A walk around the world

Over the weekend, we returned to the Captain Lord mansion in Kennebunkport for another birthday vacation:

We visited “Eartha” at DeLorme – a huge 42 foot diameter rotating model of the Earth, so big you have to see it on three floors!

It’s an incredible model, really making it clear just how small Europe and North America are, against the scale of the whole world – from the ground floor, you can’t even see those parts!
We also visited a couple of lighthouses, and a memorial to the Liberty Ships that were built in Portland, Maine during World War II …

Goose Cove reservoir

After chatting with my Dad yesterday, and relating how even in the cool days of late winter, we have beautiful blue sunny skies, I headed up to Goose Cove reservoir today to take some pictures – and notice how full it is compared with just one month ago! You can see how close the water is to the maximum line (where the brown stain ends) – less than 2ft:

And look … a butterfly! A little early, I suspect:


(Google says this is a Mourning Cloak Butterfly: Adults overwinter and fly on any warm day of the year)