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Tuesday 207: Many Men Go Fishing
painting by Jessica Ives Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. – Henry David Thoreau +++ 207 Paintings post everyish Tuesday around 5:30am EST on both...
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Tuesday 207: Walking Water
painting by Jessica Ives A human being is a container invented by water so it can walk around. – from Job’s Body Popham Colony was a short-lived English settlement founded the same year as the...
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Misty Lake Mornings
photograph and text by Polly Saltonstall There’s a transitional period in the fall when chilly air combined with water still storing summer’s warmth creates fog on the lake— like last Wednesday when I...
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Leaf Peeping
photography by Jim Dugan Rockland photographer Jim Dugan drove north a couple Sundays ago, chasing peak fall color.
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Tuesday 207: Fly Guys
painting by Jessica Ives I look into my fly box, and think about all the elements I should consider in choosing the perfect fly: water temperature, what stage of development the bugs are in, what the...
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by Linda Zeigler In my quiet house I sit like a gray Tabby cat curled into myself on the softest cushion in the sunniest window in my favorite room watching the October sky. Wind swept clouds move like...
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Tuesday 207: Run Before The Wind
painting by Jessica Ives Jonathan Ives writes about sailing with his dad, Bobby Ives: This painting is from a day that Jessica and I went sailing with my dad and his wife Phyllis on the 26 foot Pierson...
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Tuesday 207: Come Hellgrammite Or High Water
painting by Jessica Ives The winter is the hardest time of the year for fly fisherman. Freezing temperatures mean frozen fingers while handling wet line. Since there are no insect hatches, trout feed...
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21 Main
display by Jo Ellen Designs A cozy spa night in? Alpaca my bags! #joellendesigns #flatlay #decor #photooftheday#homedecor #alpaca #spaday
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Tuesday 207: Two Thin Blades
painting by Jessica Ives There’s always that first step in skating, from dry ground to slick ice, when it just seems impossible. Impossible that two thin blades of metal will support you, impossible...
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Pilings, Fog, Wake
photos by Jim Dugan I take morning walks with my camera. One foggy morning, I shot these pilings for like the thousandth time. And then thought: This will be even better when the sun tries to poke...
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Tuesday 207: Baby Boarder
painting by Jessica Ives Every winter the Camden Snow Bowl generously gives fourth graders in Midcoast Maine an opportunity to learn to ski or ride for free — three day passes, equipment, instruction,...
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Tuesday 207: Northern Whites
painting by Jessica Ives As I sit here and jot notes about these, my two newest paintings, it is snowing, sleeting, and raining. The first day of spring has come and gone, but it is March in Maine and...
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Tuesday 207: Wading For Spring
painting by Jessica Ives The Sheepscot River is one of eight rivers in Maine that have Atlantic Salmon. These fish need the river’s clean gravel bottom to lay their eggs, and its rapids to aerate the...
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