Old Books, New Photos

What fresh hell is this homeowner in for? #birds

I am not sure who is funnier @elencaldecott.bsky.social or @gwillow.me but you can see why there's competition in this post. I wish there was a snort-out-loud emoji

Another chance meeting for me. I had not heard of Van Vechten until just two days ago when I met him in Rachel Cohen's A Chance Meeting and learned about his connection to Stein. Looking forward to the chapter on Zora Neale Hurston

The Red Wing Black #Birds definitely throws his whole body into his song.

Half the fun of your job must be the research.

A color photograph of two piping plovers searching the surf at Seawall Beach in Phippsburg, Maine for a tasty morsel. Nesting areas of plovers are protected and this beach and associated uplands are part of the Bates College Morse Mountain Conservation Area. Photo Credit Benet Pols www.douglasparkmedia.com

A color photograph of a piping plovers plunging its back into the sand while searching the surf at Seawall Beach in Phippsburg, Maine for a tasty morsel. Nesting areas of plovers are protected and this beach and associated uplands are part of the Bates College Morse Mountain Conservation Area. Photo Credit Benet Pols www.douglasparkmedia.com

Are these plovers vain, enjoying their reflections and strutting the beach? They pause, extend a leg, and worry the sand. A circle around their forefoot looks like jiggling jello for an instant until they nab some tasty critter. Hard way to earn a living but no tariffs. #birds

A cardinal singing

If I had hair like this I'd sing too. #birds

Hmmm....I forgot the hashtag so.... #birds

Pileated Woodpecker in Belchertown, Massachusetts

I was brushing my teeth when this Woodpecker on Noisy Bird Hill caught my attention

Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, March 22, 2025 Can you sort 8 historical events?

Would you like to go back in time? When to?

Flashback for March 22, 2025

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Come for the Bridge Construction, Stay for the Falcon — Douglas Park Media

Down by the river to update my bridge construction album. Waylaid by this Falcon. Wait for her to fly but 2 hrs in 18 inches of river side slush was enough. Once the sun had dipped I thought she might move, but she just stared me down...shuffled a bit now and again to get my hopes up. #birds

The Benefits of Clarity (in Lightroom anyway) — Douglas Park Media

Chickadee-dee-dee --and using clarity to reveal his well camouflaged eye. #birds

Killdeer, A Jack Antonoff Project — Douglas Park Media Walking backwards through a little pine copse near the high school tennis courts I heard an agitated, strident, clear teeee di di repeated. It was quickly followed by a high, rapid trill ttttttt.&n...

I do like a good #bird story. I had not known that a Killdeer was a plover. Hope this family picks a safer location next spring. #mainebirds

Four Thousand New Old Books: tales from the Flea Market, Part II — Douglas Park Media “You know, if you really want to move these books, you need to bring along someone who can’t read, “ the gentleman who had sold me three or four thousand books genially told me. He watched me pausing...

Watching the progress of another used book seller acquire and buy up inventory reminded me of this. It's hard to tell what will sell and when but it's always great to learn a thing or two along the way. #antiquarian #antiquarianbooks #antiquebooks #oldbooks #rarebooks #firstedition #firsteditions

Last February I began moving 4000 books belonging to a gentleman getting out of the business. A week or so in he said, "if you really want to move books you might bring someone who can't read."

Replacing the Frank J. Wood "Green" Bridge Over the Androscoggin Brunswick & Topsham — Douglas Park Media

The new #Androscoggin River bridge between #BrunswickMaine and #TopshamMaine is the 8th bridge here since about 1800. Replacing the 1932 WPA built Frank J. Wood bridge was not without controversy as many wanted to save the old bridge. Cold day to be riveting. Photos range from 11/23 to 1/15.

Savannah Sparrow and unfortunate grasshopper. Woodward Point preserve Brunswick, Maine, July 2022. It's a land trust property so they mow late in deference to these guys & bobolinks. #addbirder Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, AgAllies

Savannah Sparrow and unfortunate grasshopper. Woodward Point preserve Brunswick, Maine, July 2022. It's a land trust property so they mow late in deference to these guys & bobolinks. #addbirder Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, AgAllies

Savannah Sparrow and unfortunate grasshopper. Woodward Point preserve Brunswick, Maine, July 2022. It's a land trust property so they mow late in deference to these guys & bobolinks. #addbirder Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, AgAllies

Savannah Sparrow and unfortunate grasshopper. Woodward Point preserve Brunswick, Maine, July 2022. It's a land trust property so they mow late in deference to these guys & bobolinks. #addbirder Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, AgAllies

Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett, Second Edition (Convince me otherwise) — Douglas Park Media

The book is definitely old & the photos new so there's that. Most viewed "books" page last 2 months. But the annual award goes to a pair of Longfellow pages. Nature & conservation, performances and sports outpace books posts. Hoping all my followers like it. #rarebooks #oldbooks

I hear there's a bird feed somewhere in the Bluesky. This hermit thrush was seen at the Skolfield Shores Preserve in Harpswell, Maine. It's a Harpswell Heritage Land Trust property.

Phantom of the Opera, Dress Rehearsals, BHS, 2024 — Douglas Park Media

Most viewed gallery for 2024, Phantom of the Opera, Brunswick, Maine

Meditations on a Mobile Home and a Clock Tower — Douglas Park Media There’s a mobile home in town that —at dawn—is an object of beauty. For one thing it’s the yellow of an old Maine manse, a nearby stick built garage is painted the same yellow. For another it sits beh...

My most read for 2024. A bit about our local land trust in Brunswick, Maine, farmland preservation paired up with a bit of historical preservation.