Fort McClary, located on Route 103 (Pepperell Rd.) in Kittery Point, Maine is one of several harbor defense forts that were built to protect Portsmouth Harbor. The blockhouse in this cover photo for the gallery was built in 1844 and was the last one to be built in Maine.
The Friends of Fort McClary website is a good place to go for more information.
This gallery has all the photos that are not in other galleries. When I end up with enough photos in this gallery on any one theme, I’ll start a new gallery with that theme.
The current cover image of this gallery is of a piece of the stone wall that is only about 15 feet from my back door. I see it every day as I leave the house. One Saturday as I stood at the back door I figured it was time to take a few shots of it.
The Orris Falls Conservation Area covers 171 acres between Thurrell and Emery’s Bridge Roads in South Berwick, Maine. The area is cared for by the Great Works Regional Land Trust. Along with the falls, there is also the old foundations of the Littlefield homestead, the Littlefield graveyard, and the Balancing Rock. It is a great place for a nice walk in the woods.There is a small parking area at the access on Thurrell Road.
For more info, go to: Orris Falls
The North Church on Market Square in Portsmouth, NH was built in 1855. The church has had a building on the present site since 1712
The Memorial Bridge has linked Kittery, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire across the Piscataqua River since 1923. It was closed, first to vehicular traffic and then to pedestrians in 2011 and demolition began in 2012.
In January 2012 we went on a tour of Israel with New England Bible College. Here are some of the over 2200 pictures I took. The picture below is a view of the Sea of Galilee and the Arbel Cliffs taken from the Church of the Beatitudes.
Various shots around town. Which town? Any town I happen across.
One of the nice things about living in New England is that I have easy access to historical burying grounds. I’ve always found the atmosphere, artwork and epitaphs in them interesting, curious and good to reflect on.
While I was researching the different motifs on the older gravestones, I found a great explanation of them at Death’s Head, Cherub, Urn and Willow
The Wood Island Lifesaving Station sits just off Fort Foster. It has fallen into serious disrepair and it’s future is uncertain. A local group has been formed to attempt to acquire the property and restore the building. Check out their website by clicking on the link below.
Old Sturbridge Village is a reproduction of an 1830′s era village. I’m amazed that I grew up in New England, am over 60 and this is the first time I’ve gone there. Lots to see and do there. Working farms, blacksmith shop, pottery shop and kiln, cobbler, pubs, stagecoach, live farm animals and people in costume and in character are some of them.
