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Candlepin bowling all started in Worcestor, Mass. in the late 19th century.  The Hopkins family is not afraid to go candlepin bowling (without ever breaking a score of a 100.) 

Baxter Woods

The former family estate of Percival Baxter in Portland, now known as Baxter Woods. 

Wood Duck

A drake wood duck, first one I have ever seen. Now I just need that 500mm lens.

Cold and Dark

Winter scene near the Portland headlight.

Shelby

Shelby Davis.

Sappin' ain't easy

Tom Stevenson finishes tapping a spiel into a rock maple by the Wings cemetery in Wayne recently.
The Wing family planted the maples almost two hundred years ago.

Maine Farming

First of the season tomato.

Tom and Ashley Stevenson's Wedding day on their farm in Wayne.

A rock wall in fall. The walls can be found around most farmed fields in Maine.

Trent picking some spinach on his farm in Wayne.

Tom stands next to mega on his farm in Wayne.

Side of a barn in Wayne.

Ed Monson firing up his old Ford tractor as he prepares to ted his hay field in Readfield.

Case tractor with the perfector attachment.

Ford...dude

A Ford F-150 XLT super duty breaks the sound barrier on its merry ol' way North bound to a place unknown.

Lola, Seth and Nikki

Portraits taken on the fireworks couch.

Fungi Oasis

A half-eaten oyster mushroom clings to the side of a sugar maple in Wayne.