Sat, 07/11/2020 - 3:15pm

(Photo courtesy Roger Wickenden)

(Photo courtesy Brenda Sullivan)

Camden Harbor with Mt. Battie in background (July 2). (Photo by Sandra Covington)

(Photo courtesy Lydia Richards)

(Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

(Photo courtesy Brenda Sullivan)

(Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

The joys of spring. (Photo by Roger Wickenden)

Lucia Beach. (Photo by Jane Schroeder)

Children's Chapel. Rockport. (Photo courtesy Roger Wickenden)

Chilly temps bring out the pipe smokers (Photo courtesy Eileen Prime)

Early morning in Camden Harbor. (Photo courtesy Hank Laidlaw, of Camden)

Making it easy to stay home in the garden, these light blue lupin are a favorite. (Photo by Maggie Trout)

(Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

Hot and thirsty. (Photo by Wendy Wickenden)

The joys of spring. (Photo by Roger Wickenden)

(Photo be Maggie Trout)

A bald eagle seen in Rangeley. (Photo courtesy Owen Cooper)

A tree swallow seen in Hope. (Photo courtesy Owen Cooper)

A common loon seen in Rangeley. (Photo courtesy Owen Cooper)

Fog Bank approaching Rockland Harbor. (Photo courtesy Carolyn Kanicki)

The joys of spring. (Photo by Roger Wickenden)

(Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

(Photo courtesy Brenda Sullivan)

“It's a great day for the Iris.” (Photo courtesy Maggie Trout)

Lupine at Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Carolyn Kanicki)

A victory garden to fight back the virus. Camden. June 2020. (Photo courtesy James C)

A brown tail moth crew at work on the Megunticook Golf Course. (Photo courtesy Kevin O'Malley)

Tenacity in whirling winds. June 11, 2020. (Photo by Maggie Trout)

Year-round outdoor pleasure. One of my trusty moss and rock gardens in a pan. Everything free, including the weeds. Kept in a shaded area. (Photo by Maggie Trout)

Lupine Season. (Photo by Carolyn Kanicki)

The peeps have arrived! (Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

(Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

Turtle relaxing at Crawford Pond. (Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

Field of Lupine on Beauchamps point. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Star trails and lightning. (Photo courtesy Dave Petzel)

Lightning bugs with lupines. (Photo courtesy Dave Petzel)

With this morning’s catch. (Photo courtesy Roger Wickenden)

Poppies. (Photo by Chris Wohler)

High Tide Rockland. (Photo by Jane Schroeder)

Early morning in Camden Harbor. (Photo courtesy Hank Laidlaw, of Camden)

Foggy first day of summer over Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Carolyn Kanicki)

Forsythia by the road (Camden). (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Ferns and path along the Megunticook River (Camden). (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Rockland Harbor with Rockland Breakwater and Lighthouse in background. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Belfast Harbor. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Camden Harbor (back view). (Photo by Sandra Covington)

First glorious cichorium intybus bloom of the season. Dedicated to Lady Bird Johnson. for her work to reduce and delay roadside mowing to allow wildflowers to proliferate. June 22, 2020. (Photo by Maggie Trout)

(Photo courtesy Brenda Sullivan)

Rummaging around. Any idea what this is? (Photo by Maggie Trout)

Construction of Middle School (Camden). Photo by Sandra Covington

Pandemic chronicle. (Photo by Becky Brace)

Pandemic activities. (Photo by Becky Brace)

A butterfly visits the garden. (Photo by James C.)

