Home - Chandlers Wharf - Portland Maine
Our new home is an apartment on the ground floor of the red brick building in the foreground of the picture.
It is like living in a luxurious house boat.......a small work of Architectural Genius, the layout a feast of reason, the craftsmanship has the Yankee integrity missing in New York rentals. The floors gleam blondly, the walls are a lustrous slightly textured enameled white, a canvas for the refracting light of the rippling water directly beneath windows in all rooms, living room, office, and bedroom.
All rooms face East in a solid brick house right on a pier, only a narrow wooden ramp to moor boats separates us from the waters of Casco Bay.
AND then there is the pageantry of activities outside the windows .......our windows open to the hub of sightseeing from the harbour of "Old Port".
The ferry, offering whale watch and island tours, looks like a children's book illustration and we can hear the rap of the guide on a megaphone as they pass by. The channels between the fingers of piers rimming "Old Port" are quite narrow, the ferry can JUST turn around.
Also, our windows are almost sound proof, so we can listen to live concerts at a shore line pub, at will. They fill the evening with energy and celebration - and do not last too late. Night is silent.......morning peaceful. Winter will bring another world, this is a burst of activity that only North Country enjoys.
Home - Chandlers Wharf - Portland Maine
Our new home is an apartment on the ground floor of the red brick building in the foreground of the picture.
It is like living in a luxurious house boat.......a small work of Architectural Genius, the layout a feast of reason, the craftsmanship has the Yankee integrity missing in New York rentals. The floors gleam blondly, the walls are a lustrous slightly textured enameled white, a canvas for the refracting light of the rippling water directly beneath windows in all rooms, living room, office, and bedroom.
All rooms face East in a solid brick house right on a pier, only a narrow wooden ramp to moor boats separates us from the waters of Casco Bay.
AND then there is the pageantry of activities outside the windows .......our windows open to the hub of sightseeing from the harbour of "Old Port".
The ferry, offering whale watch and island tours, looks like a children's book illustration and we can hear the rap of the guide on a megaphone as they pass by. The channels between the fingers of piers rimming "Old Port" are quite narrow, the ferry can JUST turn around.
Also, our windows are almost sound proof, so we can listen to live concerts at a shore line pub, at will. They fill the evening with energy and celebration - and do not last too late. Night is silent.......morning peaceful. Winter will bring another world, this is a burst of activity that only North Country enjoys.