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One Person From IRELAND Appears To Be Hell Bent On Reading Every Post On This Blog — So Far They Have Read Over A 1,000. That is 45%!

by Anura Guruge
on October 4, 2023

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I don’t know whether to be flattered or WHAT?

If it was multiple people I it would be easier to fathom — and indeed very flattering.

This is ONE PERSON. The WordPress STATS distinguishes between VISITORS & VIEWS. So, what I am seeing is 1 VISITOR … over a 1,000 VIEWS.

I really would like to know who it is & why this interest.

Yes, perfectly OK. This is a public blog. I appreciate.

It is just that I have never had anyone so interested in my posts. Plus, Ireland. You know, this is sad. I don’t know anyone in Ireland.

C’est la vie. Just wanted to get this out.

IF you see this, I really would like to get to know you. If nothing else to say ‘THANK YOU’ & also ask if there are any subjects you want me to write about.

SMILE. THANKS.

The Deer Of Acadia (Mount Desert Island), Last Week.

by Anura Guruge
on February 22, 2022


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Click to ENLARGE. Collage of just SOME of my shots (meaning photos).

I have seen deer on most of my 16 (or 17 (or more) visits to Acadia over the last 9 years). I even know the best spots to spot one, e.g., golf course on ‘Cromwell Harbor Road‘. I have, however, never seen as many as I did last week when I was up there Wednesday to Friday. They were literally coming out of the woodwork.

I saw the first two on Route 3 just before the ‘Hulls Cove Visitor Center‘ turn-off. It was 1pm — but a bit murky. I suddenly saw something white flash across the road about 150 yards ahead. Then another. When I got closer I could see them on the side of the road. White-Tails. That is what I had seen.

From that point onwards I kept on seeing deer — all over the place. It was fun BUT I also appreciated the danger. On the 2nd day, i.e., Thursday, coming back to Bar Harbor from Bernard I saw this sad sight. It had just happened. A lady driving south on 102 had hit it. Two cars, going south, flashed me. I was then there. I was heading north. The deer was on the side of the road — my side. There was plastic debris all over the road. I turned around and went to check on the lady. She was shaken but OK. She had called her husband. I cleared as much of the debris off the road. She wanted me to check if the deer was dead. It was. I gave her, i.e., the lady, some chocolates from my ever present cache. She called me an angel! Do they have brown angels?

Alas, this was NOT the first deer hit I had seen in this area — on THIS ROAD. A few years ago, around 7pm, going to dinner at Southwest Harbor the car in front of us hit one. That was not pretty either. I always appreciate that I could also hit one … given the amount of driving I do in rural Maine.