The Blue Door
July 5, 2007- I went walking in South Portland today among the lighthouses, beaches,docks and walkways at Spring Point. Spring Point is a beautiful place with an old fort. a lighthouse, a recently-built wooden dock, a harbor museum, much waterfront acreage and a community college. I found this modern blue door at one of the educational buildings on the campus of the community college. It is completely atypical of what I saw today, but somehow I was compelled to record its intense metallic blue along with the distorted shadow, that the shiny metal handle made.
I also wandered over to Bug Light, another small, even tiny lighthouse, that guards the Portland Harbor. From here there is a beautiful view of the city of Portland and Casco Bay. The day was hot and humid, and as a result the beaches were filled with families, finding some respite from the heat in the very cool Maine waters. Around the bend, there was a big oil tanker moored in the harbor, giving an industrial overtone to the whole scene. On a more surreal note a nesting pair of Ospreys, attended to their hungry and noisy chicks on a man-made platform, that had been set out just for such a bird. They seemed quite oblivious to all the days activities, even though the nest was next to a busy marina and not far from the place,where the oil tanker was moored.
Still I liked the blue door the best for its intense ultramarine color, unusual shadow and thin yellow line.
I also wandered over to Bug Light, another small, even tiny lighthouse, that guards the Portland Harbor. From here there is a beautiful view of the city of Portland and Casco Bay. The day was hot and humid, and as a result the beaches were filled with families, finding some respite from the heat in the very cool Maine waters. Around the bend, there was a big oil tanker moored in the harbor, giving an industrial overtone to the whole scene. On a more surreal note a nesting pair of Ospreys, attended to their hungry and noisy chicks on a man-made platform, that had been set out just for such a bird. They seemed quite oblivious to all the days activities, even though the nest was next to a busy marina and not far from the place,where the oil tanker was moored.
Still I liked the blue door the best for its intense ultramarine color, unusual shadow and thin yellow line.
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