqBjh5rp6Pi0gMTIhivD0I0jQ-rU3wv8Nm1pzxv8F-U56DkmOESC7ZJu9o-i-7EY4UBofCHANlOnQSl7wGQQAgyKMwSpzyed2VZ/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03813w.jpg" width="268" /></a><br /><br />... cultivated garden blossoms and their hardy wild kin ...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span> <br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjm_setNpiNQNUMa43jdypECuIf4MQWKd1qrpy0WlxoGS1eYPW7OKuuukzGL5sGShBVF6BNhMpI3SOVzcH3rbjY7QcQmXGS4dHBPwWVdidL-jrefdZEoKaS85RFT-x7XftujpX0CSYCaA/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03862w.jpg" width="268" /></a><font size="1"> </font><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToZI0c2k50XUzwEqN0VhibSNbHpfkl6Ajcx6wQkfGPWMTBAjNLqrskx_rsNVXhDSTEelynVXzrdMeSMOtcSmYI_tz0t3RZ4wSwUxgjPtEsb6dPBqk-acjoJ5m70_C120Ok7_UbaPigDRd/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03808w.jpg" width="268" /></a><br /><br />... while high humidity and southern style heat blanketed lincolnville beach a family enjoyed a pleasant respite in the calm, cool sea ...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span> <br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0s_QEBm3FbxFbD3r2NdfFij8lB9Desyl91NAbN35s1RkqywcYgeOa7l7HJSS8fiawKVKL_-x52Dv43Sp4rZpjdrnSiQ4heI-zPEzp0M9u4tUfgxiguDa8_ReObbbvi3g2Dh5l6JLlzTGs/w400-h268/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03885w.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br />... theresa and mary, from dixmont and portland, two pals waging war against the corona boredom ...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span> <br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2FF0_D30A7yiddVBGK3ezTtrRK9f0yL3Gl0xdYi38EGeV_mGY2oMWKqyJsvX13I-op0UTGyPo2NaWGLCMvC5hPy7qTFYjOt8brRYABex281faoD_vvU-3IkEJeOuwqu6H33D8bmKzGnl/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03890w.jpg" /></a><br /><br />... was the drink drew my attention ... if i did drink i think i'd want to try one of these ... vodka and cranberry juice, if i recall correctly, which would mean it's healthy, too ...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><font size="1"> </font></b></span> <br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMoIxeHqIGnCWsgX9f-NCDjPe9piNG5xKXRzLhA26ZFU8Rs2jeMQUsjHpCwRal80uqAjQlzY1foChjvJBqPrEipHrPME3wVZWGGdH2G5wndrPNFBdUXV2GwgRPNl4bNMuEeQT07og9khl6/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-03888w.jpg" /></a><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... what a wonderful world we live in ...<br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> </b></span>zzzapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01651526110440554754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338874886024972943.post-52869906920036932072020-06-28T18:46:00.000-04:002020-06-28T18:46:17.538-04:00POOL TIME!<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ... last time i visited i left without my bathing suit, so while i was out doing errands i stopped to recover it—which i did, after a nice long swim and a wonderful supper ...<br /></span></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... when i first met danny he was a tiny boy who would relax in my arms like a little cuddle ball ... now, quite obviously, he's growing up ... <br /></span></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br 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verdana;">... em posed for me ... in most of the images she looked seriously—well, "goofy" would put it mildly, so i decided to spare her the embarrassment and post this most charming expression (right, i'm filing the outtakes for some fun on another day) ...</span></b></font></div><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXIUTYXUDucc1yIjryJ0wm88z93x6mG9KgNXNy9fWse4u7qnnfywu_nHs5V2quVAHEEO2kLXRJ7E9hRI7D57cgJjF3ys0MejSITcxBwol_ff7oUjl0CFe2Q_ANRMWqtdcZMoUsfUr3l0l/s3010/PLG03041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="640" 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"live long and prosper" ... ??? ...</span></b></font></div><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JhwCa39P6CW5p6-eprWObrI8t5HfkP-2p8_ipPt9MtbmL7BAhXaqhlThxjkjBg7dxJQEzFqy6xt0tfC5h_wFlho057BV9Z6R36h5Xdq6m-6mK_nmE_2iZXKxZmYwXAdLfUbs-ionToAy/s3010/PLG03128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JhwCa39P6CW5p6-eprWObrI8t5HfkP-2p8_ipPt9MtbmL7BAhXaqhlThxjkjBg7dxJQEzFqy6xt0tfC5h_wFlho057BV9Z6R36h5Xdq6m-6mK_nmE_2iZXKxZmYwXAdLfUbs-ionToAy/w428-h640/PLG03128.jpg" width="428" /></a></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">... walker's working on his cannonball ...</span></b></font></div><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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place i want to take you" ... riding in the car was enough to make me
