A few days ago I received these great shots from Linda (Sawyer) Poole on Otis Drive.  Linda wrote that she loves that the Brickett family cottage is still a favorite spot for the family to gather.  She was surprised that the loons seemed unafraid of them and came close to show off, apparently.

Everyone has a great time at camp and it's been a wonderful summer for swimming, fishing, and just plain enjoying being at Joe's Pond.  The weather has been perfect and provided some great views, like the sunset below.  Click on the photos to make them larger.
 
Liz (Pearl) Sargent stopped by to pick up her directory and Ice-Out tickets this afternoon.  She was headed to Cabot Plain to visit Sim Whittier's grave site.  She said the Plain was a favorite spot for family picnics when her father, "Bud" Pearl, was alive.  This evening she sent me some great photos she had taken while on the Plain today.  Many of you will recognize the Sousa silos where the cell tower is now; the tumbling-down Maynard farm house, sad but still somehow beautiful; the Foster Covered Bridge and the Walbridge School house at Richard Spaulding's; the old wagon at the former Bob Davis home; and of course the Plains Cemetery.  Rather than display each picture here separately, I've made a short slide show.    

If you have the opportunity, take a ride up that way - the foliage season is a great time to go there.  Imagine, as you stand by the cemetery, a crude fort in the field overlooking the valley below, and instead of a covered bridge, log houses along both sides of the road; a little way down the hill, the Yellow House tavern, and across from where the Walbridge School is now, a small log cabin that served as the first school in town - all neatly following the Bayley-Hazen Military Road - the first settlement and for some 20 years, the business center for the Town of Cabot.