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Mar 29, 2021 04:46:50   #
photophile wrote:
It's a great photo subject which I also enjoyed taking while visiting Maine in 2019.


Yes it is. You have so many there in the state to capture ... with each one having it's own story to tell. Stories of heroes risking lives for others.
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Mar 28, 2021 19:08:39   #
Cape Neddick Lighthouse
York, Maine


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Dec 15, 2020 18:49:32   #
jaymatt wrote:
I always love to see those beautiful rock structures; these bring back great memories.


On my bucket list for how beautiful it is, and second, Airwolf used to be kept there. Oh, that shows my age.
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Dec 13, 2020 07:44:40   #
sb wrote:
Beautiful photo. By the way, it is the Portland Head Light. A "head" is a rocky promontory. The lighthouse sits on the Portland Head. At the far end of the state is the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, for example. (and to the East is the East Quoddy Head Lighthouse - both are also spectacular).


Thank you, I learned something. I love learning, now just to be able to remember that in a couple of years when I get back up there. But thank you. I do want to film West and East Quoddy Head Lighthouses.
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Dec 8, 2020 21:16:37   #
frankraney wrote:
The name of the restaurant is Fox's Lobster House.

OOPS......I was thinking Cape Neddick Light.... I've been to both. I don't remember a restaurant next to the Portland light. Sorry.


Oh, I liked the one by Two Lights. The Lobsta Shack. Great photo op there. Two light houses in the same view.


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Dec 8, 2020 21:09:28   #
David in Dallas wrote:
Very nice. How long did it take to work the puzzle?


Living with me is a puzzle, LOL, and so my wife had it done, with me helping, in a couple of days.
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Dec 8, 2020 05:19:29   #
steve L wrote:

I lived in Portland for 30 years, been there, but never shot it !!??!! Ya, i know !!!
A great rendition, thanks for the posting !!
On the subject of seafood.....lots of the Portland kids have an aversion to seafood because, growing up, it was force fed to them regularly because it was cheap !
A friend of mine, who lived on one of the Casco Bay islands, had a stock line [for the tourists, mostly]...they were so poor, they had to eat lobster 6 days a week, as they could only afford chicken or beef on Sundays...of course, his DaD was a lobsterman !!
Again, great pic !!!
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Great islands to visit, can keep you busy with a camera for days.
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Dec 8, 2020 05:18:09   #
Cany143 wrote:
HAH! Girlfriend I had at the time had a cousin who lived in Portland. And the Cousin was about to get married. So a few days beforehand, to Portland girlfriend and I did go. Seems the groom's best buddy/best man had a fair-sized (but nowhere close to being 'yacht-like') sailboat (named the "Quivering Thighs", no less) and on that trusty wooden craft we did cruise hither, thither and yon around, all night long the night before the wedding, Portland Harbor. Mainers call the islands out there, what? the Calendar Islands? because there's supposedly 365 of 'em? I don't know. What I do (vaguely) remember is that we didn't bounce off more than 40 of those islands, and never even sank. Or maybe it was 50 islands, and we did sink. Time --and the very slight discombobulation that might have been a result of huge amounts of booze-- leaves me a little short of a proper count, or whether or not swimming for it had been necessary.

Neither said girlfriend nor her cousin (the bride) was named 'Dill.' Or 'Pickles,' either. But I like your pic all the same. And since you're not a seafood lover, you're welcome to FedEx (overnight, please) any fresh fish/shellfish you come across out here to me. My shipping address is....................
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... There is a comedian in every crowd. Thank you for the great story.
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Dec 7, 2020 20:17:00   #
Cany143 wrote:
Yup. Have essentially the same shot as yours (and the puzzle's) that I shot 40 years ago. Seemed the thing to do before (or maybe after, but I don't know because it wasn't just once) stopping by Capt'n Newicks family style dining fish house/eatery in South Portland for dinner. Between Portland Head Light and Nubble Light a little further north, this (these) is (are) probably the most photographed lighthouse(s) anywhere on Earth. Nevertheless, there's even better places to eat a real, genuine, mouthwatering, fresh Maine lopstah. But you probably already have your own favorite eateries, so....

But still, you done better than good. And I confess that I didn't know about the shipwreck.
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Funny story ... my first date was taking a young lady I called "Pickles", her last name was dill. It was at Captain Newicks. She got sea food ... I got a cheese burger. I am a mainaic who don't really care for sea food. Ironic yuh.

Thank you.
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Dec 7, 2020 19:10:16   #
This is a famous lighthouse which had it's beginning with George Washington and also had the poet Longfellow visit it and it was believed he wrote his famous poem on Lighthouses from this location.

Also on Christmas eve 1886 the Annie Maguire crashed and the crew was rescued by the lighthouse keeper and his family. No lives were lost.


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Had the photo made into a 1000 piece puzzle

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Dec 6, 2020 19:24:00   #
Amator21 wrote:
Thank you for the additional and very interesting information!


I am one who believes more would enjoy history if they had the chance to see more of it in person and in photos and in video. Reading material you can learn a lot but seeing you retain a lot more.
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Dec 6, 2020 19:22:08   #
John from gpwmi wrote:
Gorgeous exterior and interior photos, Randy.


Beautiful house and it is a great place to photograph some much history. Not being from Indiana I learned a lot.
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Dec 6, 2020 09:15:05   #
jaymatt wrote:
I do know a lot about Kokomo, and I used to teach off-campus classes at Grissom AFB, where the air museum is located, for Ball State University for about ten years. I just have never heard of Seiberling Mansion.


My daughter worked in the area for two years and that's why I found it, but will return to get more photos one day.
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Dec 6, 2020 08:45:19   #
jaymatt wrote:
Interesting. I have lived about thirty-five miles away forever, and I have never heard of the place before.
Nice photos, by the way.


That area has a lot to offer, from car museums to plane museums to historic places. It is known for the city of first and that's another story.
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Dec 6, 2020 08:43:57   #
tcthome wrote:
Beauty. Love the stained glass.


I did too, there is a glass company in town which one of the owners of the house owned and you should see the glass there, and you get to see how it's made. It's another story.
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