Sail out, past the buoy with its sentry gull, into an etherial world, neither sea nor sky, but both

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An early thaw, in late February, brings mud, puddles, ugly blackened snowbanks, and, where sugar maples grow, the running sap that will be boiled down into the nectar of the northeast, maple syrup. Doesn't that thought sweeten this dark view?

Rockport, MA

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The wildly imaginative metal sculptures and solitary cigar store Indian arranged in front of the Indian Brook Trading Company, on Main Street in Bethlehem, NH, when I visited in 2015, were impossible to drive by. The store was closed at the time, so I missed out on many more wonders, from what I've read about it online. Apparently, it has closed permanently, though there are more photos to be seen on their Facebook and Instagram pages, as of this writing.

To honor someone's creative and technical genius, I've edited several more of my snapshots to post here. the whole group can be found in my album, Jackson, NH, and Environs www.flickr.com/photos/jerry-rockport/albums/7217772030631...

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It's just my own imagination, but this horse sculpture makes me think of the Trojan War. The background was so distracting that I just wiped it from the image.

For the story, please see my photo "Two Eras."
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Optimus Prime, or someone related: Bumblebee, I've been told.

For the story, please see my photo "Two Eras."
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