more camels, crossing

last night, a local photographer, Bob Mitchell, held a powerpoint photo show called "So you think you know Boothbay?" at the local Opera House. He got up and told some wonderful stories and then showed some of his photos of both people and places, and asked the audience to identify the people and places and then we all got to telling stories. It was quite marvelous, especially when he showed the photo of "Camel Crossing" on my yard. (see prior blogs. )But the best moment came when he showed what looked like a wood sculpture of a penny with Benjamin Franklin on it. Some people knew where it was, but when he asked for us to identify who it was, a very deep voice with a very thick Maine drawl, answered, " I think that's my pool boy." - which brought the house down. So much for BF coming from Boston...we really know him! But perhaps you had to be there. It was a good time however you measure it.