Northern Maine Pictures Blog

Deer On The Move

Gene Cyr — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:05:00 GMT

Yesterday was just too nice to work on websites so I headed out to take pictures. I figured if I got lucky I might see a deer or two. I was shooting in black and white when I saw these 3:

After looking me over real good these three decided to head in the oppsite direction. I figured there might me more of them around and decided to switch to color, I had just finished adjusting my camera when these 3 showed up:

All of them looked a lot healthier than they did after last year's winter snow fall.

Maine's Birthday

Gene Cyr — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:36:00 GMT

Maine became a state on this date after having been part of Mass.

Black & White

Gene Cyr — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:09:00 GMT

Have been doing a little black and white photography this winter.

Trails

Gene Cyr — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:30:00 GMT

I spent a good part of the afternoon yesterday out on our local snowmobile trails and can report that even though we got a lot of rain the night before that the trails are still in great shape. It was a relatively warm weekend day so a majority of the people who passed me by as I walked the trails taking pictures were Moms and Dads with their little ones.
Oh and they tell me that the big round object in the sky...they call that the sun!!

Picture Taking

Gene Cyr — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:32:00 GMT

Today should turn out to be a great day for photo taking, temps should be close to 40. For us, this winter, that's like a heatwave. We got lots of rain last night but the temps haven't gone down below freezing yet so it shouldn't be too hard to get around...of course I haven't stepped out the door yet, but we'll see. Soon...okay well in about 2 months...spring will be here.

I like it!

Gene Cyr — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:30:00 GMT

It works, we've recently added a Northern Maine Gifts product line in our Zazzle store, and within that line we have "Vintage Maine" products which feature antiques. Mostly stuff you'd have found around a Maine farm in the old days. Like old trucks, tractors, horses...

You can check it out right here if you'd like:

Zazzle Store

On the left is a link to "Northern Maine Gifts".

Just testing...

Gene Cyr — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:25:00 GMT

...I'm just testing this new feature.

Vintage Maine by nmpics
Create custom note cards With Zazzle

Our new Zazzle store.

Gene Cyr — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:26:00 GMT

Snowmobile Trails

Gene Cyr — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:17:00 GMT

These northern Maine photos were taken after an ice storm.

Spring's Almost Here...

Gene Cyr — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:01:00 GMT

...okay well this is northern Maine and I'm dreaming. I got up this morning and it was -15 degrees, definate longjohn weather. Well I'm done complaining for today, I will now post some photos of our snowmobile trails.

Groundhogs Ain't Lions

Gene Cyr — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:17:00 GMT

I was watching a nature show on cable the other day, it was all about the problems they're having in Africa with lions finding that sheep and cattle make for easy prey. The ranchers and villagers are between a rock and a hard place because they don't want to lose their herds, but they also don't want to lose the added income they get from tourists who come to see the lions. Well, someone came up with the idea that if you capture the lion and put him in a cage, and then have the whole village come out with sticks and bang on the cage bars that that might very well make that lion think twice next time he's out hunting and picks up the scent of humans. This way the people win because the lion will stay away from the herds, and the lions win because more drastic measures such as getting shot are avoided.

Now here in Washburn we don't have lions but we do have pesky groundhogs, I chase them out of the yard every summer trying to keep them from eating our vegetables and flowers, they love lupine by the way. The ritual usually goes like this, I look out the window see the groundhog in the yard, go out the front door, pick up a small stone in the driveway, chuck it at the groundhog, miss it by about 20 feet, but get its attention and watch it run off into the woods. I actually did hit one once...not sure who was most surprised the groundhog or me.

The other day I see one of the critters in the back of the house so I go out the door and somehow manage to sneak up on it, it was maybe 10 to 15 feet from me when it realized I was there. When it realized this wasn't a good thing it dove under the fire pit which was between us...well I all of a sudden remembered that nature show with the lions...so I picked up a stick and started banging on the fire pit which is made of metal...after about 2 or 3 minutes of this the groundhog decided it was better off in the open than under that pit and made a dash for the tree line.

I felt pretty pleased with myself, thinking it was the last time he'd be in the yard, but it could go on living it's groundhog life somewhere else. Apparently groundhogs don't think like lions, because 3 or 4 days later I noticed fresh dirt had been dug out around the door of our storage shed, yup, the groundhog has moved in under the shed. It's now living with us.

Comments

Gene Cyr — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:58:00 GMT

By the way reader comments as always are very welcomed.

I'm Baaaack...

Gene Cyr — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:46:00 GMT

I've decided to start this blog up once again, I had thought of creating another blog to replace this one but never seem to find the time. So to start things off here are a few shots I've entered in a recent contest:

Critters

Gene Cyr — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:50:00 GMT

Here's a few of the critters I've encountered lately:

Widget

Gene Cyr — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:21:00 GMT

Washburn August Festival

Gene Cyr — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:14:00 GMT

This was the 27th Annual Washburn August Festival hosted by the Rotary Club of Washburn. Here you have a few pictures of Saturday's parade and the fireworks Saturday night. We'd set up at the craft fair to sell our photos and although it was cold and windy it really warmed my heart to hear all the comments from visitors to our display. Hope that all the people who bought some of our photos and Mill Pond magnets enjoy them, and once again thank you.

Maine August

Gene Cyr — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:43:00 GMT

These are a few photos taken around Washburn showing that we're well into summer and inching our way towards fall. The ducks are getting bigger, the apple trees are bearing fruit, and the cattails are forming nicely.

Couple more

Gene Cyr — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:06:00 GMT

Bridal Bouquet

More duckys.

July Photos

Gene Cyr — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:02:00 GMT

Our yard.

Hill top farm.

Ducks on pond.

Tigerlily.

July In Northern Maine Pictures

Gene Cyr — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:57:00 GMT

Lupine field.

Aroostook River.

Mill Pond

Sinclair Moose.