happy, so it wasn't until we got down to cobbosseecontee lake that i
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out across the huge lake ... we soon arrived at the "ladies delight
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been flashing its warning beacon for over one-hundred years ... it is
immaculately maintained by a trust dedicated to its preservation and
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<b><font size="2"><font face="verdana">... marjorie was a most pleasant encounter ... from the tidewater of maryland, her family has summered on the lake for over one-hundred years ... !!! ...</font></font></b><br /> <br /><span style="color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia";">When winds and waves a mutual contest wage,<br /> These foaming anger, those impelling rage;<br /> Thy blissful light can cheer the dismal gloom,<br /> And foster hopes beyond a wat’ry doom.</span></b></span><br /><font size="1"> </font><br /><span style="color: #9e9e9e;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"><font size="1"> JOHN WILLIAM SMITH - 1814</font></span></b></span></div></div></div>zzzapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01651526110440554754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338874886024972943.post-31795849866014294802020-06-06T00:51:00.008-04:002020-06-06T13:51:15.068-04:00LIZ AND DAN PUT TOGETHER THE NEW TOY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... a few weeks ago, liz, "dad, i hate mowing the yard so i bought an electric riding lawn mower ... !!!" ... hmmmmm, we're in the midst of a world-wide pandemic, the economy is in shambles, the national debt is out of control, once again our nation is painfully assessing its history and cultural values, and our non-leader is a whack-job who redefines himself each and every day*, yet my sweet little girl decides to step up from her bench press and heavy-duty weed-whacker—so optimistic, so brass, so absolutely cool ...</b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... "dad, can you come over when it's delivered and help me put it together" ...</b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... "is that a woman or liz request" ...</b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... "liz, dad" ...</b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... yea, she , adrien, too, so cool ...</b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... she told me that i could ask if danny could be freed from quarantine to assist, so, with em's approval, he and i headed out into the martin stream bog whicky-whacks ...</b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... they worked, i watched, my involvement being only some simple "tool use" advice ...<br /></b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="1"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8z2b6A4ss7A2MaKMuVKbIL0sIw0gFokLByjAbm69HpkFY_8XvOluILUXYBF8mTXlJwQig4DZWbnSw_W7UknjnDyjrflDSSXlEQ6NVq3ZR4Bq0wqZnqkE7F-KEPBRdpQPTwGrhPVIC7KbU/s3010/PLG01793.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8z2b6A4ss7A2MaKMuVKbIL0sIw0gFokLByjAbm69HpkFY_8XvOluILUXYBF8mTXlJwQig4DZWbnSw_W7UknjnDyjrflDSSXlEQ6NVq3ZR4Bq0wqZnqkE7F-KEPBRdpQPTwGrhPVIC7KbU/w640-h428/PLG01793.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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"what we do, dad" ... i looked, then created a ramp using a piece of plywood and some metal garden stakes ...</b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... danny analyzed the structure, "it's going to bend" ...