Farm in the Park

These are from yesterday's farmers market in Deering Oaks Park. During the summer months the market visits the park every Saturday and Monument Square on Wednesdays.

Let's have a parade

One more from Monday's Memorial Day Parade on Congress Street. I wish there were this many people out in this area everyday. I find NYC's sidewalks full of people fascinating. Portland, however, certainly is alive again with tourists and locals coming out of their  winter hibernation. 

Looking Out

The view from one side of the Eastland Hotel. Nice seeing all the leaves on the trees again.

King of the Hill

Behind the Asylum sports bar/club/concert venue

Far Away

I post a picture from South Portland's spring point every now and then, but here is a slightly different taken on that 'postcard' view. The lighthouse in the middle of the picture, Bug Light, is the area where most of those photos are taken (and where my recent 'looking into the past' shot was taken also). This is from further back near Fort Preble. Makes it look like Munjoy Hill is just a short jump across the water!

Looking into the Past: Bug Light

Haven't shared one of these in a while, this is from the Flickr Meetup on Saturday. Note that the 'before' picture (source) shows that this area wasn't a touristy destination back in the day and even Bug Light wasn't maintained very well. Much has been done to revitalize this area in the last decade(s).

Memorial Day

A few photos of the Memorial Day Parade and 'rally' in Monument Square.

United States Senator Olympia Snowe, speaking, and (on the left behind the veterans) Major Jill Duson, State Senator Justin Alfond, and new Portland's new Police Chief James Craig.

Moose on the loose

From MaineToday.com...

PORTLAND — A moose that wandered into Portland early today was shot by police after state biologists made several unsuccessful attempts to tranquilize the animal.

Police Lt. James Sweatt said the moose was sighted in the Forest Avenue area around 6 a.m. The animal headed toward the peninsula and "spent quite a lot of time" in Baxter Woods, Sweat said, before moving in the direction of Forest Avenue again.

Sweat said police summoned state biologists, who tried four or five times to shoot the animal with a tranquilizer but could not bring it down.

A police officer shot the moose with a firearm when it moved toward Forest Avenue again. Sweat said officials were concerned that it could be hazardous to the public to discharge the tranquilizer gun near a busy area.

Just a comment about  that last paragraph - Isn't it equally, if not more, dangerous to discharge a rifle in a busy area compared to a tranquilizer gun? Or maybe they could have given the tranquilizer gun to the police officer since he had a better shot than the biologists. I'm glad no one got hurt and disappointed that a moose was. 

Shell

From yesterday's Maine Flickr Meetup at Spring Point in South Portland.

Spiderweb

Turns out these are hard to photograph, I'm surprised it came out this well.

Music-ing

A street musician in Congress Square. Happy first weekend of summer!

Tug

I think the word 'tug' is rather odd. Anyhow, this tugboat can also be seen in the panoramic photo I posted a few days ago.