Oil on Wood Panel (Driftwood from Carrying Place Cove – Lubec, ME.)
Low Tide at the Spark Plug (August 2023)
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Another Brachiopod Fossil Bed
Fossil Finds – Brachiopods in Maine
These are 420-million year old Brachiopods of the Silurian period found on a rocky outcropping at Reversing Falls – Pembroke, Maine.
July Clover
The wondering flowers looked up to see
Who had offered the worm a home:
‘T was a clover-blossom, whose fluttering leaves
Seemed beckoning him to come;
It dwelt in a sunny little nook,
Where cool winds rustled by,
And murmuring bees and butterflies came,
On the flower’s breast to lie.
–– Louisa May Alcott
Backyard Snaps
“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has
been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed
there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.” ― Henry David Thoreau
June 11
“Do not claim to have acquired virtue unless you have suffered affliction, for without affliction virtue has not been tested.” – St. Mark the Ascetic
June 10
“Persevere with patience in your prayer, and repulse the cares and doubts that arise within you.” – Evagrios the Solitary
Doves At Our Doorstep
Thank you Lord, for these guests …
As Adam (53)
“Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.” – Song of Solomon
As Adam (52)
“When you come upon a path
that brings benefit
and happiness to all,
follow this course
as the moon
journeys through the stars.”
–– Buddha
Paul Maher Jr. 