Leslie D. Bartlett's Blog

The Old Man of the Sea -

Leslie Bartlett — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:05:06 +0000

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

The Quarry Workers Reach Up to the Sky

Leslie Bartlett — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:02:23 +0000

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

Leslie Bartlett — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:11:18 +0000

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

- Charles Olson -

Fossilized Quarry Whales

Leslie Bartlett — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:58:36 +0000

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…

Returning Shadows

Leslie Bartlett — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:16:29 +0000

Sunset on January 6, 2012

The Lanes Cove Poster – 2011 – by Les Bartlett

Leslie Bartlett — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:32:48 +0000

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!

Okay, subscribe to the blog as I’m beginning tomorrow to post comments on the individual images. – Les

07.05.11 Embered Dawn

Leslie Bartlett — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:48:44 +0000

Embered Dawn

The Rockport Bonfire at Dawn on July 5th

6.12.11 “Before I Turned Fifty…

Leslie Bartlett — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:06:51 +0000

Before I Turned Fifty...

“Before I turned fifty, I had not yet given birth to myself in the landscape. Not that I treated the landscape as a mediocre thing, but I let the landscape exist independently and on its on.” But now “the landscape calls upon me to speak in its place.” -Shitao-

5.29.11 Refrigerator Cove

Leslie Bartlett — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:50:09 +0000

Refrigerator Cove

-Thacher Island. The backside of the island is my favorite walking space on the island.

5.7.11 Whenever 2 or more are gathered…

Leslie Bartlett — Sat, 07 May 2011 20:25:23 +0000

Ferns at Tide Rock

I was out amidst the birches, and with birches I am always looking straight up overhead. This is looking along ground, along the shimmer of morning warmlight.