This week’s My Maine This Week features photos of Madawaska Lake in Aroostook County. NRCM supporter Brenda Ketch of Stockholm, Maine, shares her beautiful sunset and dusk photos from the lake that she loves. Brenda writes, “I live on Madawaska Lake. One can take walks around the lake, since we have a main road by Read More
My Maine This Week 2023
Enjoy these Maine landscape and wildlife photos sent in by NRCM members and supporters in 2023. If you have photos to share, please send them to us at nrcm@nrcm.org. Please include your name, town of residence, town or county where photo was taken, as well as a description of the photo. We look forward to sharing your photo soon as a My Maine This Week feature.
My Maine This Week: Hooded Merganser and babies by Callie Wronker
NRCM member Callie Wronker of Jefferson and Portland, Maine, shares her recent photo of a Hooded Merganser and her nine babies, swimming in Dyer Long Pond in Jefferson. Wow! What wildlife have you seen so far this spring? Please share your photos with us at nrcm@nrcm.org.
My Maine This Week: Alewives & Muskrat, by David Small
NRCM member David Small of Old Town, Maine, shares his stunning Maine photos with us weekly. His wildlife and nature photos are incredible. This week he wrote, “Orland Dam has been a go to spot for me to check up on the alewife run and fishing Ospreys, seals, Double-crested Cormorants and the ever present gulls. Read More
My Maine This Week: A short story by Diana Washburn
Do You Hear Forever’s Sound? Do you hear the ocean? A mass of uncomprehending depth, cascading white crested waves, swirling, seething, roaring, smashing, and quietly lapping, marching to the never-ending demands of the tides and Mother Nature. Azure blue, black, green, turquoise colors, changing at the whim of the weather. What creatures does it harbor Read More
My Maine This Week: Hiking Tumbledown by David Preston
NRCM member David Preston of China Village, Maine, shares some of his spectacular photos from a recent hike with his son and their dogs. They hiked Tumbledown Mountain in western Maine, which has a pond at the top. He also shares his photo of the Presidential Range covered in snow, as seen from Tumbledown. What Read More
My Maine This Week: Heron & Gull by Steve Cartwright
You never know what Maine wildlife you will see when exploring your town. NRCM member and frequent My Maine This Week photographer Steve Cartwright lives in Tenants Harbor, and he photographed this heron and gull near the shore. What wildlife have you seen in your community? Send us your photos at nrcm@nrcm.org.
My Maine This Week: Flagstaff Lake by Sarah Hubert
NRCM supporter Sarah Hubert of Pittston, Maine, shares some recent photos from a canoe trip on Flagstaff Lake shortly after ice-out. The first photo is Sarah’s, and the second photo was taken by her son, Jake. Is there still ice or snow where you are? When was your local lake’s ice-out? Was it later than Read More
My Maine This Week: Gray Days by Sam Horine
Longtime NRCM member and frequent My Maine This Week photographer Sam Horine of Skowhegan, Maine, shares his photo of Pleasant Ridge Plantation, looking east at Wyman Lake, and says, “The gray skies make the greens pop. The rains bring out the beauty.” We couldn’t agree more, Sam. With some gray days in the forecast this Read More
My Maine This Week: Wildlife by Jayne Winters
Last week we shared a wildlife photo and asked what you have seen for wildlife this spring. This week, we want to share some photos from NRCM member and frequent My Maine This Week photographer Jayne Winters of South China, Maine. Jayne saw all of these animals in her own backyard. How lucky! Jayne also Read More
