Mirror, Mirror on the Beach

Mirror, Mirror on the Beach

at Parsons Beach in Kennebunk, Maine
on August 26, 2014, sketched on August 30, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Guest Poem Response

by Barbara the Librarian

Mirror, mirror
on the beach,
oh, there you are, 
far from reach.

Summer Beach Day

Summer Beach Day

at Parsons Beach in Kennebunk, Maine
on August 26, 2014, sketched on August 30, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Summer Form in Surf

Summer Form in Surf

at Parsons Beach in Kennebunk, Maine
on August 26, 2014, sketched on August 29, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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A Beach Umbrella, Not

A Beach Umbrella, Not

at Parsons Beach in Kennebunk, Maine
on August 26, 2014, sketched on August 27, 2014
12" x 9", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.

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A Beach Umbrella, Not

By Bruce McMillan

Is it made of beech,
I mean the pole, no,
that's made of plastic
these days, so it's not
a beech umbrella,
but then neither could
it possibly be
a beach umbrella
because it's a bright
sunny day and why
would you need an open
umbrella; it's not
raining, the sky's clear.
But don't you go to
a shade less beach to
take in the sun, yet,
you want to stay out
the sun; this isn't
making sense, is it?
Or perhaps it is.
So simply leave behind
that beach umbrella,
forget it, and bring
a beach parasol;
that will keep you out
of the sun that you
go to the beach for.
Right, a parasol is
to keep you shaded.
Oh, and bring along
a dictionary,
to read in that shade
to make sense of this.
Unless you go to the
beach on a day when
it rains, then just bring
a beach umbrella.

poem © 2014 Bruce McMillan

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First Pond Late Afternoon

First Pond Late Afternoon

during my ponds walk in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 25, 2014, sketched on August 26, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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The Walk Home

The Walk Home

through the back fields in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 20, 2014, sketched on August 25, 2014
6" x 4", Winsor & Newton watercolors, on 140 lb.
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Behind the Library Desk

Behind the Library Desk

at the Springvale Public Library in Springvale Maine
on August 23, 2014, sketched on August 24, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Purple Lily August

Purple Lily August

in Shapleigh, Maine on August 19, 2014, sketched on August 23, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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The Back Fields Looking South

The Back Fields Looking South

behind my home in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 20, 2014, sketched on August 22, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Purple Day Lily Bud

Purple Day Lily Bud

in one of my rock gardens in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 13, 2014, sketched on August 21, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors on 140 lb.
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Purple Day Lily

Purple Day Lily

and buds in my rock garden in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 17, 2014, sketched on August 20, 2014
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Geranium Bloom

Geranium Bloom

(Pelargonium hortorum) hanging by my door
greeting guests in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 13, 2014, sketched on August 18, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Summer Greetings
By Bruce McMillan
Red flowers, geraniums, hang
at the end of my porch, blooming
all summer long, welcoming me
home with visual perfuming.

poem © 2014 Bruce McMillan

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Playing with the Toy Ocean

Playing with the Toy Ocean

on the beach at Laudholm Reserve in Wells, Maine
on August 10, 2014, sketched on August 18, 2014
6" x 4", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Beach Walkers

Beach Walkers

at the Laudholm Reserve Beach in Wells, Maine
on August 10, 2014, sketched on August 17, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Beach Walkers
Salt air surrounding
the sound of surf, ocean-side
footsteps in sand grains.

haiku poem © 2014 Bruce McMillan

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Sanderling Contemplating Lunch

Sanderling Contemplating Lunch

(Calidris alba) on the beach at Laudholm Reserve in Wells, Maine
on August 10, 2014, sketched on August 15, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Uke Beach Serenader Topless

Uke Beach Serenader Topless

at Laudholm Reserve Beach in Wells, Maine on August 10, 2014
sketched on August 14, 2014
12" x 9", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Ang-Gull

Ang-Gull

 of an American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) on the beach
at Laudholm Reserve in Wells, Maine on August 10, 2014, 
sketched on August 12, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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A Great Egret Scratch

A Great Egret Scratch

a Great Egret (Ardea alba) scratching in the Laudholm Estuary
in Wells, Maine on August 10, 2014, sketched on August 11, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Obedient Plant Blooms

Obedient Plant Blooms

(Physostegia virginiana) in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 9, 2014, sketched on August 10, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Sumac Stem Sun Showered

Sumac Stem Sun Showered

Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) in my yard after an early evening
sun shower in Shapleigh, Maine on August 8, 2014, sketched on August 9, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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First Pond Sun Catching

First Pond Sun Catching

seen on an evening ponds walk behind my home in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 7, 2014, sketched on August 7, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Mullein at Sunrise

Mullein at Sunrise

Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
by my home in Shapleigh, Maine on August 5, 2014, sketched on August 6, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Home to Green Walks

Home to Green Walks

through the fields to the ponds in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 4, 2014, sketched on August 5, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, on 140 lb.
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Brad Arnold Three Doors Down

Brad Arnold Three Doors Down

performing at the Casino in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
on August 2, 2014, sketched on August 5, 2014
6" x 4", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
Strathmore cold press archival watercolor paper
NFS

Overheard I'm Pregnant

Overheard I'm Pregnant

in the early evening at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
on August 2, 2014, sketched on August 3, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Day Lily Quartet

Day Lily Quartet

in Rochester, NH on July 31, 2014, sketched on August 1, 2014

6" x 4", Winsor & Newton watercolors, on 140 lb.
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August August
Sky blue, flower colors,
short sleeves, long sun greens, bugs,
bird songs, summer blooms.

 

haiku poem © 2014 Bruce McMillan

not for reuse without permission