Owls Head
The Barn
We’ve known about Owls Head, Maine, because of our previous next door neighbor in our community in Annapolis. Susan and Norm Thomas spoke about it often and with such love, that we knew we had to experience it for ourselves. The Thomas’ moved away from Annapolis about 10 years ago to return to Susan’s hometown and build their dream home. The live-in ‘barn’ was constructed first, and when they moved into it, they were able to start the build on the main home. They love their town and both are extremely active on multiple boards, especially the Farnsworth Museum where Susan gave us a personal tour of the artwork. There’s quite a few Wyeth paintings, and three of the many family artists were well represented.
The nearby and larger town of Rockland has much to offer in the spirit of New England fare. We enjoyed visiting the lighthouses, restaurants, and viewing the restoration and revitalization of the town.
On the way to our next destination, we visited Marshall Point and enjoyed the beautiful weather and scenery.
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- The Thomas’ Home
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- The ‘Barn’
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- 1 of 3 Thomas Kitties
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- Rockland Harbor
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- Rockland Breakwater Light taken from the Thomas home
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- Farnsworth: Lobster Art (Xray claw beneath)
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- Farnsworth: Children’s Art
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- Owls Head Lighthouse
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- Lobsterman Art
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- Local lobster fishing
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- Owls Head Post Office
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- Rockland
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- Rockport Harbor
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- Rockland Breakwater
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- Owls Head State Park
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- Can I come too?
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- Marshall Point Lighthouse
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- Fisherman’s Memorial
Norm Thomas is on the board of the Transportation Museum located in Owls Head and suggested that we visit. This museum housed a treasure trove of objects which represented mechanical greatness of the 1900s. Intricate and capable, these machines were a marvel, especially to an engineering geek who loves to view intricate workmanship (read, “Colin”). For such a small town, this was an amazing variety of art in the form of transportation.
Some pictures from the Owls Head Transportation Museum
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Oh you are having fun now! Camera is retrieved from the cliff, and all is well. I love these images. One of my favorites is the little brown bird on the rock, but I so enjoy them all. Back on the road with C&C!
From Cheryl: So glad you are enjoying Colin’s photography! A major reason for our travel, more picture content.
Je voyage en regardant vos merveilleuses photos. Ça me fait rêver. J adore.
From Cheryl: Thank you sweet Michèle, our love forever, friends forever.
Just beautiful and interesting. I don’t think you could beat Maine for beauty and history. I love looking at all the different mechanics also. Love the Harley Davidson Bike! But most of all . . . Bindi’s action running shot!! 😅😔😅 All were such beautiful artistic photos.💚💙
From Cheryl: You are so wonderful to love Bindi almost as much as we do! That old Harley is truly a piece of history.
Beautiful photos! Your trip sounds wonderful! I was so happy when your posts popped into my RSS feed!
From Cheryl: So glad you are with us Rebecca. We can’t wait to get together with you again and play some music. We hope you are having a good time Skyping with Dick, lessons through the Internet, what a marvel. Me too. My teacher is sending new tunes, always fun with new tunes.
So pristinely beautiful New England! Bindi looks so happy.
From Cheryl: The countryside is so typical of all the photos we’ve seen on calendars for years, always an amazing thing to see it in real life! We have a very, very happy dog. She hikes with Colin everyday; what could be better?