Pamela Leavey

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Rain, Rain, Rain

Rain, Rain, Rain… I’m looking at the forecast and seeing a couple days of rain coming my way. Blah!

I have plenty to do to stay busy though. And of course, everyone knows that April shower bring May flowers!

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Avalon

Sometimes Eastport reminds me of Avalon.

The fog…

The winds…

And the mystical skies…

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Pastel Skies

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With a pallet and brush I could paint the skies…

Photo © Pamela J. Leavey

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Eastport Sunset

Yesterday, as the sun was setting here in Eastport, I took a walk up High Street towards the beach. The sky was simply spectacular:

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I’m always struck by the majestic beauty here. It feeds the soul: (more…)

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A Little Night Music

Carole King performs “Up On The Roof”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MopbhuZ2Bh0

I’ve thought often since moving here to Eastport how much I would love a place with a cupola or a widow’s walk on the roof. Years ago, I lived in a place in Newburyport that had both. It was a fantastic place to escape to, and the views of the city and the coast were wonderful.

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Plum Island Washes Out to Sea

There’s a natural flow of tides that causes erosion on all beaches. Add to that storms and other natural effects and the landscape of a beach is constantly changing. I can remember as a child camping on Sandy Point on Plum Island (Newburyport, MA) and claiming a rock as my own. Much to my chagrin my rock was no where to be founf the following summer when my family set up camp on the Point for the summer.

While I was down in Newburyport last weekend I drove down to Plum Island because I had heard there had been problems there with homes built on the water front being at risk. The photo below is of the jetty at the Center Beach on Plum Island:

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North Shore Magazine has an article about the situation on Plum Island: Last Days of Plum Island?

The romance and tranquility of Plum Island has lured homeowners to its long stretch of open shores for decades. But could the natural forces that spawned an entire community now threaten its very existence?

I’ve always been an ocean person, which is part of the reason I moved from Los Angeles, after nearly years there, back to the East Coast, to Eastport, Maine. (more…)

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