Where, and what, is this Mystery Photo? Figure it out and send your answers to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
Cathy Loew of Peachtree Corners writes of the recent Mystery Photo: “I had a deja vu moment with this mystery picture. That view is mainly inaccessible from land (unless you want to maneuver the rocks).
Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: How GMC became Northside Hospital Gwinnett
EEB PERSPECTIVE: As lobsters go, so goes the great State of Maine
ANOTHER VIEW: January 6 was similar to Germany’s Kristallnacht
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 CID
FEEDBACK: Finds another use for the timer on her microwave
UPCOMING: Sugarloaf CID expanding, adding 22 taxable properties
NOTABLE: Georgia Thomas, Shuler winner, heads for Jimmy Awards
RECOMMENDED: Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia invades British Florida three times, all unsuccessful
MYSTERY PHOTO: Ancient stone building reminds someone of Europe
By Elliott Brack | Our great country has many wonderful places to visit, with a vast assortment of scenery, activities, foods and people.
With the summer approaching, and the temperatures here aiming toward 100, it was a good time to visit in the state of Maine, a beautiful place in warm weather with a certain laid-back attitude that attracts many “summercasters.” We visited right before Maine’s big season for visitors, which is July and August. The weather certainly cooperated, in the 80s only one day, and most nights between 55-60.
Where’s this water and building scene. Hint: it’s not around the corner. Try your hand at identifying this photograph. Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill sent in the photograph, which Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. commented on: “Today’s mystery photo is a picture taken from Mother’s Beach (also known as Kennebunk Beach), off the coast of Maine, just two-miles west of Walker’s Point Estate, the summer retreat of the Bush family, in the town of Kennebunkport, Maine.
Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Loganville Couple Start Program Helping Latinos Graduate from School
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Oh, the Fun of Re-Reading To A Really Good Author’s Book
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
UPCOMING: Minority Groups File Suit Against County for Voting Right Violations
NOTABLE: Sugar Hill and Chamber To Partner on Business Resources
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Twenty Years Later, Looking at the Centennial Olympics in Atlanta
CALENDAR: Cookbook Swap
TODAY’S QUOTE: Watch Out for That Mob Merriment, Noise and Nodding Acquaintances
MYSTERY PHOTO: Patriotic Photograph Commemorates Specific Story
LAGNIAPPE: Tiny House Exhibit Proves To Be Quite Popular
Identification of this edition’s Mystery Photo could be easier than usual, with lots of clues staring you in the face: a ship, water, the weather and a harbor. Granted, this may be difficult to identify. Now figure out where this photograph was taken. Send your best idea to Elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The ports of call were enough to spark our interest: Portland and Bar Harbor Maine, then in Atlantic Canada the areas of Lunenburg, Halifax, Pictou, Charlottetown, Ile de Madeliene, Gaspe, plus on the St. Lawrence River, Baie-Comeau and Saguenay. The final destination was Quebec.
“….if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”
— Canadian Author Robertson Davies (1913-1995).
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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