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2004 Great Cranberry Island Sights

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Sights (newest on top, oldest on bottom)

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  New Year's Eve party
  31 Dec 2004
  courtesy of Neal Corson
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  New Year's Eve party at Candace & Neal Corson's
  courtesy of Neal Corson
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  New Year's Eve party
  courtesy of Neal Corson
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  New Year's Eve party
  courtesy of Neal Corson
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  New Year's Eve party
  courtesy of Neal Corson
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  New Year's Eve party
  courtesy of Neal Corson
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  new GCI gym on 2nd floor of schoolhouse
  27 Nov
  courtesy of Karin Whitney
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  Cranberry House as seen from the Parsonage
  19 Nov
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  Cranberry House as seen from behind the Church
  19 Nov
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  Cranberry House as seen from entrance road
  19 Nov
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  View from Cranberry House 2nd floor Cultural Center
  17 Nov
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  Mtn. View Inn being shifted onto its new foundation
  16 Nov
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  Mtn. View Inn next to its new foundation
  16 Nov
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  Mtn. View Inn hauled down main road to nearby its new location
  16 Nov
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  mud sills and leveling plates installed on foundation
  16 Nov

• more photos of the move

  courtesy of Lorraine Bracy

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  Mtn. View Inn poised to go down the Main Road
  11 Nov
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  Mtn. View Inn being lifted from its original location
  11 Nov
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  Basement walls backfilled with dirt
  11 Nov
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  Basement wall cement poured and curing
  8 Nov
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  Cranberry House basement wall forms placed
  21 Oct
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  Walk-in basement seen from the rear
  21 Oct
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  Cranberry House basement drain pipes installed
  20 Oct
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  Footing forms removed, floor level raised with gravel
  20 Oct
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  Cranberry House footing cement poured
  19 Oct
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  Closeup of cement
  19 Oct
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  Uncertainty about basement & septic plans for Cranberry House
  25 Sept-17 Oct
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  Queen Mary II and a lobster boat 5:45 am
  27 Sept courtesy of Sue White
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  Charlotte Harlan & the Orono Quilters
  26 Sept courtesy of Sue White
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  Cranberry House ground breaking begins
  24 Sept
  more
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  The Pool
  18 August courtesy of Peter LaFreniere
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  Near Fish Point
  18 August courtesy of Peter LaFreniere
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  Hootenany at the Community Center
  8 Aug courtesy of Sue White
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  Hootenany
  8 Aug courtesy of Sue White
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  The "Big Island Bullies" leave on Sunbeam for a baseball game on Frenchboro
  8 Aug courtesy of Sue White
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  Another view of the Bullies
  8 Aug courtesy of Sue White
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  Leapin' Lizards nature program
  7 Aug
  courtesy of Don Wells
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  Leapin' Lizards sponsored by the Librrary
  7 Aug
  courtesy of Don Wells
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  full moon on GCI
  30 July
  courtesy of Karin Whitney
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  Dinghies & flowers at the Murch's
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  Dinghy at the Pool
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  Margaret Todd, taken from Town Dock
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  Start of the 5K race
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  5K race winner
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  At the Firemen's Supper
  17 July
  courtesy of Sue White
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  Firemen's Supper
  17 July
  courtesy of Sue White
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  Firemen's Supper
  17 July
  courtesy of Sue White
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  Victory stand with the Grand Prizes
  3 July
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  Close-up of the prizes
  3 July
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  The runner-up prizes
  3 July
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  The 5K RACE
  start & finish line.  It was an ideal day, cool & foggy.
  3 July
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  First movie boat, leaving MDI at 9:20 pm for the islands, Tuesday & Saturday
  29 June
  courtesy of Karin Whitney
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  Museum exhibit, man and ice harvesting tools
  20 June
  courtesy of Wini Smart
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  New museum exhibit of Winter: Work & Play
  courtesy of Wini Smart
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  At the library
  17 June
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  Lupines just starting to bud
  10 June
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  Leslie Watson & Charlene Allen help too.  Look at those ice blocks!
  1 June
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  Resurfacing the tennis court
  3 June
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  Deviltry at the town dock.  Life preserver has been cut off its normal rope...
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  and tied to a low beam so it can't be pulled up--or used.
  7 June
