Hey guys - coming to you from the dining room of Booth Bay, Maine where the SoT are spending the week. Things are cold and grey here so hopefully it'll brighten up a bit, but so far the experience is quite unlike the previous trips to Santa Fe or Savannah. Maine is totally unique in that regard.
The Dining Room. This is the main area we're hanging around in. The table top is a repurposed barn door that is over 200 years old. Wow....
The kitchen is an open room that is part of the dining room. It's a great place to prep the food for the evening meals since there are two sinks and a gigantic island in the middle of the room.
The Great Room. It contains not only the telescope and the baby grand piano, but also an entire wall of books varying from Stephen King to Voltaire and Neruda - a completely eclectic collection.
It also has this lovely double-bass. It needs tuning, but perhaps I could figure out how to play it a bit...
The town is built on a ridge that slouches out to the bay and thus curves and twists in unexpected ways. The roads do not always lead you where you'd think they would and so you end up walking over and around buildings that seemingly pop up out of nowhere at the end of a small road.
The dock area was brutally windy today. Every time I attempted to find a place to sit and draw or paint the wind would make it impossible to do so. I was able to take a few photos of some things I'd like to work on in the future so it was not a total loss for today.
The town is very touristy and thus the shops are open at odd times. Since it's not summer yet, the shops are sparsely populated. There is a lovely dock to walk along which offers a great view of this section of the bay.
The town is built on a ridge that slouches out to the bay and thus curves and twists in unexpected ways. The roads do not always lead you where you'd think they would and so you end up walking over and around buildings that seemingly pop up out of nowhere at the end of a small road.
The dock area was brutally windy today. Every time I attempted to find a place to sit and draw or paint the wind would make it impossible to do so. I was able to take a few photos of some things I'd like to work on in the future so it was not a total loss for today.
The tide here can rise and fall dramatically. As you can see in this photo taken at low tide that the water level can rise nearly as high as the walkway above.
This is basically day one out and about in Booth Bay. Tomorrow may take us to another location around the area. I'll keep you posted...
Caleb
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