Stones Point

26 for dinner at our Stones Point reunion 2011! Click on the photo for the whole slide show!

Stone's Point 2010

Ulysses, Jesse, Pascale, Olivia, Taisy, Georgia, Tasha, George, Marilyn, Sanaa, Muffy, Nancy, Whiskey, James, Annabel, Michael.    Image by John

George & Georgia

Dramatis personae:
George & Marilyn
Susan
Jesse, Pascale and Ulysses
Tasha, Michael, Annabel, Georgia
Muffy & Sanaa
Taisy
Crew: John
Canines: James, Whiskey, O' B
Cameo: Russ, Ellen, Henry, Jessica
Locations: Stones Point, St. George River, Cushing, Maine;Cushing Rd., Friendship, ME
July 23 - 31, 2010 Slideshow HERE

Mid-Coast Gothic

Pemaquid Oysters

Ulysses

After the rain - Maple Juice Cove

August evening, at Stones Point after the rain (Yes, we were underway, at Port Clyde, with Georgia [2] and Annabel [5] aboard), Maple Juice Cove, St. George River, Cushing, Maine.

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Friendship, Stones Point, Rockland, and Thomaston - Valentine's Day 2009

We went up to Maine for the weekend - to check the work done on the house, buy stuff for when we take posession in May, have dinner with friends.  And, of course, shop for a seaworthy craft for man and dog to explore the Back River, Meduncook River and the other waters of Friendship and Cushing.  Found a Monhegan skiff.  Hope to clinch the deal soon.

So here are some favorite shots - our backyard - the Back River, Stones Point, Rockland, and ice fishing houses on the St. George, Thomaston.

The whole stream is at my picasaweb page. 

Andrew Wyeth

Wyeth - The Sisters

Andrew Wyeth has died.  He has high art critics it is said.  Not me.  I am a great admirer.  For me the pantheon is Ansel Adams, Monet, and Wyeth.  They taught me to see.  

Georges Harbor is  the place where Maine was founded.  Weymouth  landed there in 1605, erected a cross, claimed it for England and named the islands for the King - George.  In 1905 a memorial cross was erected there on the north end of Allen Island by the State of Maine. Thousands gathered for the Tricentennial.   Across the gut between Allen and Benner the Wyeths have a home.  

In these photographs of Georges Harbor and Allen Island Sea Station (a Betsy Wyeth project), a favorite place of mine, I have tried to capture the light that Wyeth celebrated, and for which we love the St.George River, Maple Juice Cove, Cushing where he painted the lives of Alva and Christina Olson.  We have been nearly neighbors 2 weeks a year there.  We will miss him.

Home Run is Andrew and Betsy's.  The dinghy is a Joel White-designed peapod. The lobster boat - Archangel - is the namesake of Weymouth's vessel. 

For the record here is the New York Times obit.  If you don't know the Wyeths'  Maine work the place to learn about it is in Rockland, at The Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth Center

 Portrait of Andrew Wyeth by James Graham, collage by The Farnsworth.