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TIDAL EXPOSURE - Scarborough, ME (10-19-2025) - On a foggy night in 1897, a schooner called the Middleton slammed into rocks off Higgins Beach in Scarborough, ME and catastrophically tore open her hull. For over a century, the massive timber ribs of the ship have been inundated and uncovered every day. Only visible at low tide, the shipwreck’s appearance is never exactly the same as the surrounding sands constantly shift and change.
TIDAL EXPOSURE 2 - Scarborough, ME (11/28/2025)
I, MIDDLETON - This is a poem by Daniel Vadala that was inspired by the TIDAL EXPOSURE picture, and the story of the shipwreck.
TIDAL EXPOSURE 3 - Scarborough, ME (11/28/2025) - This is a close-up view of part of a massive old ship's timber soaked in saltwater for over a century and temporarily revealed as the tide goes out. It was the keel of the vessel - the backbone of the ship - and it still has large iron spikes protruding from it. This section of wood now has remarkable blue and purple colors, and more this day than I had seen on previous visits. It always seems to be changing. The colors seem to be caused by a chemical reaction between the wood, the slowly oxidizing iron spikes, and the saltwater. In close-up, the swirling grain of the old wood suggests a microcosm of churning currents and whirlpools of water, and the encrusted barnacles look like small islands in a turbulent sea.
PREPARING FOR PRIDE PARADE - Newburyport, MA (5/31/2025) - A contemplative young woman wearing a unicorn helmet and a striped rainbow outfit ties the laces of her roller skates before the start of the annual 2025 Pride Day celebration parade in Newburyport, MA.
ENERGY FLOWS - West Newbury, MA (July 22, 2025) - The pulses of color and the lines radiating from a central source (just out of sight) in this abstracted picture suggest to me strong currents of energy. Yesterday's sunlight has been captured, converted, and made visible in the stump of an old chokecherry tree in our yard, illuminated by the sun today.
SPRAY THE YELLOW BACKPACK - Montreal, Canada (8-9-2024) - A looming Graffiti Grandma (mural by Project TXNYA) sprays a plume of yellow paint in Montreal -- it looks like she successfully tagged the bright yellow backpack of a passing bicyclist.
KISS BENEATH A PLASTIC AVALANCHE - Ottawa, Canada (August 22, 2016) - A couple shares a kiss at a cafe table, ignoring the vibrant mountain of plastic that appears to be exploding above them. (The plastic is a sculpture by artist Jose Luis Torres, intended to speak to the enormous amount of disposable plastic that has been extruded into the world.)
LOOKING DOWN AT THE STARS - Newburyport, MA (December 20, 2025) - On the eve of the winter solstice, "lake stars" form on the thin ice of a New England pond. This is the Flowering Pond in Maudslay State Park, and the ice reflects many shades of blue from the sky above as well as the columns of pine trees along the shoreline.