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Happy Halloween all! This is a serious holiday here. First the usuals. It was another glorious day clear and crisp with warm sun and few clouds. Windy near the water but inland it was calm. The low today was 42° and the high was 62°. We had a really nice day. We packed up most of our things and shipped a couple boxes home. Cleaned a bit and tried to chill out. In the afternoon we headed over to Peaks to walk around the perimeter and have dinner at the Cockeyed Gull which is the year-round restaurant on the island. Tomorrow is our last full day here and then we start the journey back to SF. The days couldn't be more glorious as we wrap up our trip only to make leaving all the more difficult. Today we will start with 2 short videos!

First we have Episode 6 of Maine by the Mile.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/OvIv-fxa3Bk

And second we have a fun little ditty to celebrate Halloween with Mickey Mouse - The Haunted House (1929)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3hoThry5WsY
Harbor View - the islands feel so close you could walk to them.
Giant wasp nest right on our street totally hidden by leaves until recently.
Beautiful schooner
Bug Light
Portland Head Light completed in 1791 and was directed to be built by George Washington
Oil Tanker the Silver Manoora
YAY! The island.
Ram Island Ledge Light Station (on the back of Peaks) Off in the distance that is Cape Elizabeth
Color Study 1
Color Study 2
Color Study 3
Color Study 4
Color Study 5
Color Study 6
Color Study 7
Sumac and bittersweet
No Parking in the marsh
View at the end of a little trail and the beginning of another one.
Echo Pond

Have a beautifully spooky evening.

Sending oodles of love, Tawnia

Nice birds are to be found on the island:

  1. Blue Jay
  2. Herring Gull
  3. House Sparrow
  4. Northern Cardinal
  5. European Starling
  6. Rock Pigeon
  7. American Crow
  8. Black-capped Chickadee
  9. White-breasted Nuthatch
  10. Double-crested Cormorant
  11. Common Loon
  12. Surf Scoter
  13. Ring-billed Gull
  14. Mallard
  15. American Black Duck
  16. Northern Mockingbird
  17. White-throughed Sparrow
  18. Red-breasted Merganser
  19. Wild Turkey
  20. Cooper’s Hawk
  21. Surf Scoter