Missing Popham

Today's rain made us miss our usual Sunday morning walk on Popham Beach, so I'll try to eke out our usual shot of inspiration for the coming week by sharing these pictures.  I hope they give you a sense of the gothic scale of this place, particularly at dawn, when there's no one else around.   

    Here's where (and when) we start our walk, at ancient Fort Popham, lit up by the sun rising across the Kennebec river.   

The sun throws a path across the sky, making a moment of pure anticipation,

lighting up the old Coast Guard Station.

And then, thirty minutes' walk and two miles further down the beach, the dawn no longer pinks the waves, but Seguin Island is still black against the lightening sky.

Is this heaven? 

Comments

[Annie in Austin]

It looks pretty close to heaven in your photos, ML, but a heaven where few were chosen... is it a more crowded paradise in summer perhaps? I can't imagine a life where the ocean is near enough for Sunday walks. What a beautiful place.

Annie at the Transplantable Rose

[AdriftAtSea]

Mary Lee-

Wonderful photos...

[Terri]

That is indeed a piece of heaven...spectacular photos! And how fortunate for you to be surrounded by such beauty and happy to see that you take advantage of it.

[notdotdot]

Awesome!!

[pjm]

Yes. ;-)

[Tabor]

Thanks so much for sharing you lovely mornings. Great photography even though the scenery helped!

[joared]

Beautiful scenes -- magnificient views -- great photography!

[Lisa]

What fantastic photos. If I were to take photos around this time of year, they'd be nothing but white and grey, drab with all the snow and dismal clouds. I love your purplish sunset photo best.