Towle Tompkins
@towletompkins.bsky.social
Retired broadcaster, avid photographer, living the Maine life.
#Maine #MaineCoast #Travel #Nature #Wildlife
#Maine #MaineCoast #Travel #Nature #Wildlife
December 21: Winter Solstice greetings from Southern Maine on National Maine Day. If you'd like to send a gift, the state is registered at both L.L.Bean and IceScrapers”R”Us. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 21: Winter Solstice greetings from Southern Maine on National Maine Day. If you'd like to send a gift, the state is registered at both L.L.Bean and IceScrapers”R”Us. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 20: Saturday greetings from Southern Maine. It's Winter Solstice Eve... so please drink responsibly. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 20: Saturday greetings from Southern Maine. It's Winter Solstice Eve... so please drink responsibly. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 19: Friday greetings from Maine. On this date in 1843, Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" was first published, introducing to the world the cold-hearted miser Ebenezer Scrooge, the underpaid clerk Bob Cratchit, and the ukelele-playing falsetto Tiny Tim. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 19: Friday greetings from Maine. On this date in 1843, Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" was first published, introducing to the world the cold-hearted miser Ebenezer Scrooge, the underpaid clerk Bob Cratchit, and the ukelele-playing falsetto Tiny Tim. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 18: Thursday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 18: Thursday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 17: Wednesday greetings from Southern Maine. Fun Fact: This is the birthdate, in 1858, of Eva Helene, a renowned Norwegian opera singer as well as a pioneer of women's skiing. As the saying goes: The opera ain't over until the fast lady sings. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 17: Wednesday greetings from Southern Maine. Fun Fact: This is the birthdate, in 1858, of Eva Helene, a renowned Norwegian opera singer as well as a pioneer of women's skiing. As the saying goes: The opera ain't over until the fast lady sings. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 16: Tuesday greetings from Scarborough, Maine. This is the date, in 1773, of the Boston Tea Party. Hundreds of crates of tea were dumped into Boston harbor in retaliation for Great Britain sending America only one flavor - pumpkin spice.
With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
December 16: Tuesday greetings from Scarborough, Maine. This is the date, in 1773, of the Boston Tea Party. Hundreds of crates of tea were dumped into Boston harbor in retaliation for Great Britain sending America only one flavor - pumpkin spice.
With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 15: Monday greetings from Southern Maine. Belated thanks to Italian American food cart vendor Italo Marchiony who, on this date in 1903, received a patent for a machine that makes ice cream cones. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 15: Monday greetings from Southern Maine. Belated thanks to Italian American food cart vendor Italo Marchiony who, on this date in 1903, received a patent for a machine that makes ice cream cones. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 14: Sunday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 14: Sunday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 13: Saturday greetings from Southern Maine. Today is comedic actor Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday. He credits his long life to "Never leading the police on a high-speed chase." WIth @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 13: Saturday greetings from Southern Maine. Today is comedic actor Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday. He credits his long life to "Never leading the police on a high-speed chase." WIth @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 12: Friday greetings from Southern Maine. Fun Fact: On this date in 1901, Italian radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi sent the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean, from England to Canada. His message: "You up?"
With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 12: Friday greetings from Southern Maine. Fun Fact: On this date in 1901, Italian radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi sent the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean, from England to Canada. His message: "You up?"
With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 11: Thursday greetings from Southern Maine on International Mountain Day, which was established by the United Nations in 2003. Photo #4 is a collage of some of the mountains we have photographed during our travels. In other words, a peek at some peaks. WIth @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 11: Thursday greetings from Southern Maine on International Mountain Day, which was established by the United Nations in 2003. Photo #4 is a collage of some of the mountains we have photographed during our travels. In other words, a peek at some peaks. WIth @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 10: Wednesday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
December 10: Wednesday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 9: Tuesday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 9: Tuesday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 8: Monday greetings from Maine. On this date in 1990, NASA's Jupiter-exploration space probe Galileo flew back past the Earth for the first time. Exactly two years later, it flew past the Earth for a second time. And that's when the neighbors called the cops. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 8: Monday greetings from Maine. On this date in 1990, NASA's Jupiter-exploration space probe Galileo flew back past the Earth for the first time. Exactly two years later, it flew past the Earth for a second time. And that's when the neighbors called the cops. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 7: Sunday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 7: Sunday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 6: Saturday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 6: Saturday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 5: Friday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 5: Friday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 4: Thursday greetings from Southern Maine on World Wildlife Conservation Day, hence photo 4's collage of some of the wildlife that @feliciakk57.bsky.social and I have encountered.
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 4: Thursday greetings from Southern Maine on World Wildlife Conservation Day, hence photo 4's collage of some of the wildlife that @feliciakk57.bsky.social and I have encountered.
December 2: Wednesday greetings from Soutehrn Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 2: Wednesday greetings from Soutehrn Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 2: Tuesday greetings from Southern Maine. In advance of today's snow (the first measurable snowfall this winter season), here are four non-snowy December photos from the archives. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 2: Tuesday greetings from Southern Maine. In advance of today's snow (the first measurable snowfall this winter season), here are four non-snowy December photos from the archives. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 1: Monday greetings from Scarborough, Maine. Only 30 days left until the end of 2025. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
December 1: Monday greetings from Scarborough, Maine. Only 30 days left until the end of 2025. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
November 30: Sunday greetings from Scarborough, Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
November 30: Sunday greetings from Scarborough, Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
November 29: Friday greetings from Southern Maine on the birthdate, in 1832. of Louisa May Alcott, the renowned New Engalnd novelist whose works included "Little Women," "Little Men," and - supposedly - "Nancy Drew & The Hidden Staircase." With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
November 29: Friday greetings from Southern Maine on the birthdate, in 1832. of Louisa May Alcott, the renowned New Engalnd novelist whose works included "Little Women," "Little Men," and - supposedly - "Nancy Drew & The Hidden Staircase." With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
November 28: Friday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
November 28: Friday greetings from Southern Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
November 27: Thanksgiving Day greetings from Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
November 27: Thanksgiving Day greetings from Maine. With @feliciakk57.bsky.social