http://markmarchesi.com/blog Blog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:07:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After much anticipation Hurricane Danielle did not disappoint in the category of wave generation.  It stayed well out in the Atlantic and then stalled south of Greenland sending the New England coast several days worth of clean and punchy long period groundswell.   I didn't get too many pictures because ... http://markmarchesi.com/blog/?p=482 http://markmarchesi.com/blog/?p=474 The waves have picked up and it doesn't look like they are going down anytime soon.  We are currently in the midst of an out-of-season Nor'easter which is keeping things interesting right now, and there are a couple of tropical systems poised to send us some swell later this week ... http://markmarchesi.com/blog/?p=470 Check the September issue of Maine Magazine for a feature by Chelsea Holden Baker with photos by yours truly about the oil trade in Portland Harbor.  It was a great assignment - the most fun photography job I've had so far.  Here are some of my favorite images which didn't ... http://markmarchesi.com/blog/?p=460 I just got back to work after six glorious (but non consecutive) days off.  We took two mini vacations in state and had some really good times.   The first was at a camp on Randall Pond in Parsonsfield near the NH border and the second was in the Pemaquid ... http://markmarchesi.com/blog/?p=439 Monday morning, local landmark Red's Dairy Freeze was torn down, months after sustaining what must have been pretty severe structural damage in an early spring electrical fire.  It was a sad day indeed.  The good news is that reconstruction is already underway.  I just hope the new design maintains some ... http://markmarchesi.com/blog/?p=438 Last weekend we went to see The Black Keys at Bank of America Pavillion on the Boston Waterfront.  I'd never been to the newly spruced up waterfront section of Boston and I've never seen this band, so it was a whole new experience. I haven't been to too many live shows ... http://markmarchesi.com/blog/?p=436 Here is a pretty good handplaning clip... http://markmarchesi.com/blog/?p=435 Happy Earth, Sad Earth by Isabella Marchesi July 2010 http://markmarchesi.com/blog/?p=434 This weekend we had a pretty good sized swell come in from a deep low pressure system a little ways offshore.  I saw it coming and rushed production on a new handplane.  I still hadn't tested the first one I made because I realized shortly after finishing it that the ... http://markmarchesi.com/blog/?p=429