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Mackworth Island

Friday Evening, July 30

Back to the main path

Some beauty along the way

This is a beautiful walking path.

Diana coming back to the main path. The island is above sea level, so every path to the water is down.

Gloria, Jana, Abigail, and Elizabeth returning from another walkway to the ocean.

More beauty along the way.

Jana

Silly girls

Gloria, Jana, Diana, Lydia, and Abigail

It was a beautiful evening for sailing

Our daughter Diane relaxing while the girls explored.

What are they looking at?

It was Diana climbing the wall

Rose hips

We surprised a red squirrel

He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

Proverbs 25:28 (Amplified Bible)

Fort Popham

Friday, July 30

Swimming At Fort Popham

Friday, July 30

Part 4 – The Beach & Surrounding Scenery

Cerwin was happiest sitting under the shade of this tree on the edge of the beach.

I noticed these guys (I think a father and son) looking for underwater critters.

When I asked to see what was inside their bucket, this is what I saw.

Colten and Lydia exploring the water’s edge.

Diana building a sand castle.

Lydia and Colten’s sand sculptures.

A cormorant

Coast guard

Gloria in research mode

Lydia to Colten, “Wave to grandma!”

The delight stayed on their faces…

…until it was time to go home.

Do you think you can explain the mystery of God?
   Do you think you can diagram God Almighty?
God is far higher than you can imagine, far deeper than you can comprehend, stretching farther than earth’s horizons, far wider than the endless ocean.

Job 11:7-9 (The Message)

Just about lunchtime

Sandwiches and carrots…

…and some of Diane’s wonderful cherry tomatoes. They were like eating candy.

Notice our paper-plate-hats.

The girls reserved some bread crusts for the seagulls, and had fun enticing them to come fairly close.

I snapped that picture at just the right moment.

I think someone moved a bit too much and frightened the gull.

…and then it was gone

So the girls began playing again.

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Be assured that I will post more pictures tomorrow night – Lord willing.

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Thank the miracle-working God, His love never quits.
   The God whose skill formed the cosmos, His love never quits.
   The God who laid out earth on ocean foundations, His love never quits.
Psalm 136:4 (The Message)

Swimming At Fort Popham

Friday, July 30

Part 2

More pictures from our day at the beach.

Cerwin may not like sand between his toes – but I do.

We saw a few cormorants…

…and shortly after taking this picture, we saw a seal – which are known to be in this area – but I did not have my camera ready. It was the only one we saw all day.

More beach fun tomorrow night.

It’s a wonder God didn’t lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us. Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love, he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ.

Ephesians 2:4-5 (The Message)

Swimming At Fort Popham

Friday, July 30

  Fort Popham is a coastal defense land battery at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Phippsburg, Maine. I’ll tell you more about it in a few days.

The girls wanted to go to a Maine beach, and Diane (our daughter) thought Fort Popham would be fun for them – and it was. We had trouble convincing them to go home later in the day.

The tide was out when we arrived in the midmorning and the water felt cold.

The girls went in gingerly at first – but gradually they adjusted to the temperature, and spent a lot of time in the water.

Diana and Jana

It was a sunny day, so suntan lotion was a necessity.

Jana and Gloria went to the van for the inner tube.

Gloria

Cerwin is not a fan of the beach – and never did take his shoes off. When I asked him why he didn’t go barefooted, he said, “Why would I want dirty sand between my toes.”

Lydia was caring for Colten again, and had permission to bring him with us. He loved the beach and all the fun things he could do with sand.

Lydia helped him build sand castles.

Diana  on a rock formation

Gloria and Jana running at the water’s edge

While they played and splashed, I walked to a rock formation to see what I could find.

The continuing ebb and flow of the tide creates interesting seaweed formations.

Sometimes this is covered with water, and at low tide there are just small pools of water for these things of the sea.

The morning sunlight created an interesting pattern on the rolling water.

There were a few pieces of seaweed floating near the edges and around the rocks.

It is so refreshing for this country girl to spend time in salty water and see landscape that is generally unfamiliar to me.