Some time in Maine as winter approaches...

Spent a few days on Deer Isle, one of my favorite places, and the setting for much of the novel I have been writing for years. Literally, for years. So I wrote some more, and I explored, and I kept a pictorial travelogue, in five parts, links below.

The sun sets on Dunham Point.

For more scenes from Dunham, click here.

Mink, the off-season Isle Au Haut mailboat, only link to mainland.

For a visit to the truly remote town of Isle Au Haut (year-round pop. 45 ), click here.

Graves at Greenwood Cemetery, in Oceanville.

For more scenes from this most unusual cemetery, click here.

On the road from the village of  Deer Isle.

 For more scenes around the island and Stonington, click here.

Unloading lobster gear at the end of the day.

 For more scenes on the commercial wharf at Stonington, click here.

End of the day, commercial wharf, Stonington, Maine.

Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, as the sun heads down. For more scenes from my Deer Isle travelogue, click here.

Almost everyone wears orange.

And many lobstermen have beards.

 

One of many boats.

A lobsterlady.

A dangerous profession.

On shore, The Opera House, primarily a cinema these days.

Buckets of bait.

Greenwood Cemetery

Look at the fresh flowers, Christmas wreathes, flags and more: On Deer Isle, the living do not forget the dead, many of whom died at sea or made their living there. Many also served their country. For more scenes from my Deer Isle travelogue, click here.

 

Around Deer Isle

Different places that caught my eye. For more scenes from my Deer Isle travelogue, click here.

School long unused.

Stonington Harbor, morning. The view from my window.

Sunrise.

Main Street.

Harbor Cafe, best seat in the house. Only restaurant that is open.

Where I wrote.

A visit to Isle Au Haut

A visit to Isle Au Haut, year-round pop. 45, traveling on the mailboat Mink, which makes just two round trips each day in the off-season. For more scenes from my Deer Isle travelogue, click here.

No registration needed on Isle Au Haut. No repair shops, either.

Only church on the island. Congregational.

Open just a few hours a week in winter.

Part of the island belongs to Arcadia.

Boats, boats, boats.

Merchant Island, near Isle Au Haut, where certain scenes from my novel are set.

Skippers Josh and Mike. Good company on the 45 minutes over and 45 back.

A summer residence.

The sun sets on Dunham Point, Deer Isle, Maine

The sun sets on Dunham Point, Deer Isle, Maine, Dec. 3, 2012. For more scenes from my Deer Isle travelogue, click here.