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Megunticook

Camden, Maine, and environs has been a vacation spot for well over a century. The area is known as the “Camden Hills” region, and even has its own state park. When the leaves are off the trees, we can see the outline of Mount Battie, the “mountain” (more like a tall hill) that is closest to the center of town, and Megunticook, the next hill inland, through the bare tree-tops.

The photo in the center of this quilt (transferred to cloth via my printer) is of the Megunticook river in the middle distance and “Mount Megunticook” in the background. I took the photo while on a walk from my home, about a mile away. In winter, the river freezes solid, and “ice out” (when the last ice in the lake–which is upstream, of course–and the river melts) is usually around April 10-12. A hundred years ago, the tannery (torn down last year…about a mile from our house and located alongside the river) and two woolen mills in town used energy from the river to power their businesses.

This piece is small…. 9 3/4″ x 15 1/2″, and I was surprised at how much I like it, despite its simplicity.

One Response to “Megunticook”

  1. Deborah Says:

    Oh just lovely! I adore it.