Category: Photos
Posts that are more or less just about some photos I want to share.
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Giant Erection
Ok, that was a bit of click bait to get you to look at some photos I took. However, Caribou does have an enormous erection. It’s a water tower by the airport. Here’s a black and white closeup to make it look more ominous. And here’s the tip. I also went for a quick walk…
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The Back to the Future Effect
My family and I moved from Canada to Van Buren, Maine, in 1988. I pretty much grew up there. I lived there until I moved to Caribou (about 20 minutes south) in 2002, with the exception of some brief attempts at college after graduating high school in 1998. I’ve lived in Caribou ever since. The…
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Empty Spaces
Today I decided to visit the space where my grandparents house use to be on Route 1 outside of Van Buren, Maine. This was a pretty surreal experience. I hadn’t been to their house since my grandfather died in 2021. It was purchased and then abandoned for a year or so before being torn down…
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Fort Street Bridge
I live Caribou, Maine, on the east side of the Aroostook River. Nearly every day since Kim and I bought our house in 2008, I’ve crossed the Fort Street Bridge to get to town for groceries, work, etc. That means that I’ve crossed this bridge approximately 10,000 times since we’ve lived here. Before I met…
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Random Photo Excursion
I’m (still) trying to get more into photography, but feel too busy or uninspired or <insert excuse here> to go do it. This morning I decided to just walk out the door and spend 10 minutes or so taking photos. Here are the highlights from that excursion. A fox, couple of caterpillars, two Bald Eagles,…
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Ice on the Aroostook River
We’ve officially crossed the threshold between winter and spring, however, we have quite a bit of time before it begins to feel consistently like “spring” around here. The ice let go a couple of weeks ago, but there are still bouts of little chunks of ice that flow down the river. I got some shots…
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