</b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"> </font><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... just a snap ... i like it, i don't know why ...</b></span></font></div><font size="1"> </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIjG8XtOloi82N7BpA1PAo2LPS87U-sU17DRV9_kbecxRyI1wcabJ7HkZAojew_z1m4zRLCVeHK2SG8qyMb7-C8ZUFLpvjO-F2qjrRX8SS5xdZCKIuZJcbJsKO9pNGeZbQM_fGi_1chBQ/s3010/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00936w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIjG8XtOloi82N7BpA1PAo2LPS87U-sU17DRV9_kbecxRyI1wcabJ7HkZAojew_z1m4zRLCVeHK2SG8qyMb7-C8ZUFLpvjO-F2qjrRX8SS5xdZCKIuZJcbJsKO9pNGeZbQM_fGi_1chBQ/w429-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00936w.jpg" width="429" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"> </font><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... more playin' around ...</b></span></font></div><font size="1"> </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHqQEqwvlthTy9cCcmaZvxHm_j1uO-tnlZ31rwNWLR9DGNdI0-jUD-A2z5CUQWqnPmroOIYwMzYB5j4NEVNnra8Kl73ODDEJjmhhz6tSHZo5a8mg9qqggSDzQPf_PUf5mGDreqeehiglv/s1668/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-060220ab1w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="1668" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHqQEqwvlthTy9cCcmaZvxHm_j1uO-tnlZ31rwNWLR9DGNdI0-jUD-A2z5CUQWqnPmroOIYwMzYB5j4NEVNnra8Kl73ODDEJjmhhz6tSHZo5a8mg9qqggSDzQPf_PUf5mGDreqeehiglv/w640-h362/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-060220ab1w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">Some of us have great runways already built for us.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">If you have one,
take off! But if you don’t have one, realize it is your responsibility
to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will
follow after you.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9e9e9e;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><b><font size="1">AMELIA EARHART</font></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9e9e9e;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><b><font size="1"><br /></font></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9e9e9e;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><b><font size="1"><br /></font></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9e9e9e;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><b><font size="1">*NO APOLOGY FOR STATING A FACT</font></b></span></span><br /></div></div>zzzapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01651526110440554754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338874886024972943.post-3932949389060148422020-05-14T00:20:00.002-04:002020-05-14T01:44:22.405-04:00A LITTLE REMINDER<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... adrien picked me up (my car's still in the shop) and we enjoyed a nice wandering to a location must remain undisclosed ... today was time to enjoy watching my niecette, tessa ... apparently adrien has been fulfilling her role as aunt by encouraging this precious little ball of energy to make faces, run, jump, spin, and, above all else, laugh and laugh and laugh until the only thing left to do is laugh some more ...</b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7JnqxvgttDGhhcTZ9gPldbMHe_MW0y7hpkEVYDVz0vlwYHYAZirEY0cQ5a7cdK7VyCSyc99jCvJl7J-zXMpnrkySiyGTqcOQSq9BvA66GH7HdN9-8cifvGN5lgQ8uGPL-JkDZZYpO0RN_/" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7JnqxvgttDGhhcTZ9gPldbMHe_MW0y7hpkEVYDVz0vlwYHYAZirEY0cQ5a7cdK7VyCSyc99jCvJl7J-zXMpnrkySiyGTqcOQSq9BvA66GH7HdN9-8cifvGN5lgQ8uGPL-JkDZZYpO0RN_/w400-h268/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00025w+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><font size="1"> </font><br /></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ltUZM9lyfTZBbgLtGi4fL-Bjp1vi3WTmO2eIdJnQXU7y3KLbEsAMdZBlWQ7EqgR_3YInLWSxFswUeeVJDZ7VoEdyNy3tuFwCbdb-khv86KvY2CX5HAnGs5zR0HfXaOze5EKmBR-gK0Bq/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZeGWqliHBYEOUce8yXwImGcqUymqygR_DHbU70tIYIpp8a969eiB4QwvGuj37QCRcDFLBUVDknW3X6gb2Ks3CV-UUe6VctY61mY7DpTCH1ASH22H_n8ZJHWibZZD_5e15vPQX8h99GZW/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00016w.jpg" width="268" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ltUZM9lyfTZBbgLtGi4fL-Bjp1vi3WTmO2eIdJnQXU7y3KLbEsAMdZBlWQ7EqgR_3YInLWSxFswUeeVJDZ7VoEdyNy3tuFwCbdb-khv86KvY2CX5HAnGs5zR0HfXaOze5EKmBR-gK0Bq/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00043w.jpg" width="268" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br /></font></b><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... time stopped, was that special moment within which forever i will be at peace ...