Today my sister and I traveled down the peninsula to Marshall Point Lighthouse. The wind was kickin' up something fierce and the sky was a tapestry of clouds. Wildflowers were bent over as the wind ripped across the point and traced constantly changing patterns on the water. Though I attempted to capture the action on video, the sound of the wind tearing past completely overpowered the sounds of waves and ocean. It was a classic fall day on our coast and when the clouds parted the blue was blindingly beautiful!
The light keeper's flags showed the wind's power most clearly as they stretched out in the wind , whipped around in the currents, and snapped back with a CRACK! to extend the stars and stripes over and over again as the wind wildly changed direction.
As we prepared to leave, a lobster boat moved across the bay, silhouetted against the sea like an illustration for a fisheries magazine. My sister exclaimed "Could there possibly be a more beautiful day!" to which I could only smile... Our Maine Coast is always beautiful, and in fall it is almost always exceptional - outdoing itself day after gorgeous day!
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