(Photo courtesy Brenda Sullivan)

(Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

Children's Chapel. Rockport. (Photo courtesy Roger Wickenden)

(Photo courtesy Roger Wickenden)

View from Mt. Battie July 3. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Bayside Library. (Photo courtesy Sandra Ruch)

Time in Acadia in the summer is a rare treat for Mainers – enjoying it this year! View from Pemetic Mtn summit. (Photo by Ruta Kadonoff)

(Photo by Chris Wohler)

View from Mt. Battie July 3. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Andre The Seal Statue overlooking Rockport Harbor. (Photo by Anna Marfisi, of Midcoast)

Rockport Harbor. (Photo by Anna Marfisi, of Midcoast)

City Point Depot in Belfast. (Photo by Anna Marfisi, of Midcoast)

Longwood Wisteria. (Photo by Stephanie Mathews)

White Clematis on mailbox. (Photo by Stephanie Mathews)

Bathing cardinal. (Photo by Stephanie Mathews)

Chip. (Photo by Stephanie Mathews)

Reaching to sky (July 3). (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Camden boat yard (July 6). (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Camden Harbor and dog. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

(Photo by Sandra Covington)

Summer in Maine. (Photo by Carolyn Kanicki)

Late afternoon, Saturday, July 11. “I was walking the Rockland Boardwalk with a friend and our dogs. The fog bank toward Owls Head was massive.” (Photo courtesy Nancy Stone)

Watching fog roll in. (Photo by Jane Schroeder)

Snow Bowl oboggan chute and Ken Bailey Timing Shed. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Camden boatyard and Harbor. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Find the lighthouse. (Photo by Jane Schroeder)

Megunticook River walk. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Hosmer Pond, kayakers in background. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Port Clyde harbor. (Photo by Carolyn Kanicki)

(Photo courtesy Roger Wickenden)

(Photo courtesy Brenda Sullivan)

Camden Harbor with Mt. Battie in background (July 2). (Photo by Sandra Covington)

(Photo courtesy Lydia Richards)

(Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

(Photo courtesy Brenda Sullivan)

(Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

The joys of spring. (Photo by Roger Wickenden)

Lucia Beach. (Photo by Jane Schroeder)

Children's Chapel. Rockport. (Photo courtesy Roger Wickenden)

Chilly temps bring out the pipe smokers (Photo courtesy Eileen Prime)

Early morning in Camden Harbor. (Photo courtesy Hank Laidlaw, of Camden)

Making it easy to stay home in the garden, these light blue lupin are a favorite. (Photo by Maggie Trout)

(Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

Hot and thirsty. (Photo by Wendy Wickenden)

The joys of spring. (Photo by Roger Wickenden)

(Photo be Maggie Trout)

A bald eagle seen in Rangeley. (Photo courtesy Owen Cooper)

A tree swallow seen in Hope. (Photo courtesy Owen Cooper)

A common loon seen in Rangeley. (Photo courtesy Owen Cooper)

Fog Bank approaching Rockland Harbor. (Photo courtesy Carolyn Kanicki)

The joys of spring. (Photo by Roger Wickenden)

(Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

(Photo courtesy Brenda Sullivan)

“It's a great day for the Iris.” (Photo courtesy Maggie Trout)

Lupine at Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Carolyn Kanicki)

A victory garden to fight back the virus. Camden. June 2020. (Photo courtesy James C)

A brown tail moth crew at work on the Megunticook Golf Course. (Photo courtesy Kevin O'Malley)

Tenacity in whirling winds. June 11, 2020. (Photo by Maggie Trout)

Year-round outdoor pleasure. One of my trusty moss and rock gardens in a pan. Everything free, including the weeds. Kept in a shaded area. (Photo by Maggie Trout)

Lupine Season. (Photo by Carolyn Kanicki)

The peeps have arrived! (Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

(Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

Turtle relaxing at Crawford Pond. (Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

Field of Lupine on Beauchamps point. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Star trails and lightning. (Photo courtesy Dave Petzel)

Lightning bugs with lupines. (Photo courtesy Dave Petzel)

With this morning’s catch. (Photo courtesy Roger Wickenden)

Poppies. (Photo by Chris Wohler)

High Tide Rockland. (Photo by Jane Schroeder)

Early morning in Camden Harbor. (Photo courtesy Hank Laidlaw, of Camden)

Foggy first day of summer over Rockland Harbor. (Photo by Carolyn Kanicki)

Forsythia by the road (Camden). (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Ferns and path along the Megunticook River (Camden). (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Rockland Harbor with Rockland Breakwater and Lighthouse in background. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Belfast Harbor. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Camden Harbor (back view). (Photo by Sandra Covington)

(Photo courtesy Brenda Sullivan)

Rummaging around. Any idea what this is? (Photo by Maggie Trout)

Construction of Middle School (Camden). Photo by Sandra Covington

Pandemic chronicle. (Photo by Becky Brace)

Pandemic activities. (Photo by Becky Brace)

A butterfly visits the garden. (Photo by James C.)

