Maybe, My Favorite

[Lawreston]

I can't count the number of times, from 10 years old, I soloed or was part of a duo, trio, or quartet in that church which is almost as old as the State of Maine. How many years I stood, every Sunday, just below the peak of the roof and pulled the rope which tolled the bell in the steeple is but a memory. Or how many times I added wood to each of the stoves at left and right at front of the chapel. Those trees weren't there back then, and the old Ralph Libby house at left had a big lawn, no trees. The house at bottom center(Bobby Ellis?) is probably a hundred years newer than the other buildings. I knew dozens of people who now view this from an eternal position; now I have an idea of what they see and I miss them because they gave me encouragement.
The photo was taken 60 years after the "10 years old" reference.

HR

 

[Bobcat1]

So where in ME is this? Wiscasset, Lewiston, Auburn, Hebron, Minot, Mechanic Falls, Greene? Lotsa places in Maine look like that. (although not that green this time of the year!)

 

[Austin_Marshall]

Yeah, Absoulitly mine too. For me those are the most inspirational scene which have motivated me a lot.