The light at Naskeag Harbor on Sunday afternoon (February 20) would have thrilled Rembrandt, a genius at using sunlight and shadow to give his portraits life and dimension.
Here, we see Dear Abbie: resting in the Harbor on that day off. She’s basking in the last of the sunlight and seems to be smiling mysteriously.
Abbie: is wearing her winter scalloping outfit now, with a mast, boom, and (hidden from view) dredging equipment and a temporary shelling hut where the delicious mollusk muscles that we eat are shucked out of their shells.
In the summer, that equipment will be stored and Abbie: will be running her lobster traps in warmer water, still smiling mysteriously. (Brooklin, Maine)