There is one thing certain about Maine; if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes.Yesterday was just this type of a day. The day started off snowing. By the time I started my morning commute to work, the snow had turned to freezing rain. By lunch time, it was pure rain. At around 3:30pm fog rolled in remaining that way throughout the afternoon and into the evening.

Now, there is nothing quite like a good fog to create a certain ambiance. I for one actually like the fog, it lends an air of mystery, intrigue, and atmosphere you just don’t get on a sunny day, or any other kind of weather day (unless of course its another foggy day)… And this was a right “pea-souper”; fog so thick you could barely see the nose at the end of your face! What joy! Selfishly, I was also pretty psyched to see the fog as it allowed me to have a go playing with a new pocket camera I recently bought (don’t want to lug the big cameras out in inclement weather). What better place to start a series of photos that (hopefully) demonstrate the fog then at a cemetery I have to pass on my way home. I’d say that really, you couldn’t clearly see more than six feet ahead of you, so this lets you know how far back I was standing as I played around with the camera.

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Another view of Laurel Hill Cemetery

Yet another view of Laurel Hill Cemetery

View of the Saco River taken from Ferry Road, Saco

Journy’s end - Camp Ellis Beach, Saco

By the time I had taken a few photographs in the cemetery and had gotten to my destination, I was amazed to see the fog was still as thick as it had been all afternoon (odd considering the way the weather had changed throughout the day). Deciding to go to the beach for a look there, the fog was starting to lift, the tide was heading out and things were becoming slightly brighter. Dusk fell, though, and as far as I could tell, the fog was still with us. Today we awoke to bright sunshine and cold temperatures without any sign or trace of the fog of the day before. Go figure - only in Maine.

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