</b><br /></span></font></div><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></font><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkxY5f2rfKe72VhIsGGk2Inz_dZr35dyomfyBqqxWWZE-nPRnvxSz7UziEC29pvB1HUphmD9WAAROSVZjLdJKHYPbyE50Vwo1hs0-4Ekts4KAL9F9nEIS90DJR5lSPAfQQOQPze5-MkHQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkxY5f2rfKe72VhIsGGk2Inz_dZr35dyomfyBqqxWWZE-nPRnvxSz7UziEC29pvB1HUphmD9WAAROSVZjLdJKHYPbyE50Vwo1hs0-4Ekts4KAL9F9nEIS90DJR5lSPAfQQOQPze5-MkHQ/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00068w.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></font><div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">... here all is right in the world ...</span></font></b></div><font size="2"><font size="1"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></font><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhkA-_n18_TyeCS_MdOvlVwuCQwtUh8Bnw5xot6K15kell4i0ZNQE8t0qWR8cwmFRGKcY8D5a5QF0N1y4pSguO-R2QQZ6dAPppNCGZXFYCTYL2lhSAD5xJTf9R2j_LwpkTR87S_9VkcNZ/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00159w.jpg" width="268" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyR9UYMLHP_vBGnNNA3qwFfHzg3TjIMPedxTGjNj0dtELA-KU-kvZNVNXt7gTde57zJs0f-xlYmCd2SUEKWKb_fGgXk4LNPW37jd5WQ0mkhs3pfhH8t3iETwtFC3YccIFxpop1WXpKH71l/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyR9UYMLHP_vBGnNNA3qwFfHzg3TjIMPedxTGjNj0dtELA-KU-kvZNVNXt7gTde57zJs0f-xlYmCd2SUEKWKb_fGgXk4LNPW37jd5WQ0mkhs3pfhH8t3iETwtFC3YccIFxpop1WXpKH71l/w268-h400/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00171w.jpg" width="268" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <br /></span></span></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... even when my heart is full, still there is room for more, so that though it feels it must burst it doesn't, and happiness is knowing it never will ...</b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="1"><b> </b></font><br /><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b></b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></font></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... two way cool guys styling with their "corrona hair" ...</b><br /><font size="1"> </font><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnSOSWX5A-lCFbPF5dHoU62ihF2zxmgEUsioAufHmkG6deQmyZnwDxkAmG776_WdDx30Q5ybSO-F5xSl6rlc3kJto3WfNwocSdAOyDRop4yk_FIHbDTaTHRtP06VNEAZK1C0XAihXLBUk/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnSOSWX5A-lCFbPF5dHoU62ihF2zxmgEUsioAufHmkG6deQmyZnwDxkAmG776_WdDx30Q5ybSO-F5xSl6rlc3kJto3WfNwocSdAOyDRop4yk_FIHbDTaTHRtP06VNEAZK1C0XAihXLBUk/w640-h426/Pat+And+Robert+-+1.jpg" title="COURTESY JOHN MEADER" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="color: #9e9e9e;"><b><font size="1">COURTESY JOHN MEADER</font></b></span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... no particular plot or direction to this album, just a bit of springtime wanderabouting ... across the street from my apartment in castonguay square a city worker cleaned the city hall steps ... when finished he coiled the hose so that draped over his shoulder just the right length to not brush against the pavement as he carried it away ... i liked seeing that ... <br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7eiLIohck5jYjTer1kUG5n4GOxnAM9efC9cNDfRMxLiNkQYxrVJVsKgaC0YUQAHzz1iYzIveMSEMgkU54TRtvzSSOoRY9aiB-FY5wz5bU1RWYZC1El6PCT7pNLG9EOM5y_uryxS3FQJr/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7eiLIohck5jYjTer1kUG5n4GOxnAM9efC9cNDfRMxLiNkQYxrVJVsKgaC0YUQAHzz1iYzIveMSEMgkU54TRtvzSSOoRY9aiB-FY5wz5bU1RWYZC1El6PCT7pNLG9EOM5y_uryxS3FQJr/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00831web.jpg" width="428" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... john and i stopped to watch the canada geese cruising the mesalonskee stream ... i sat on a dock and played with the water ... it was quite cool, but not so that i couldn't think how nice it would be to take a dip ...