From Marine Mammals of Maine: “Each year we typically admit 1-3 pups in April before pup season really kicks off in May. This year, we admitted 4 before May 1
st! While this is not too unusual, it does mean we have already gone through some of our pup supplies and have had to update our wish list with some new urgent needs!”
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Getting Through a Rough Patch
Randy Stearns writes on the LBB:
As many of you know and many more may not be aware, our friend Peter Thomas has had a rough winter and spring. After many surgeries and setbacks we are hoping he is on the mend.
Sun, 03/07/2021 - 8:30pm
Photo courtesy Terry Boivin
A perfect weekend for taking the lawnmower for a competitive and fast spin on Norton Pond, with a group of likeminded riders. Norton Pond is just the right size for the March 6 event, organized by the Thunder Valley Lawn Mower Drag Races .
The ice was good and frozen, temperatures were just right, and the track was well groomed. Saturday’s race was the last of the season, wrapping up a winter sport that is gaining traction. Now, the lawnmowers will get maintained and primed for the annual summer lawnmower races.
Photos courtesy Terry Boivin
Mainers Race Lawnmowers on The Ice in Subzero Temps
A lot of times I will start an article with Only in Maine . And, most of the time, I use it because it s some silly thing that involves an activity you probably wouldn t see anywhere outside of our state lines. Well, I think I have found the one. Seriously guys, I think I have found the MOST Only in Maine Maine story I have ever written. It s happened. We ve peaked.
What you re about to see is literally people racing garden tractors on the ice in good ol Lincolnville, Maine. Organized by Thunder Valley Mower Drag Races, drivers and spectators alike gathered on the frozen surface of Norton Pond on Saturday afternoon for the big race.
Frozen fun: Lawn mowers cut it up on Norton Pond in Lincolnville
As one spectator said, ‘No wonder my friends in New York City call me a redneck. But, I guarantee, if they were here, they would love this.’
By Ken WaltzVillageSoup
LINCOLNVILLE What is a Mainer to do when it is 15 degrees out with a windchill near zero after being stuck inside with cabin fever from an already too long winter and an emotionally draining, life-altering, nearly-year-long pandemic?
Fire up the lawn mower and drive it onto a frozen body of water to race other stir-crazy people, of course.
Publisher s note (from a few years back): Please be aware that we have created a new fixture at the foot of this post, describing the location of some of North Carolina s most memorable scenic points of interest. The interactive map will be on the second page.
Publisher s note
(from Now - January 1, 2021):
I am reviving this old series, but with a twist: I will be reworking these older posts - just a few tweaks - then I will intersperse a new post of more recent images, listed as a greater volume, among these older, lower volume posts within this series;