little cranberry island

Islesford, Little Cranberry Island

Playing catch up on several images from my time in Maine during my layover at JFK. I've posted several images from Cadillac Mountain, but this is the first image from Little Cranberry Island. It's a tiny island southeast of Mount Desert Island. To get there, we rode on a working mail boat that operates as a ferry. The ride takes about 40 minutes.

Ashley Bryan, a magical person and children's book illustrator, invited us into his home and shared his art with us (photos to come). After that, it didn't take long to get to know the rest of the island. The postmaster Joy had a handwritten sheet in the post office so the community could sign up for duties and chores for the Fourth of July potluck. Jane of Island Girl Seaglass makes beautiful jewelry and home decorations of worn sea glass and sells the creations from the hut next to her home. A man we met on the street invited us to see his attic after only a few minutes. He was on his way to the neighborhood house - the one wifi spot on the island where people sit inside and out with their laptops, some at picnic tables. When a car drove up behind me, it caught me by surprise. There aren't a lot of cars on the island and the roads are gravel and dirt. This place had community, and it welcomed us warmly.