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Frisbee's Market, since 1828, in Kittery Point.</div> <div> Current owner, Frank Frisbee II, 78, was born upstairs. Wrote in my journal and had yogurt and coffee at the table outside.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> two old traditions</div> <div> Frisbees Family Market</div> <div> my morning coffee</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="21ff4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Inside Frisbee's.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="221f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Whaleback Lighthouse at the mouth of the Piscataqua River.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="223f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Southernmost point of land in Maine, at Fort Foster.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="225f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Gravestone in the old cemetery at York. I found this one intriguing. Minimalist, compared to many of the others.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="227f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Hard to imagine what this must have been like.This was during King William's War. </div> <div> An interesting account posted by an Abenaki can be found by <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/wabanak/raid.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.aol.com/wabanak/raid.htm"><U>clicking here.</U></A></div> <bR> <div> This reminded me of our visit to Little Big Horn last year and the pics from <A HREF="http://foothillspublishing.com/westerntour/id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://foothillspublishing.com/westernto"><U>there.</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="229f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                          <IMG SRC="22c77f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                </div> <div> Had to include these two pics of this tree in the cemetery. Sassafras has always been a special tree for me (long story I won't go into here) but I rarely have seen big trees like this  one. Southern Maine is near their northern limit.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="22ef4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Rosie, a wonderful 78 year-old woman who came to my reading at the library,</div> <div> happened to run into me on her way to the community supper that evening. She</div> <div> invited me to tag along. About 50 people there of all ages. Had a wonderful time</div> <div> and met some interesting folks. Loved the church board with the Celtics note.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>