Monhegan turned 400 years old this past Tuesday. Although it was visited earlier, Captain John Smith is credited in the history books with discovering it in 1614. The island that is found about 12 nautical miles off the mainland has only about 45 year round residents, all dirt roads, a school with eight students from kindergarten through high school, no police but some the most magnificent views of the rugged, rocky coast of Maine. It also offers you a strange concoction of lobstermen, artists and tourists visiting for just the day or the summer. During the summer, the population swells to somewhere over 2,000. Elenka and I have visited here often, but we do prefer taking the boat out in the fall. I like to think that it is an idyllic piece of what we call Maine. There's something about peering out our window in the Monhegan House in the darkness and spying the sweep of the lighthouse's glow at the top of the island that fills me with a comforting feeling about this life we lead.
Sample life's pleasures.
And celebrate the small treasures you pass.
There are a lot of them!
*This is an outbuilding near the lighthouse at the top of the island.
*History buffs might want to check it out further here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monhegan,_Maine
Thank you for introducing me to this very interesting place...
ReplyDeleteit sounds really neat.
ReplyDeleteThat's fascinating. And what a lovely weatherbeaten outbuilding.
ReplyDeleteLove the look of old rusted brick. In response to your questons on my blog, no I don't purchase the art that I posted today. It's a little out of my reach.
ReplyDeleteSo many pleasing parts to this pic -- colors, textures, shapes. And Monhegan calls -- will get there one day . . .
ReplyDeleteIt does sound like a prefect place to visit.
ReplyDeleteI've not heard of this place before...sounds fascinating and I think I'd like to visit there, too!
ReplyDeleteCome on up!
DeleteIt must be a completely different place in the winter!
ReplyDeleteI have a relative who has gone to Monhegan quite regularly but I have never been there. Maybe I need to put it on the possible list for next summer.
ReplyDeleteI can only think that the year round residents suffer a little shell shock at the beginning of every summer...and perhaps some relief come fall.
ReplyDeleteI do like the wear and tear on this building.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lovely place with an interesting history. Just the spot to spend a few weeks in the summer. I knew my Happy Birthday post today was for a good purpose.
ReplyDeleteNice place to visit in summer but it must be a tough place to live in the winter!
ReplyDeleteCool, Bro. Nice texture shot 💜 Aloha
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