David my brother


David’s airplane taking off in the snow!!

David’s home made airplane.
David’s plane prior to building the new plane.
David in his shop.
David and dad in David’s shop.
David posing.
Jean canning.
1. Photos from David’s plane. Cutler towers, most powerful radio station in the world,  talks to submarines under the ice.
2. Perry Maine
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I went to Maine and visited David and Jean in October 2021.

October 15 PM, Rockland, Maine, a little rain, David’s Looms, and down to the dock at St. George to meet with Little Jim (or Slim Jim) (who is about 6’6″ it seems) as he come in from lobstering.
NOTE: David and Jean sell their goods on their web site pocoragrugs.com

Strips of cloth David uses to build a rug on this loom. David and Jean have seven looms in all.
David is making dishtowels on this loom.
Strips of cloth Jean uses to build a rug on this loom.
Another loom.
Warping board to build the warp.
Spools of thread for the rug warp.
8/2 cotton for making towels.
Examples of cloths made.
Close up of rug making.
Down to get lobster!
Dock where they unload lobster from the lobster boats. Steve is dropping a crate of them into the water to keep them alive.
Frozen fish for bait used in the lobster traps.
Great Blue Heron awaiting dinner.
Cormorants out in the bay.
Slim Jim coming in with 850 pounds of lobster – his catch for the day!! The stern man in the bow on his cell phone. Not much freeboard there!!!
Crate after crate – 90 pounds in each crate!
Weighing the lobster in, Steve got 6,000 pounds last week.
Right onto the table for dinner!
David digging in.
The remains of six lobster!!
David made baked apple with oatmeal and walnuts – together with ice cream for desert!!!!!!!

October 15, 2021, Rockland, Maine with side trip to Rockport and my favorite town Camden, Maine this morning.

Andre the seal in Rockport Harbor. https://newengland.com/today/travel/maine/portland/andre-the-seal/
We saw the sculpture of Andre the seal and this plaque.
Boat being loaded to go ashore for the winter.
Cool remote control pads cradle the boat!
An electric motor on a dingy.
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The gulls here are HUGE!
Beautiful ketch the Heron in the marina.
A Loon with his winter colors David said.
Loon.
Jean taking a photo of the bell buoy in the marina.
Double rose.
55° at 10:47. It did not rain until noon though.
Downtown Rockport.
Headed to Camden, Jean said this was a sign in the movie Peyton Place .
Headed up Mt. Battie.
Structure on top of the mountain.
There used to be a hotel up here, but it died, now a road and the tower.
View of Camden from the tower.
sailboat out in the Atlantic.
Poetry plaque.
Camden
Trees still in color.
Lighthouse out on a mile long rock road in Rockland.
Seal in Rockland, bear in Vermont, seal in Maine!
Gulls.
Lighthouse at Rockland.
Apples fallen from an apple tree, Rockland.
Port of Rockland.

October 14, drove to Maine. 70° daytime 50’s night.

Sign on the side of the road.
Field of pumpkins..
A half mile of pumpkins.
Flower with bumblebee.
David and Jean at the lighthouse that Forrest Gump ended his run to the east and went back west.
Lighthouse keeper’s house.
Flower by the house.
Tow boat.
Boat being towed.
A very rocky coast.
Shells Jean collected.
Seaweed attached to one side of the rock.
David and Jean skipping rocks, David skipped one at least 15 times!
Cormorant out in the Atlantic off of the Maine coast.