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  Spring glory at Gertmenian's
  7 June
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  180-lb. halibut caught by Scott & Jr. Bracy
  7 June
  photo courtesy of Lorraine Bracy
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  What's the name of these tiny flowers?
  30 May
• Whale's Rib the exclusive outlet for Lisa Hall jewelry on the island this year
  30 May
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  Deer on GCI
  this and next photo courtesy of Karin Whitney
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  me, Wini Smart, & Phil Whitney (left to right) confer before GCI Hist. Soc. board meeting
  30 May
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  Beautiful sunrise over the Western Way
  1 June
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  Sarah Newell & Georgie Ware help set up new "Winter" show at Museum
  1 June
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  Robin's egg
  26 May
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  Memorial Day Turkey Dinner
  29 May
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  At the dinner
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  At the dinner
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  A fine warm Spring day...
  Blueberry blossoms
  30 May
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  Lupines not budding yet
  30 May
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  Birds of a feather flock together against the rain
  11 May
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  Spring arrives at the Brooks'
  12 May
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  Newly-painted floats
  13 May
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  Walk-In Wireless now at the Library
  more info
  20 May
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  Cranberry Isles phone upgrade begins
  more info
  25 May
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  Strawberry blossoms
  26 May
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  Eagle "eating something gross on the beach by the Post Office"
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  Eagle eating, February
  2 eagle photos by Ric Gaither
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  Still some snow patches in the deep woods
  24 April
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  And thick ice over small streams
  24 April
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  New trash handling building
  more info
  30 April
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  In the fire-pumper pond near Strandberg
  30 April
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  Winter, first week of Feb
  courtesy of Lorraine Bracy
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  Winter, first week of Feb
  courtesy of Lorraine Bracy
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  Murch's Bar, early February
  courtesy of Sonja Colby
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  Murch's Cabin (Castaways)
  courtesy of Sonja Colby
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  Winter Pool
  courtesy of Sonja Colby
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  Wreath
  courtesy of Sonja Colby
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  Rough sea during a windy storm, January
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  The Cap'n B rocking back and forth
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  Cap'n B tossed in the sea during the same storm
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  Winter, first week of Feb
  courtesy of Lorraine Bracy
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  Winter, first week of Feb
  courtesy of Lorraine Bracy
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  Winter, first week of Feb
  courtesy of Lorraine Bracy
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  Spurling Cove was -8° F at 8 a.m. with 30 knot winds.  Photo above taken at mail time, when it warmed to 0° F.
  14 Jan 2004
  courtesy of Mike Westphal
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  Edgar Bunker's tractor in Spurling Cove, January
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  Topless Beach sign at entrance to the beach, January
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  Topless Beach with a topping of white, January
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  Ice piles up at the end of the Main Road, January
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  Mink Brook view toward the water, January
  courtesy of Ingrid Gaither
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  Looking over The Pool from the Main Road, 1 Jan 2004
  courtesy of Karin Whitney
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  The Pool
  courtesy of Karin Whitney
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  "Bear Cub" clinging to rock
  courtesy of Karin Whitney
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  Ice blocks in The Pool at the Murch's
  courtesy of Karin Whitney
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  Icicle portrait
  courtesy of Karin Whitney
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  Natural ice skating rink at the Whitney's
  courtesy of Karin Whitney
• 2003 Sights

The Daily Lilac (newest on top, oldest on bottom)

(On Mickey Macfarlan's front lawn.)

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  getting worse
  18 June
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  rot sets in
  17 June
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  14 June
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  12 June
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  11 June
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  10 June
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  BUD!  9 June
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  8 June
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  7 June
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  3 June
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  30 May
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  29 May
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  no change
  27 May
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  42° at noon
  26 May
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  Buds clenched against the cold
  25 May
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  Tight buds
  20 May
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  Not much change yet, still cool
  15 May
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  Cool weather slows opening of the buds
  28 April