Milky Way Blue Hour At Smokehouse

by Marty Saccone

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Milky Way Blue Hour At Smokehouse

Artist

Marty Saccone

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Photograph - Fine Photography

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"Milky Way Blue Hour at Smokehouse"
Twilight period known as blue hour approximateltly 30 minutes prior to sunrise this week at my favorite abandoned structure in down east Maine.
This bygone herring smokehouse stands along a secluded coastal cove in Trescott township, Lubec, Maine has a nostalgic past and an atmosphere of mystique and tranquility.
Since back in the 1700's this location has been known by an unusual name "Baileys Mistake"
For the interesting story read below....
The story goes something like this:
There was then a renowned sea captain, a Captain Bailey who was known and revered for his exemplary seamanship and sailing skills. It seems he, his ship and crew had left Boston, Massachusetts bound for Lubec, ME, with a cargo of lumber.
As they approached West Quoddy Head Light they were socked in by a heavy, heavy fog. Old salt that he was, Captain Bailey, his ship and crew turned wrongly into this cove only to run aground high and dry.
It was out of this embarrassment and pride that Captain Bailey and his crew, then came ashore at this place and there used that cargo of wood to build homes and settle at this location, never to again sail.
Bailey's Mistake to this day carries the history of that fateful voyage in its name..
So here's to old Bailey, who sailed the salt sea,
'Till his ship ended up where 'twas not s'posed to be;

Additional renditions of this smokehouse and other down east Maine scenics may be viewed at:
marty-saccone.pixels.com
a collection of coastal Down East Maine photography.

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April 7th, 2019

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