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| Beth | profile | all galleries >> Picture Diary----2006-2013 >> Picture Diaries for 2009 >> What's Up---May, 2009 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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gallery: Memorial Day, 2009 |
 It's a May Day Celebration at Guthrie's in Lewiston!! |
 A group of poets, playwrights and .... |
 ...folk singers... |
 meet at Guthrie's to commemorate and celebrate... |
 ...the accomplishments of another day and time! |
 Music is in keeping with the late, great Woodie Guthrie! |
 Then it's time for the poets.. |
 who take turns reading as.... |
 ....others watch and listen. |
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 Then the Employee Free Choice Act is introduced as... |
 ...the crowd is breaking up before the one act play... |
 ...that is set in the fertile period of ... |
 ....the 1920's and 30's! |
 The playwright/actor is wonderful and we regret that ... |
 ....we must leave early to get home! |
 Lorelei in a quiet moment with her best friend! |
 May 3: We meet Mary & Marty at Wells for lunch, then... |
 Congdon's in Wells is a good choice! |
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 ...go to the beach where... |
 ...it's chilly and silly! |
 This is a very pretty beach! |
 And we're in good company. |
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 Mary gets comfortable. She's ready for... |
 ...the long conversation. |
 And lots of laughs! |
 Ron making a point! |
 Oy Vey! A good Jewish girl tells it like it is! |
 'Shit Creek' sideways! |
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 Reading poetry inscriptions. |
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 Editing inscriptions. |
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 "Look how much you looked like Joseph Stalin 30 years ago!" |
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 It's a Revolution! |
 On the way home, Miss Piggy is decked out in .... |
 ...signs of the times! Swine protected from flu!!! |
 May 8: We start in Topsham heading to |
 Meredith, NH to see Cousins...Maggie and her pink ears. |
 We kill a bit of time by the water waiting to meet cousins... |
 ...then it's time to get back into the vehicle and move on to.. |
 ....Hart's Turkey Restaurant to kill more time in the Gift Shop. |
 They arrive and we read menus! |
 Time to talk while we wait for lunch hungrily. |
 Yup, I was there too! |
 The other side of the table. |
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 Time of document the gathering. |
 Then it's back to the cars. |
 And back to where we started! |
 May 9: 5:00 AM sunshine |
 May 10: Mother's Day we meet Marta, Lorelei and Clay... |
 ....at the Museum in Portland where we... |
 have lunch at the cafe, then... |
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 ....make a trek to the museum floors to see... |
 ...an Arctic exhibition, |
 Check out the elevator. |
 ...visit the galleries and the |
 gift shop where Clay buys 'Mom' a gift... |
 He helps her put it on. |
 Get that hair out of the way! |
 Mom and Lorelei take a load off and ... |
 .,...look out the window, then... |
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 ...it's time to leave. |
 May 11 Dawns sunny and we have tulip (thanks to Lynne & Edward) to enjoy! |
 Pink ones and yellow ones. |
 Later, May 11: We head out to Brunswick where I kill time... |
 Look at the lovely vintage wedding gowns! |
 ....at the antique store where there are ... |
 ...many interesting and elegant... |
 .....items, like this old sleigh! |
 And colorful bottles like these! |
 Everywhere you turn there... |
 is more to see and photograph! |
 A blast from the past! |
 May 12: Guess what day it is today!! |
 It's pemaquid Poet's Day, so I head out to the beach where... |
 I find many interesting shapes and textures. |
 Then it's time for Pemaquid Light with Tulips! |
 It's a lovely day! |
 Then it's on to New Harbor again to capture.. |
 ....the local... |
 color! |
 It's a gorgeous day! |
 Then it's time to stop back at the Crafters' Coop |
 And visit the pond where birch leaves are new and green! |
 May 16: We've reached the middle of the month and spring has sprung... |
 ....with colorful new leaves and seeds! |
 What kind of tree is this one? |
 Ladyslippers are ready to burst with blossoms! |
 May 17: The cut spring flowers are going to seed. |
 But even in death they are pretty! |
 The neighborhood in B &W |
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 And in color. |
 At the end of the street, it's a nice view. |
 Those Ladyslippers are still coming along. |
 A touch of pink. |
 And ferns are quite amazing! |
 If we get enough bees, these should become blueberries! |
 May 20: It's time to go out and about again. |
 and to walk the road where we find... |
 this cut log with interesting flotsome and jetsome. |
 Street photography in Brunswick. |
 More of the same ladyslippers. |
 Can you ever get enough photos of these beauties? |
 May 28 find us at the Lighthouse Museum in Rockland. Interesting light models and photos fill the first room. |
 With Butch, Karen and Edward. |
 Karen checks out the video while we wander the fresnel exhibit. |
 Edward joins her. |
 It's a big open space with lots of lighthouse-related exhibits. |
 Somethings' interesting! |
 There are interesting exhibits all over the place! |
 And lots of reading to do. |
 Canon image. |
 Time to compare |
 Lumix version of Boon Island Light...tallest lighthouse in Maine (and the world?) |
 Caonon Version. |
 Conversation time at the end of the visit. |
 We stop at the lighted map for a las check. |
 Yup, surely is interesting! |
 We hadn't noticed the floor on the way in. |
 Colorful lobby. |
 Neat!! |
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 Time to say, "Good-byes." |
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