Photos

Buildings Change
June 2013 

One of my favorite places in Portland (it's a peninsula) is changing a lot - it's nice to see the evolution of the place. I really like the art that popped up. I'm not at all excited about the big plans that are supposed to happen there, however.




I LOVE MAINE!!




Vermont Glacial Lake
June 2013





Baby Eels in Maine
Spring 2013









Old School Sign Making in NYC
April 2013

Really like this free form lettering.





Radishes in Portland, ME
November 2012

Tongue twister: Found these fall Farmers Market radishes frozen in my (re)frigerator. 














Word Up, WMPG Record Sale
November 2012







Root Beer in Rutland, VT
Late August 2012

Root Beer booth at the Vermont State Fair, in Rutland, VT. An old timer at the Fair told me that the Fair died when the railroad stopped brining people, and the circus to town.







Twins
Last Year Sometime

Here's a funny photo. I was helping my friends Sarah and Jefferson move last year sometime and Jefferson and I were dressed exactly alike. Twins, both from Ohio.


Ohio-Born Twins 


Father's Day
June 2012

Here are some pictures (by my pal Christopher Wright) at the Celebration of Life for my Dad from last summer. This is at Lake Bomoseen, Vermont on a beautiful evening. That's my brother Matt sending luminaries out into the great big world. Happy Father's Day to my brother and to my Dad, both amazing fathers.






Sign Graveyard
April 2012

The next best thing to the dump is the Sign Graveyard, in Portland's Bayside neighborhood. I've been watching this great big pile of metal swell and shrink over the years. One thing is for sure: little-ish Portland, Maine has a lot of signs. Signs, signs, everywhere signs, who said that?  This sign place is City of Portland territory, which I appreciate more and more since the Riverside Dump was subcontracted out to a private company called CPRC, stripping it of all squalor, vice and beautiful dis-organizaton.  It's not even called the dump anymore. It's called Recycling Facility.

In the meantime, enjoy the City of Portland's Sign Graveyard.


Beautiful Mess




















Route 1 or 295? It's all the same to me.


No Parking Here









Jim
Winter 2012

I really like these old pictures of my Dad. 
He always had a mustache, way ahead of his time. 
One of my earliest memories was telling him he that he had Bert eyebrows. Too much Sesame Street watching for me, I guess. 
I sure do miss him.


Me and Dad

Rockin the late 70's










Portland SoundMap 
Fall 2011

As part of the Portland Sound Map project I've been working on, I've been visiting 18 locations on the Portland Peninsula that are in some way forgotten. So far, many of these places turn out to not be forgotten at all (surprise, surprise.)  In fact, many of them are ultra utilitarian places for people living in Portland with the skills and vision needed to inhabit them. These photos were taken this Fall on the now defunct railroad trestle on the East End. This family has a (really admirable) cooperative spirit - they all hang out and  catch crabs together whenever they are in season (warm months.) I'll post the audio soon but in the meantime, here are some photos.



SMCC Student & Crabber
This family told me that they are usually successful in catching crabs during the last few hours before the tide goes out, because this is when the crabs tend to move closer to the shore to eat bugs & plants.  Crabs like to attach themselves to wharfs and piers and trestles and they hang around while they are feeding - that's why the trestle is a good location.

 Once you catch them be sure to put them into your ventilated container and keep them covered. Do not store them in water because they can suffocate once the oxygen is depleted from the water. 




Sorting the catch


And FYI: Once you catch them be sure to put them into your ventilated container like a bucket without water! If you store them in water, they suffocate once the oxygen is depleted from the water!


Frozen Chicken Baited Net!

Crabs for Dinner!




Fresh Bayside Trail Photos
May 2011



Junk for sale?
The Bayside Trail continues to peak my interest. Maybe it's just that I can see it's potential instead of fixating on it's limitations and design flaws (the insane and totally un-usable section where it bumps into Franklin Arterial (now officially Franklin Street, mind you).
Graffiti PWM Style

This is just off the Bayside Trail, but it is certainly a visible burst of color you can see from the trail. Who are you T! ? I like your style...

Temporary Artist in Residence

Mystery Wings
How do wings fall from the sky and land on the Bayside Trail?  I found these Mystery Wings right on the Trail, a testament to the Trail's abundance of wildlife (and wild death, too!)


The blankets are a sign of the people who live and sleep near the Bayside Trail. The area along the Trail, despite being cleared and paved during trail construction, is home to people who make a living by canning at the Silver Bullet Recycling Bins.
Bayside Trail is Comfy

Another View

Abandoned Shoe



A few years back, I talked to a woman who was a transient artist who collected her materials from the Recycling Bins. She was super interesting and I was never able to find her again after that initial meeting and interview I did with her. She got me thinking about how nice it would be if the City of Portland had an Artist in Residence Program in the Recycling Area in Bayside, like one in San Francisco called Recology.




Uncle Henry's: A Maine Tradition

Nice Shadows

Dino Hex