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uLqaUCxWu2Z-rPPquUuSOC7if1ZCOImOSa6fNqpiWHhi_S0lmNopSseGSneuv5mIHyMg90QVLAivm_4pEZ1YWbDFTNdVt0yIwFnTfCBwE4PF95Y7NPHzK8vzRkZ1Lxs_JPj2E22Bqffi/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="3010" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uLqaUCxWu2Z-rPPquUuSOC7if1ZCOImOSa6fNqpiWHhi_S0lmNopSseGSneuv5mIHyMg90QVLAivm_4pEZ1YWbDFTNdVt0yIwFnTfCBwE4PF95Y7NPHzK8vzRkZ1Lxs_JPj2E22Bqffi/w640-h302/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00840web.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... perhaps it's the social distancing thing, or, equally likely, this is perfectly normal springtime behavior ... either way, seeing someone sitting on their porch reading a book reminds me of life in the cayman islands before it became one of the world's money pots ...</b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzBlqsBVTrJdwCSiAndWi0hHiswZrM9Z_CgLO4ZnCcRqGeF4fArpx1Xiyi7KGNfaNg2oNqJ2TYiKFAt3E_WTApFzlFvzdwNPtA6aRC75-TOCnRY3n1ijHMP0xs-2JzRQBmLuQVJVJWAAr/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzBlqsBVTrJdwCSiAndWi0hHiswZrM9Z_CgLO4ZnCcRqGeF4fArpx1Xiyi7KGNfaNg2oNqJ2TYiKFAt3E_WTApFzlFvzdwNPtA6aRC75-TOCnRY3n1ijHMP0xs-2JzRQBmLuQVJVJWAAr/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00844web.jpg" width="428" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... with his super-duper lens john couldn't get the power lines out of his frame (or, better stated, to do so using that lens he would've had to step back a couple of miles) ... i decided to give a go with my 85mm, not bothering to worry about the lines ...</b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_I_Uih_tzoPcLPdIFFXySu6SdOw2N8_-Loo4-P__igtQAgoIKqk2gQPqZpRxZc7Qttf2uA9qtt46AjMdBMO7vqb-oRTcjLqVKHsd_kQm-K7pmOj7r8WICZ6nJPwTpsXkeAzaKw1C56ME/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_I_Uih_tzoPcLPdIFFXySu6SdOw2N8_-Loo4-P__igtQAgoIKqk2gQPqZpRxZc7Qttf2uA9qtt46AjMdBMO7vqb-oRTcjLqVKHsd_kQm-K7pmOj7r8WICZ6nJPwTpsXkeAzaKw1C56ME/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00862web.jpg" width="428" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... i admit, i saw because john stopped ...</b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszrWZFiqN0T3amEIOLq0LQXcs__yU6tsEPoGzT8Md82us9N6_dBzsbC_nVrMDmUDPW1pZZz0TXczHcUtm9Dc1XxKQkPy5yFWh8i6AwjDrLJ3rAMk9L3OCbUuxwRLVX_gxX6dqG4N9ViFk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszrWZFiqN0T3amEIOLq0LQXcs__yU6tsEPoGzT8Md82us9N6_dBzsbC_nVrMDmUDPW1pZZz0TXczHcUtm9Dc1XxKQkPy5yFWh8i6AwjDrLJ3rAMk9L3OCbUuxwRLVX_gxX6dqG4N9ViFk/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00872web.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b> <br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... looking out from the store we wondered, "why're they sitting in the middle of the parking lot" ... i wandered over and asked, "why're you sitting in the middle of the parking lot" ... turned out that they were tired of cooking and came down to pick up a lunch at the "last unicorn" cafe ... tailgating below my window, how cool ... later the owner of the restaurant came out and gifted them desert out of admiration of their spirit ... i think the treat was well-deserved ...<br /></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2v5fpI5wDdsOdJOcFVdugn9FWF4jQSii1ctqHJhTkNT_pVb1k2c8IUTwBMts1o8df2I0ST9DbilCEegqKwrZPn_mnrO4PDqzNK91W0DCh57dT2tookV1EX-3SkQGPz3EghUGVxB_FeGH/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2v5fpI5wDdsOdJOcFVdugn9FWF4jQSii1ctqHJhTkNT_pVb1k2c8IUTwBMts1o8df2I0ST9DbilCEegqKwrZPn_mnrO4PDqzNK91W0DCh57dT2tookV1EX-3SkQGPz3EghUGVxB_FeGH/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00881web.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... in a few days it'll be "super" ...