Bird's Eye View of Machiasport, Maine

This was taken by David, Nora and Aunty's dad with his nifty drone. That's full disclosure and not totally within the blip rules, but after a dozen years of sticking to the rules, I think this will be okay. 

Our familial homestead, an 1840s cape style house(with a twin still standing, the triple has been gone since the 60s) is located below the Congregational Church at the top of Trafton's Hill. You can see David & Sarah's car parked by the house that is ours. The water is the tidal Machias River that connects to the Machias Bay and Gulf of Maine, Atlantic Ocean. When I was a child there was an enormous barn behind the house. It was in sad shape then, with carriages and wagons hoisted to the ceiling with ropes and pulleys. In the early 60s it was all as it collapsed. My great grandfather's store suffered the same fate in a hurricane and floated down river. We are very lucky to have this lovely home in the family for generations and we all cherish our time here, about 6 hours north of home.

In the extra you can see one of my Great Grandfather Will's photographs of the busy harbor and the view up Trafton's Hill. Our house is obscured by trees, but the other two are visible.  The house next to the church once belonged to my maternal grandmother's family when they moved from Lubec to Machiasport so she could attend high school at Washington Academy. That move sparks a friendship with the five children who lived in this house and she and one, my grandfather to be, fell in love and married in 1920. You can see a photo of them courting as well in the extras.

For the Record, 
This day came in with warm temps and clear skies.

All hands and paws happy.