Owls Head Light’s Winter Splendor
High above the reaches of the tide (Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.) Below are views of Owls Head Lighthouse in the wake of the great “Blizzard of 2010” on December 26-27. A new blanket of snow covered the...
View ArticleSnowstorm Sweeps over Coastal Maine with Concentrated Fury
Snow was falling fast and furious during a January 12, 2011 northeaster along the Maine coast (Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.) For those of us who love winter and the cloak of snowfall that caps its icy...
View ArticleArctic Sea Smoke
Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse flashes its guiding light just above the Arctic sea smoke as dawn breaks over Penobscot Bay (Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani) On January 24, 2011, the Midcoast Maine region...
View ArticleHiding Under a Heavy Blanket of Snow
Another winter snowstorm leaves its fingerprints all over Pemaquid Point Light Station (Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.) During the first part of February, I happened to visit Pemaquid Point Lighthouse at...
View ArticleA Frosty View of Cape Porpoise Harbor
Cape Porpoise is one of Maine's most charming harbors (Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani) Now that the annual mud season’s muck and mire has replaced most of the snow-pack, it is easy to forget that less than...
View ArticleWinter Can Stop the Pranks
A northeast gale drapped the Maine coast under a blanket of snow (Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.) Could it be that winter didn’t get the memo that it’s time has come and gone? The answer is, apparently not....
View ArticleLooking Back at a Winter Sunset Delight
A cold scene can be draped in a feeling of warmth at sunset (Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.) I believe it is safe to say that most of us along the Maine coast are hoping that the last vestiges of winter are...
View ArticleStorm Warning Inspires a Look Back at the Patriots Day Gale Four Years Ago
The National Weather Service has issued a storm warning along the Maine coast for April 16, 2011 (and into the 17th) as a strong southeast flow bears down on the area late Saturday evening. The low...
View ArticleExquisite Beauty Aglow
Owls Head Light sends out its guiding beam over West Penobscot Bay (Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.) There are those occasions when a scene is so captivating that it seems best admired by saying nothing....
View ArticleWhen a Working Harbor meets Leisure
"Rockland Gulf" is one of many vessels that call Rockland Harbor and its traditional working waterfront, home (Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.) The heartbeat of Rockland Harbor’s working waterfront never...
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