<br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFBMjp12IiFbsBjPNWfWfF9_9V6VRYqh8eO8kcaOe89ix8Hn48JfP0dWZ7j_svpHLDyajj3J-L5Iz-xMAagfQZsg5eWWsBpdyZmZiEU00doC35e7CHPS-jUAudUlBrbOS-H9mxm64wXCA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFBMjp12IiFbsBjPNWfWfF9_9V6VRYqh8eO8kcaOe89ix8Hn48JfP0dWZ7j_svpHLDyajj3J-L5Iz-xMAagfQZsg5eWWsBpdyZmZiEU00doC35e7CHPS-jUAudUlBrbOS-H9mxm64wXCA/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00823web.jpg" width="428" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... zone system, more practice ...</b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigevvOpCBWDfuAsoYwWu8uT1SMfJULOd-gy-cayWF31cwRjy0N7OxuNIsfnsUnIQdkRpVcR3a-AhcUKdNLrm4cdorKQ3zDllDY3II7ABsoFVChIFyKOBRr-JtQr_qPX2zvybr1Ybx-OzLb/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigevvOpCBWDfuAsoYwWu8uT1SMfJULOd-gy-cayWF31cwRjy0N7OxuNIsfnsUnIQdkRpVcR3a-AhcUKdNLrm4cdorKQ3zDllDY3II7ABsoFVChIFyKOBRr-JtQr_qPX2zvybr1Ybx-OzLb/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00820web.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <b>... one of my first memories, wondering why the rails got closer in the distance ... ma said once she found i was missing from the house ... after quite a bit of frantic searching i was found wandering between the steel parallel towards providence ... i think i was trying to find where they finally came together ... i was five years old ... i'm still looking ...<br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJ3aJRWiywbe-12yLQdU8Qk3Xxfpii97iw4qQ3xd-wn58iui5wyOFa5WG_0ecjqpiogHR8J0yVioq8Gph5dg77mNTpNswHOVj4RUZyLL7rIETWIpV3e03eLLVuNMn-8pXvIHAwuqNsfss/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJ3aJRWiywbe-12yLQdU8Qk3Xxfpii97iw4qQ3xd-wn58iui5wyOFa5WG_0ecjqpiogHR8J0yVioq8Gph5dg77mNTpNswHOVj4RUZyLL7rIETWIpV3e03eLLVuNMn-8pXvIHAwuqNsfss/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00814web.jpg" width="428" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <b>... city hall, 'nuff said ...</b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8Ph7r_IMjdVGJfxwwdAY1iKJMb3dN4NRv4Q0ERig5KNWIVzARJZ5cHQMBOt5GQpJaXtcdoOybixE_CSdvdWeGkgqoPiA0ygImZlCfG2GNoMzJbS4MrtR7cIUZYiFigef3_shW-0EkiCF/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8Ph7r_IMjdVGJfxwwdAY1iKJMb3dN4NRv4Q0ERig5KNWIVzARJZ5cHQMBOt5GQpJaXtcdoOybixE_CSdvdWeGkgqoPiA0ygImZlCfG2GNoMzJbS4MrtR7cIUZYiFigef3_shW-0EkiCF/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00611web.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... some ladies, i think they were "social distancing," but for sure they were social-socializing ...</b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWqxEaAfnC1sWs4s2P9KYFuRCvEDslmn6Zzw3qsRueBdIakKHEievouSi-h2wQo_jlTqikE-DqyEjtzEWgFydhRoaRFSS5bUMyZq1pYqCdxJiddYpfMGE_TeWlx6QdKhGW0bDVT5BmKpi/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWqxEaAfnC1sWs4s2P9KYFuRCvEDslmn6Zzw3qsRueBdIakKHEievouSi-h2wQo_jlTqikE-DqyEjtzEWgFydhRoaRFSS5bUMyZq1pYqCdxJiddYpfMGE_TeWlx6QdKhGW0bDVT5BmKpi/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00623web.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <b>... beneath the wire bridge, a monster beaver, perhaps a mutant result of some weird chemicals the toilet paper mill once dumped into the river ...</b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDh7CO_0Ltfsk4X1ZQzrd8RVeyJXto8gM0wpNniJFkg5ZeVZ3tYXaiwlUhKl6vSf_UlD4arixur7rbaF7jGIyDaloOW4IIvSEhSAwLATc4YFepM2wtpbYRbnilFc48C-CcExH6qQCjgae/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDh7CO_0Ltfsk4X1ZQzrd8RVeyJXto8gM0wpNniJFkg5ZeVZ3tYXaiwlUhKl6vSf_UlD4arixur7rbaF7jGIyDaloOW4IIvSEhSAwLATc4YFepM2wtpbYRbnilFc48C-CcExH6qQCjgae/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00716web.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <b>... in the duck world preening in public is a manly thing ...</b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzpNqdAmZGLxxeo4YXm4mIPrFgQputSGmuU1M2UU5EInqCyv4ddQDHfOwAaS6DVnxdAKfyYxMblL0axMfZ2TgthvEkVw63lLtjsb0ybFmXevT4W35EaHEZ7Y5te00-44U9EV7DYS6pvpJ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3010" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzpNqdAmZGLxxeo4YXm4mIPrFgQputSGmuU1M2UU5EInqCyv4ddQDHfOwAaS6DVnxdAKfyYxMblL0axMfZ2TgthvEkVw63lLtjsb0ybFmXevT4W35EaHEZ7Y5te00-44U9EV7DYS6pvpJ/w640-h428/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00739web.