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india.st.brick.rebirth.3 • swirl

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:59:15 -0700

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india.street • brick.rebirth

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Sun, 12 May 2013 06:35:14 -0700

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Behind 61 India St, Portland, Maine USA • The red circle on this BingMap shows the complex behind The Tackle Shop. This entire renovation is nearly invisible from the street. I think it will be some street level shops, some offices, and condos in the tallest part to the east. Note some fine brick touches.

india.street • brick.rebirth

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Sat, 11 May 2013 11:12:44 -0700

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india.street • brick.rebirth

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:45:31 -0700

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Behind 61 India St, Portland, Maine USA • This entire renovation is nearly invisible from the street, behind The Tackle Shop. I think it will be some street level shops, some offices, and condos in the tallest part to the east. Note some fine brick touches.

india.street • brick.rebirth

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:45:30 -0700

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india.street • brick.rebirth

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:45:30 -0700

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india.street • brick.rebirth

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:45:29 -0700

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india.street • brick.rebirth

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:45:29 -0700

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india.street • brick.rebirth

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:45:28 -0700

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peaks.ferry.dock • swirl

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:54:45 -0700

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amazing • driftwood

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:38:30 -0700

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Seashore Avenue on the Back Shore, Peaks Island, Maine USA • That's my old friend Barnabas, who has brought me to this astonishing example of Nature as Art. At this moment, we are attempting to get it off the beach and secured in a protected environment (from damage, defacement, or getting floated back out to sea in the next high-tide storm). ∞ We propose that it is indeed a most interesting, curious and worthy artifact of island life. We are seeking agreement and consensus on just where to put it to be studied and enjoyed by all.

What a story this artifact can tell us!

Just for a start: What kind of tree is it? Where did it come from? What sequence of events put it to sea? What insects chomped those million miles of tunnels? When and where were the several chain-saw cuts made? ∆ The tree's roots have hugged tightly what was once one large rock, and now appears to be squeezed into three rocks (filled, I think, with sparkling mica). Can the composition of the rock pinpoint it's home?

☞ We'll keep y'all posted.

amazing • driftwood

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:38:29 -0700

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moses • the sentinel

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:38:28 -0700

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Seashore Avenue on the Back Shore, Peaks Island, Maine USA • Someone has found and placed this unusual single stone in front of the "Amazing Driftwood", I sense as an honorific. To me it looked like Moses, holding his tablets and pointing to the Heavens. Barnabas calls it The Sentinel, standing guard over the artifact.

The "Amazing Driftwood" is an astonishing example of Nature as Art. At this moment, we are attempting to get it off the beach and secured in a protected environment (from damage, defacement, or getting floated back out to sea in the next high-tide storm). ∞ We propose that it is indeed a most interesting, curious and worthy artifact of island life. We are seeking agreement and consensus on just where to put it to be studied and enjoyed by all.

What a story this artifact can tell us!

Just for a start: What kind of tree is it? Where did it come from? What sequence of events put it to sea? What insects chomped those million miles of tunnels? When and where were the several chain-saw cuts made? ∆ The tree's roots have hugged tightly what was once one large rock, and now appears to be squeezed into three rocks (filled, I think, with sparkling mica). Can the composition of the rock pinpoint it's home?

☞ We'll keep y'all posted.

moses • the sentinel

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:38:27 -0700

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amazing.driftwood • moses.the sentinel

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:38:27 -0700

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pocket • dialing

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:38:27 -0700

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146 Ledgewood St, Peaks Island in Casco Bay, Portland, Maine USA • An accidental up-shot.

kids.art.portland.1 • swirl

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:56:19 -0700

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Casco Bay Ferry • Peaks Island

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:11:33 -0700

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A visit to the Children's Art Exhibit, on the mainland, in Portland City Hall always begins and ends with a Casco Bay Ferry ride.

Fort Gorges (1858-1865) – from vehicle aboard the Casco Bay Ferry

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:11:33 -0700

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Aboard a Casco Bay Ferry, Portland, Maine USA • Fort Gorges is a military fort built on Hog Island Ledge in Casco Bay, Maine. Casco Bay is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the southern coast of Maine. • Following the War of 1812, the United States Army Corps of Engineers proposed that a fort be built on Hog Island Ledge, in Casco Bay at the entrance to the harbor at Portland, Maine. Named for the colonial proprietor of Maine, Sir Ferdinando Gorges, it was constructed to support existing forts, including Fort Preble in South Portland and Fort Scammel built on nearby House Island in 1808. Congress, however, did not fund construction of Fort Gorges until 1857. The walls of the fort were begun the next year, and when the United States Civil War broke out in 1861, work quickly advanced.

The fort was designed by Colonel Reuben Staples Smart. The chief architect in charge of construction was Thomas Lincoln Casey, who later became Chief of Engineers. It is similar in size and construction to Fort Sumter, but is built of granite instead of brick.

The fort was completed in 1865 as the war ended. Modern explosives made the fort obsolete by the time it was completed. A modernization plan was begun in 1869, but funding was cut off in 1876, with the third level of the fort still unfinished.

The fort was last used by the military during World War II, when it was used to store submarine mines. It was acquired by the City of Portland in 1960 … . – From the Nation Master Encyclopedia.

☞ On August 28, 1973, the National Park Service added this structure and site to the National Register of Historic Places (#73000114).

• GeoHack: 43°39′47″N 70°13′17″W.

Casco Bay Ferry • pulling away

nobody@flickr.com (origamidon) — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:11:32 -0700

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Peaks Island, Maine USA • Aboard the Casco Bay Ferry, pulling away. – This version had an accidental filter combination applied; I liked it.