The Old Man of the Sea -

Off the Pacific Trail Beach at Bosque del Cabo, Carate, Costa Rica

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The Quarry Workers Reach Up to the Sky

The quarry workers reach up to the sky….

I was in Barre, VT. over the September 11, 2011 weekend. I spent a somber, deliberate 2 hours walking deep into Wells-Lamsen, the first granite quarry opened in the US (1812). I was deliberate because the high ledge wall areas jut out at crazy angles, reaching up and ready to break off and tumble down.

 

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the blow is creation

    the Blow is creation
& the Twist  the Nasturtium
is anyone of Ourselves
And the Place of it All?
Mother  Earth  Alone

- Charles Olson -

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Fossilized Quarry Whales

Flat Ledge Quarry

A 'Whale Pod,' emerging from the quarry wall

On the very warm Saturday of January 7, 2012 twin whale forms ghosted by in the reflected quarry waters of Rockport…

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Returning Shadows

Rockport, Old Inner Harbor

Sunset on January 6, 2012

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The Lanes Cove Poster – 2011 – by Les Bartlett

Lanes Cove

Lanes Cove featuring the Fish Shack

I began gathering images to create this poster in August of 2011. Here are a few notes, beginning at the very bottom. (NOTE: I will do individual postings on each image larger to show details)…This color image is a panorama I took in December 2010, in which the left side of the Cove Breakwater collapsed before the pounding nor-easter. The broken stone, the high wind and waves all made Hog Island appear as if it was just a ‘stone throw,’ away. I was fortunate to recover negatives at a yard sale in NH (of all places!) which included a grouping focused on Lanes Cove. The very top image is Lanes Cove in 1933, the second row of images are older views. Row 3 are two images from 1933 showing the derrick arrangement and the driving out of trucks with granite. The granite then being hoisted onto the Frederick Starr. Row 4, left-hand side is from 1935 after a three day nor-easter which did a lot of damage. In the foreground the Frederick Starr is sunk (loaded with granite) The north wall show the Frame Lighter sunk as well!

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07.05.11 Embered Dawn

Immediate Light

Embered Dawn

The Rockport Bonfire at Dawn on July 5th

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