Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.”

~ Bob Dylan ~

This past Saturday was the perfect summer day. Since I live in central Maine it tends to get hotter then the coast so I decided to arm myself with my sun hat, sunblock, two bottles of water and of course my cameras and headed an hour south to Old Orchard Beach. It was a bit cooler by the ocean and their were wonderful ocean breezes that made my very glad I took the drive.

I was able to find a shaded bench that sat just before the beach line on the water and behind me was the rides and carnival food.. it was a perfect spot to people watch and feel the salt water air. I sat there for about an hour and really felt like I was living in the moment. The above photo was taken with my Droid phone from my view on this bench.

I also wandered in and out through all the carnival rides and along the boardwalk. It was great to be around people and I was pretty happy I decided to take that drive.

That night I went to see a friend of my play music in Hallowell afterward went out to dinner with a couple of friends. It was the perfect day and exactly what I was looking for without realizing I was looking for it. This was one of the few good days that I will hold on to when faced with one of the many bad days.. it makes it all worth while.

~ peace ~

Hopefully I will be posting more music photos as time goes..

Have a great weekend..

~ peace ~

I actually think I enjoyed talking to the cows and horses more then going inside the sugar shack. I have to say though it was pretty cool to see and better yet smell the maple syrup being made. There were free sample scoops of vanilla ice cream with fresh maple syrup, which was quite yummy! For sale they had maple cotton candy, maple hard candy, maple tea, maple pancake mix, maple cream spread, maple peanuts and of course maple syrup.

It was a nice way to ease the all too fresh absence of Hayley…

~ peace ~

I came upon this tree while driving a back road in Hallowell. I’ve never seen anything like it and had to stop in the middle of the road to take a photo of it.

This tree is like a symbol of sorts to me. I wish we could have a tree for different kinds of lost things. Of course I’m thinking mostly intangible ones such as lost hearts, lost minds, lost dignity. We could visit these trees, pick from the branches what we’ve lost.. maybe putting something in their place such as sadness, anger and hurt. Wind and rain would come up.. wash away and wisk off what we have tried giving up and be replaced with love, happiness, peace. Then the cycle could begin again, kind of like the changing of the seasons. Maybe this is something we can do this in our minds to help heal us. I know I could use this Lost Glove tree right about now.

You all been here before.. while your in a public restroom, usually a gas station or bar you see all sorts of  reading material scrawled on the walls and or doors. Usually it’s nothing more then trashy words or bad graffiti. Sometimes however there are little bits of wisdom.. such as this one. This was in a bathroom at a gas station in New Hampshire while on my way down to PA to get Hayley.

The following images were taken at the Josephine Sanctuary which was on the way to Reid State Park.

And this.. was a souvenir that my scarf picked up along the walk..

I have a few more but will wait a couple days to post them.. wouldn’t want to overload on too much Autumn goodness

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend..

~ Peace ~