Maine Event: Day 8

This was a humdinger of a day as we are desperately trying to get our Afghan partner and his family out of Kabul as he is in serious physical danger. He is a medical doctor that for the past 30 years has worked tirelessly on behalf of the poor and marginalized focusing on women's health and environmental health. In his words, this makes him an "easy and spicy target". 

Anyway, we did make it out for our early morning walk where I managed to take a picture of a happier apple three along with the introduction of the magical historical place that Portland is. When you walk around it seems that a huge number of the houses and buildings have placards on them that tell you the year it was created and who lived there. Turns out that Portland has no fewer than 94 properties are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. I'm linking to Wikipedia even though this is managed by the National Park Service (who I love) but this is an easier-to-digest listing. I expect more on this historical building stuff will come up in a future missive. 

Here is one of many apple trees growing here in the city. 

This house we learned from a neighbor is important because it was built by W.H. Clifford and he built it as a duplex for himself and his son. It is the only duplex in Portland that is not symmetrical. Attached you will find more information about this property. The architect was John Calvin Stevens who is responsible for quite a lot of interesting buildings in these parts. 

Here is a close-up of one of the historical placards.

Here is another gorgeous specimen. 

The buildings are wonderful but they would be lost without the magnificent huge trees that are everywhere. The people of Portland Maine are not afraid of large trees. 

Just another example of these large houselike apartment buildings. 

Apologies for posting so late. 
Sending love, Tawnia