Blue Morning

Looking into the past: 548 Congress St.

Not quite as interesting as my first attempt, but not too shabby either I say. It's been foggy and raining the last few days so I'll try some more once it's nicer out. 

Old Image from: www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=11163

The store that is in this spot now is The Happy Yogi www.thehappyyogi.com/ 

Cornice

Sea Side

Ocean Gateay, completed last year, is a structure on the eastern waterfront designed to accommodate marine passengers. Portland hosts a number of large cruise ships in the summer and also hosts The Cat Ferry at this location. This particular night, a discussion was being held concerning the future of the Maine State Pier. FMI. 

A blurry shot looking towards the old port. I'll have to get back up here with a tripod someday

And here is a photo from the fall showing the Ocean Gateway facility from a nearby parking garage.

Under an old street light

...And possibly near a garbage can

Note: If you look closely, you can see the graffiti from yesterday's post on this building.

Have You Heard?

The word is love

Deering Street & Fence

Looking east on Deering Street. I feel it looks better in black and white than in color. Note the lack of snow on the ground!

Looking into the past: Monument Square

Inspired by this flickr group, called 'looking into the past,' I set out to try my own this past weekend. Turns out I couldn't get the photo without standing behind the monument, so the second picture gives you the full view for reference. I look forward to trying lots more of these shots soon. 

As seen in the Washington Post

A shot of mine made it into the Washington Post online version today (see below) It may also appear in the Sunday paper's travel section! I was surprised to be contacted about it yesterday and even more surprised to see the article published already today. It's a good article too, go Portland!

PortlandMaineDailyPhoto.Com

So this morning I finally registered http://portlandmainedailyphoto.com via godaddy. I would have liked portlanddailyphoto.com but it is registered to someone in Portland, Oregon for another few years. They have yet to put up any sort of site by the way.

Anyhow, what does this mean to you? Not much (if anything?)!

The site is still at http://portlandmainedaily.blogspot.com, and the domain I registered is just forwarding to the current site. If you have the site bookmarked or are subscribed to the RSS feed, there is no need for action. I hope it will make it slightly easier to find the site and will add a hint of credibility despite being hosted for free on blogger. It also leaves the option of someday adding a hosting plan and possibly migrating to the slightly greener grass of wordpress. In the meantime, tell your friends/family/random strangers that they should check out 'portland maine daily photo dot com!'

Real Working Waterfront

According to the city's website, "Portland is one of the largest fishing ports in New England and is the twentieth largest in the US." It is also "located closer to Europe than any other transatlantic port in the US." I know that second fact is still true, but I wonder if the first one is still accurate. It looks like this 'city facts' section of their website doesn't get updated too often. Perhaps Portland has moved up or down its standing as a fishing port. Anyone know?

Spring is here again

Tip of the hat to Avery for letting it be known that spring has arrived in the old port. I had to get down there and see it for my own eyes.

I also consider this to be a good sign (pun intended) that spring is on the way.