MJ's Photos: June 2005

Welcome to Vermont!

On Saturday, I had the entire day to myself. I told a friend of mine, Frank, that I was just going to get into my car and drive west from Bar Harbor and stop when I got tired, turn around, and come back (good thing I chose West, not much East of Bar Harbor that you can drive on...).

Frank replied, "That sounds great! When do we leave?" Luckily, I think he figured out that I hadn't really been issuing an invitation and bowed out the night before.

I drove for about 5 hours or so through Western Maine, the White Mountain range in New Hampshire, and, at long last, into fabled Vermont.

I had my camera ready to snap any scenic shots I came across--I wondered what I would tell a state trooper if I got pulled over and asked about it (as it turned out, she didn't notice the camera...)

It was quaint. Very green and mountainous...

I stopped at a store called the Farmer's Daughter (for some reason, such jokes always had a tragic, exploitative feel to me).

A sign on the store door said "If you're in a hurry, you've come to the wrong store. Come to think of it, you've come to the wrong state."

I was proud that I managed to find and buy a really cool bottle of Grade A Amber Vermont Maple Syrup. I had it wrapped carefully and I treated it like gold for the remainder of the trip. I was determined that it wouldn't break or be exposed to rough handling where it could be damaged; it was my prized posession--I had ventured into Vermont.

When I got home and gave it to Fran, she was very thankful and excited. She went to put it in the pantry...right next to another bottle of Grade A Amber Vermont Maple Syrup that she had bought at Albertson's a month or so ago...

Unintended Self-Portrait with Ocean backdrop

SP^2

Dam!

Could somebody please get me a Starbucks? Venti Mocha!

Here Comes The Sun
(George Harrison)

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Little darlin' it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darlin' it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Little darlin' the smiles returning to their faces
Little darlin' it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Little darlin' I feel the ice is slowly meltin'
Little darlin' it seems like years since it's been clear
Here come the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Here come the sun, here comes the sun
It's all right, it's all right

Fran on a Harley

Fenway Park

It would possibly take a bio-geek to realize how truly nerdy this fence is...a phospholipid bilayer fence...

Sunlight on the water (Ryan's Favorite)

Tall Ship in Harbor

The Road Warrior--Mel Gibson eat your heart out

Go South...

Important safety tip...

waterfall

Birches in the White Mountains, NH

This poem kept going through my head--it was one that I learned in college, and I really enjoyed thinking of it while looking at the beautiful tall birches.