There were no shortage of submissions offering stories identifying last month’s image. One that I’m sure will resonate with many of you, paints the picture of a little boy in a tiny boat enjoying summer adventures in the narrow rifts and gaps around Trois Iles in the Lost Channel. That little boy now has a somewhat larger boat, providing quite different adventures, though I suspect his earlier ones are the ones he cherishes most:
No shortage of correct responses identifying last month's image. It is of course St. Brendan's Church at Rockport, perched on a bluff above a small harbor well known to diners at the Boathouse Country Inn which offers one of the finest dining views on the River from their harbor-side terrace. The church has graced the River for well over a century and according to the late Hal McCarney's book "Chess with Violence," its basement was used for bootleg storage during the prohibition era. Unfortunately I never remembered to ask him if that was fact or fiction, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was true as the River has an endless number of fascinating stories.
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