Downeast East Maine has some very dark skies. So dark, you can see the way.

Clear skies and calm water. Lubec, Maine.

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Hot take… If you choose to drive 50 mph in a 55 mph zone, you should fully expect everyone will catch up to you. When you get upset about this, remember, you did this to yourself.

@christopher-ives.bsky.social hey man, I can’t DM you because you don’t follow me on here, and I’m not sure how much of your meta accounts could be affected.

I think your instagram has been hacked, and name changed slightly?

Water reflections. East Machias, Maine.

Rule of thirds. iPhone 16 pro. Boats in Lubec, Maine.

Early light, frozen ocean water. Shot on Halide iPhone 16 pro. Harrington Maine.

Sunrise County Sunsets are pretty good too #downeastmaine #sunset

Oh deer.

#machias #maine #downeast

A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.

#jonesport #beals #maine #downeast

Yesterdays sunset.
#maine #downeast

Recently Read: How this tiny town in Maine is keeping the lights on through ferocious storms
“Eastport, Maine’s location on the nation’s easternmost edge, has made reliable power a consistent challenge.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/91249573/how-this-tiny-town-in-maine-is-keeping-the-lights-on-thr…

Eastport Maine. Safe harbor during stormy seas means no empty parking spaces.

Is that you, Santa Claus?

Lubec. Boats. Trees. Hashtag Downeast Maine.

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Downeast Sunsets seem to hit different.

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@sinnamanroll.bsky.social welcome to the club.

Quoddy Lighthouse.

Eastern most point in the USA.

In the early 00’s I worked a retail job with a young 20 something man who had the Evanescence bands logo tattooed on each (Each?!? Yes, each) wrist. I asked why, and he said because they were his favorite band.

20 yrs later, I still sometimes wonder if he regrets that decision

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #7,009, dirigo.bsky.social ‪@dirigo.bsky.social‬, joined on Apr 6, 2023"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #7,009!

Big wooden lobster

Maine being Maine.

A long, slim black ink pen illustration of pussy willows, but instead of just the little grey flower cluster puffs there are chubby kittens sitting, leaning, and climbing from the branches.

Pussy willows by Margaret Ely Webb! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pu.... The full book is available here: babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...

What do you call the epitome of a city in Maine?

An absolute Bangor.

While I am still a firm believer that anything can be a coaster, (the couch I’m sitting on, for example) I’m starting to think to myself some exceptions should be made… for example, one’s own knee while feeling sleepy can, but should not, be a coaster.

Night sky

Refuse to be stored in black plastic sacks and placed in the containers provided

Do not go gentle into that good night

👋 hi! we have a blog post for how/why to use custom domains as handles here: https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/4-28-2023-domain-handle-tutorial

welcome to all new bluesky users. please keep in mind that it is still in beta. there are many features still missing, so please be patient. for example, you may notice that this app loads posts and then shows them to you, instead of not doing that for some reason.