(Photo courtesy Brenda Sullivan)

(Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)

Children's Chapel. Rockport. (Photo courtesy Roger Wickenden)

(Photo courtesy Roger Wickenden)

View from Mt. Battie July 3. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Bayside Library. (Photo courtesy Sandra Ruch)

Time in Acadia in the summer is a rare treat for Mainers – enjoying it this year! View from Pemetic Mtn summit. (Photo by Ruta Kadonoff)

(Photo by Chris Wohler)

View from Mt. Battie July 3. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Andre The Seal Statue overlooking Rockport Harbor. (Photo by Anna Marfisi, of Midcoast)

Rockport Harbor. (Photo by Anna Marfisi, of Midcoast)

City Point Depot in Belfast. (Photo by Anna Marfisi, of Midcoast)

Longwood Wisteria. (Photo by Stephanie Mathews)

White Clematis on mailbox. (Photo by Stephanie Mathews)

Bathing cardinal. (Photo by Stephanie Mathews)

Chip. (Photo by Stephanie Mathews)

Reaching to sky (July 3). (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Camden boat yard (July 6). (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Camden Harbor and dog. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

(Photo by Sandra Covington)

Summer in Maine. (Photo by Carolyn Kanicki)

Late afternoon, Saturday, July 11. “I was walking the Rockland Boardwalk with a friend and our dogs. The fog bank toward Owls Head was massive.” (Photo courtesy Nancy Stone)

Watching fog roll in. (Photo by Jane Schroeder)

Snow Bowl oboggan chute and Ken Bailey Timing Shed. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Camden boatyard and Harbor. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Find the lighthouse. (Photo by Jane Schroeder)

Megunticook River walk. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Hosmer Pond, kayakers in background. (Photo by Sandra Covington)

Port Clyde harbor. (Photo by Carolyn Kanicki)

Our first two galleries of reader-submitted photos has overflowed, and we thank each of you for your contributions.

From abnormally barren Main Streets to the Midcoast’s breathtaking sceneries, our first two galleries captured the essence of these trying times.

We have created Gallery III, as we continue to chronicle Life in Maine During a Pandemic, an important endeavor amid these strange times.

With businesses mostly reopened, to some degree, we would live to see how the Midcoast adjusts.

These are historic times, and this collection will join Midcoast Maine establishes new normal with a sense of grace and Maine weathers a pandemic

Through the fear and as we establish a new normalcy, it’s clear that Mainers continue to focus on the beauty of where they live.

We count our blessings every day.

Mainers, sensible and naturally inclined to being outside more than inside, are moving around, working, walking, running, hiking, taking drives.

They are slowing down, waving to each other in a way that we haven’t seen since in a long time.

Gardens are getting cleaned up in advance of planting. Boats are worked on.

Houses, yards, business buildings and new libraries are painted, spruced up, built.

It is a trying and anxious time, but Maine people are rugged and find innovative ways to muddle through troubles.

This is a collection, a repository of photos reflecting life on the Midcoast, in the time of COVID-19.

We still truly don’t know where the next weeks will take us, but we are in it all together.

To the residents of local retirement communities whose doors are closed for safety’s sake, we send you greetings and all our love!

To the hospital workers and EMTs on the front lines, we continue to thank you!

To the business owners eagerly awaiting a return to normal business operations, and currently navigating the hopefully temporary business norms, we support you amid these challenging times, much like you have supported your communities.

Please continue to send in your photos as you move about your lives in these strange times.

Tell us what you are doing, and help us capture what we are seeing among the Midcoast.

Send your contributions to news@penbaypilot.com, and we will chronicle these particularly historical days.