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fascinators

As soon as I noticed that these statues had spiders on their head, it made me think of those posh British-y hats called “fascinators.”

According to my research, which took between one and two minutes, the proper placement of a fascinator is on the right side. So while I can give these statues partial credit for their effort at being fancy, I believe they ought to have been more conscientious about the placement.

Also, it’s probably just me, but when I picture St. Brendan, I tend to see him in golf attire.

St. Brendan’s Chapel
Biddeford Pool, Maine

photographed 9.15.2025

foot traffic

There are a lot of things that make me laugh. A lot. You’d probably be surprised at the range of things that I find hilarious.

This, for example, is extremely funny to me. (And, yes: I do crack my own self up.)

Old Orchard Beach, Maine
photographed 9.15.2025

one of each

One person, one chair, one beach bag, one (blurry) seagull.

And a touch of pink in the sky.

Old Orchard Beach, Maine
photographed 9.15.2025

carnival (off season)

It felt like going to the beach in the off season was like walking around the back of a building: nothing much going on, except that everything was going on in a way that made clear nothing there cared if you noticed it or not.

Old Orchard Beach, Maine
photographed 9.15.2025

the photographer’s assistant

Late afternoon sunlight drew quite a few photographers and their clients to the beach. Oh, and their assistants were there, too.

I made this shot without having time to compose it because I really, really wanted the reflector blocking the face of the kid that was being photographed. There is the tiniest chance that I followed them around for a while, hoping to get a better version of this shot, but that never happened…

Old Orchard Beach, Maine
photographed 9.15.2025