Maine Event: Day 18

We did not see the fox today in the cemetery we walk by (also known as the Western Cemetery) however, this evening we came upon a group of 8 or so young people playing music on a small hillside in the cemetery. They had brass instruments including a trumpet plus some guitars and other instruments we didn't quite see. I'm guessing they were there to be away from people as it was pretty loud even from a distance. 
It recently dawned on me that while most of the beautiful buildings are from the late 1800s that the city of Portland was settled in 1632. So why aren't there any buildings from the 1630s? Basically, various wars destroyed the town first the French, then the French again, then during the American Revolution when it was bombarded for 9 hours. Then the great fire of 1866 which was started on the 4th of July, the first one after the end of the American Civil War, probably by a firecracker and burned a huge amount of the city making 10,000 people homeless. This is part of the reason so much of the town is brick as brick doesn't burn so easily and many of the houses are from 1866 to 1900. If you follow the link above you can see where we are staying at Spring and Clark did not actually burn. It was built in 1885 as a multifamily building, as are most buildings on "the neck". 

Here is a picture of the Clark Street Community Garden. It is a wonderful small lush open to the public to walk through but not pick and it is clear that the rules are followed and the community loves it. There are no locks on the gates and they would be easy to hop over

Here is a picture of the graveyard where the fox and the musicians dwell. 

Longfellow gets a fancy tomb that looks a bit like a garage to me. His house is a museum here.

House on the Western Prom reflecting the sunset. 

Beautiful sunset over the Western Prom

Sending love, Tawnia
p.s. farmers market again and then adventure... wheee!