I was surprised one rainy day this spring to find this chipmunk perched atop a tire on our car - getting in out of the rain - just had to grab the camera!
This is of the Isaac Royal Farm (the buildings were actually built by Josiah Dow - Isaac Royal cleared the land - he was John Paul Jones' ccabin boy). Dad and I often walk to the windmill and back for our daily exercise. It's exactly 1 mile from our house and a good challenge climbing Patten's hill.
Another scene from our walk most days is this view of the Piscataquis River from the East Dover bridge. You can see the remnants of what was a gristmill and later a light station for the local power company in the early 1900s there on the left. The first settlement in the area was near here along the banks of the river.
I was surprised one rainy day this spring to find this chipmunk perched atop a tire on our car - getting in out of the rain - just had to grab the camera!
This is of the Isaac Royal Farm (the buildings were actually built by Josiah Dow - Isaac Royal cleared the land - he was John Paul Jones' ccabin boy). Dad and I often walk to the windmill and back for our daily exercise. It's exactly 1 mile from our house and a good challenge climbing Patten's hill.
Another scene from our walk most days is this view of the Piscataquis River from the East Dover bridge. You can see the remnants of what was a gristmill and later a light station for the local power company in the early 1900s there on the left. The first settlement in the area was near here along the banks of the river.
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Love ALL the pictures and updates! Those pictures of the Isaac Royal Farm and the river are FANTASTIC!!!
My late cousin Elizabeth wrote: "Of all the forebears rumored to have been 'John Paul Jones's cabin boy,' or "powder monkey" Isaac Royal actually was. The Isaac Royal Farm in East Dover, on which he and his daughter Dorcas are buried, is still standing and marked with a DAR marker."
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6980991
I would appreciate a photo of said marker, if it is still there.
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