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <b>... john wiley, way cool guy, my friend, inspiration ...</b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqywgMcRA3tJ1cScP6hwIPqjPldLRu9JA8mfBI12_7qORtViUsN5FdjcNbCWdM58jpG6QqQd2qGqYXRYVfAd-YaOuFOf8G_7Qcj2Mm9SQpYH9bILh1S6Bh20SyI_W0V8WiyOLlIN-emMBc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2010" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqywgMcRA3tJ1cScP6hwIPqjPldLRu9JA8mfBI12_7qORtViUsN5FdjcNbCWdM58jpG6QqQd2qGqYXRYVfAd-YaOuFOf8G_7Qcj2Mm9SQpYH9bILh1S6Bh20SyI_W0V8WiyOLlIN-emMBc/w428-h640/%25C2%25A92020pgroleau-00853web.jpg" width="428" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... spring is here ... forecast is for 1-3" of snow on saturday ...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>... maine, spring, snow, ya's gotta love it ...<br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><font size="1"> </font></span></div>zzzapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01651526110440554754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338874886024972943.post-51493280181445898152020-04-29T22:53:00.000-04:002020-04-29T22:57:50.955-04:00SPRING<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>... john and i did a little wanderabouting along the messalonskee stream's oxbow ... located almost in the center of the city, now a place of quiet tranquility, the dam and powerhouse are all the remains of a time when this was the center of great industrial energy ...</b></span></div>
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i must give credit, i could not find the name of the artist, but the base image was
an apple screen saver picture ... eight different copies, modified and layered,
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>... several years ago jon, roger, erik and i shared a nice wanderabout of new brunswick, nova scotia, and quebec on our motorcycles ... using my little point-and-shoot olympus, this is a snapshot i took at the <a href="https://www.novascotia.com/see-do/attractions/fortress-of-louisbourg-national-historic-site/1583" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">fortress of louisbourg</span></a> ... i decided to revisit it and find out if my skills in photoshop have improved ...</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... john and i made a little wanderabout down along the coast ... we found this really cool railroad spike sculpture near rockport ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... temperature hovering around freezing, little wind, and the warmth of the sunshine made for a most pleasant mid-winter day along the coast ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... hidden in the glade i spied upon the plaid-jacketed nutty-haired super-duper-lens guy ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... in the little harbourside park across the street from camden's public library, edna st. vincent millay, a child of the little town who became a gift to the entire world ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... here she is in 1914, photographed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Genthe" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">arnold genthe</span></a>, a great portrait photographer from the early 1900s ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... my "once a week journaling" idea is already proving more difficult a transition than i'd anticipated, but i'm going to keep at it ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... as i've said, this year i'm going to distance myself a bit from facebook ... nothing to do with acquaintances and friends and family, it's simply that during the coming eleven months i don't believe that spending time in facebook will be healthy for me ... i'm hoping all of you will stay with me here, and that you will converse with me using messages, emails, texts, or, perhaps, even the little "comment" box on the right side of this page ... if i've not already placed you in my journal contact list, please make sure