The other day as I was leaving work I could see that it was going to be a lovely sunset. As fast as I could drive (legally) I raced over to a side street that has a good size hill and looks out over the west side of Rockland Maine. When I got to the top this is what I saw. You gotta love a good sunset.
I couldn’t tell you when I first started to love making photographs. I’m not one of those ‘I’ve been taking photos since I was a kid’ kind of stories. It’s been gradual; less than 10 years that I’ve really enjoyed the art. I find the more I shoot the more particular I get about the who, what, when and where of my shots and the more I develop my own style and preferences. Seven plus years ago I really started to make photos that I was proud of. Looking back at those now I can’t stand most of them….funny how that works. 
It was only a few years ago that my daughter started to enjoy taking photos too. She love to follow me around and photograph what I’m photographing, especially at the Farmer’s Markets and Botanical Gardens.
A couple of weeks ago she and I went out for a photo journey with the theme ‘Christmas in Rockland’ in mind. This was our first photo walk and we’ve since decided that once a month or so we will go somewhere in Maine with a theme in mind and just take photos then come home and look at them together. I love this for two reasons. One - it gives us time together which I adore and two – it is a great hobby for her to have and perhaps it will develop into more as she learns and grows.
Here are some shots from our photo journey around Rockland.
Christmas Dog
Sea Shell Carolers
Christmas on Main Street
Note for Santa
Rockland's Lobster Trap Tree
Coastal Christmas Tree
Mussel Shell Lights
Christmas Horse
Any interesting news from the coast of Maine this week you ask. There are a few things that have caught my eye this week. I’m especially excited and happy for the 2 Warren farms – Hatchet Cove Farm is where I have my CSA share!
Rockland wrestles with portable toilet problem (from Bangor Daily News): As the community grows in popularity, more and more people are flocking to its attractions — especially the granite Rockland Breakwater, which stretches almost a mile into the harbor and is home to a …
Foragers collect big haul as heavy rains help produce bounty of wild mushrooms in Northeast (from Washington Post): The tropical storms that drenched the Northeast this year left an unexpected bounty: Thousands of mushrooms have sprung up on some lawns, and foragers have filled bags with wild ones plucked from the earth, stumps and logs...
Growlers roaring as a new way to buy beer (USA Today): Ed McAleer likes to drink his brown ale and IPA straight from a beer tap. But he doesn’t need to be in a pub to do so. Pat Wellenbach, AP Around the country, hundreds of brewpubs, breweries and even grocery stores are cashing in on …
Maine Lobster Chef of the Year from Kennebunk (WABI-TV): Maine Lobster Chef of the Year, Thomas Reagan, not only has a passion for the culinary arts, but also a successful track record in real estate. He received an associates degree in Culinary Arts in 1995 and has won several cooking contests and accolades …
Two Warren farms to be preserved forever (Village Soup): Two Warren farms were recently recognized as “Forever Farms” by Maine Farmland Trust.Hatchet Cove Farm and Oyster River Farm are two of many farms across the state being recognized as…
