We were recommended to go to Thurston’s Lobster shack on the water at Bernard on Mount Desert Island, or MDI as the locals referred to it. Would never have found it without looking purposefully for it, but its location was perfect – overhanging the water on the south west corner of MDI.
Next to the restaurant were various buildings all part of the fishing, mainly lobster, industry. This building, adorned with fishing floats caught my eye.
I’m pretty sure that this building was used as the cover to a recent edition of Lonely Planet’s New England Guide.
I even saw a sign back in Southwest Harbor advertising the services of a skilled float painter. Clearly they take their floats seriously in these parts.
Meticulous Mick 
Beautiful shots. Today, it suddenly hit me that you have been posting pictures of the US not of your beautiful home Ireland. I’ve been pretty busy lately and haven’t been checking out my favorite blogs.
When we were in Maine last year, we were quite enamored by the lobster buoys. So much so that my husband bought an antique one and I bought a birdhouse that looked like a buoy painted like a lighthouse.
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Had a long break from wordpress John, so great to see you’re still posting great images. These wouldn’t look out of place on the west coast of Ireland.
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Cheers Aidy, am not so frequent myself these days, but trying putting out a bit of material every week…Good to see you around. John 🍀
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Now that is some float collection!
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Not your average set is it….
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Wow I have a photo almost identical to these! Colorful, beautiful and so Maine.
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Was it on MDI by any chance? Have to say Maine was cool…🍀
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I’ve never seen so many floats! And yummmmm….lobster!
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Fishing is kind of big in these parts of Maine. That and tourism. As for the lobster 😋
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When we visited Boston last year, I couldn’t get enough Lobster.
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While I love Lobster I think the scallop tops them all. Mmmmm😋
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Oh I like them too!
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