i get your email address ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... slushy snow and slick ice this morning, so john an i made our little wanderabout of the town ... down by the 2¢ bridge i snapped a nice portrait of him, and i also managed to find a nice perspective of the 117 year-old span ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... christmas at the tracy's ... here walker and dan celebrate a moment of brotherly sharing (and, yes, we all enjoyed it while it lasted) ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... using the latest version of photoshop, i revisited one of my favorite color slides of pa ... this was taken in 1978, when he had fulfilled his lifelong dream of "retiring" to the west indies ... he'd built a giant fish trap and had it anchored next to a coral head about sixty-feet from the shore (only another twenty-feet to his living room) ... with it he was feeding ma and himself, and also the rest of the neighborhood ... still, i miss him ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... there you go, "week 2" of 2020 ... hmmmmm, maybe this'll be the year we find that monolith on the moon ... ??? ...</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>... i decided to make cookies ... all by myself ... from scratch ... figured step one was to find a recipe, then follow it ... internet for the first, the second would be will power ... put bowls holding the ingredients on my counter, then, before mixing them up i took a moment to close my eyes and step back into ma's kitchen ... i picked our house in alaska, circa 1961, of course, because cookies are most appreciated by a ten-year old ...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>... as i worked i found myself immersed in a sea of memory ... waves of metallic creaking as the oven liner expanded, an aromatic fog parfait wafting about me ... "that's good, patrick, but you need to tap the pan after you've floured it" ... how satisfying, the sublime satisfaction of an egg cracked perfectly ... "no, don't add everything at once, a little of each in turn" ... pa, in the living room reading argosy magazine, suzzie galloping around the house on her little wooden stick horse, mike reading, a boys' life magazine being pretty much the only thing to distinguish him from pa ... ma, "if you don't stop eating the batter we won't have any cookies" ...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>... (that was one of our serious philosophical debates: "why," we would ponder,"does it matter when we eat them" ... to this day, i believe, the issue remains unresolved) ...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>... making cookies with ma, creating knowing how temporary the creation would be, was another of many lessons in the meaning of time ...</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... robert asked me to take a photograph of him in his government office ... while there i also snapped a few images of brady and his chums ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... i'm going to do something a bit different this year ... rather than posting per event or happening or whim, my plan is to make a journal entry once a week ... "why," you ask ... no idea ... also, i'm going to distance myself from facebook ... again, "why" ... many reasons, but probably foremost is my belief that this year that particular venue is going to become an unhealthy place for me ... if you're not already on my journal mailing list and you'd like to have your address added, please do so using the comment box or send me an email ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... also, this year i'm going to republish "the rocker" as an on-line ebook ... "why, this, patrick" ... that one's easy, it will please me to have more people read the stories i write ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... time for bed, but—hmmmm, is no way i'm going to pause "caddyshack" ... after all, it is quite possibly the greatest movie ever made ...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... g'night ...</span></b></div>
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