So, you're probably wondering, "what's been happening to the farm now that Alex isn't there anymore to let things go to wrack and ruin?"  Well, I'll tell you.  First, some history.  Here's the place as it stood in the late 60's:


The Luck farm in Lamoine, Maine around 1969

    Following the animals, the fire, some rebuilding, and the departure of the rest of the family, this is the farm in the late 70's, before I moved in at the end of 1980:


The Luck farm in about 1979

   Well, I let things go downhill pretty badly during my seventeen-year tenure.  So badly I'm not even going to put up any pictures of it.  But with Chris, Nia, and the kids moving up I had to make some amends.  My Dad and I went up last summer and fall and, with a little help from Morgan, began putting things back together.  We replaced the broken foundation walls and redid most of the plumbing.  Since Chris and his family moved in this past June we've continued trips to do repairs while Chris hired some pros to replace the roof, put in new floors, a new porch, paint the interior, put a bay window in the kitchen, and french doors in the dining room.  I'm sure I've forgotten something, but no matter.  The point is, the place is looking great.  I'll take some new pictures this Thanksgiving and post them here, so you can all decide whether or not you want to visit <g>.
                                                               ...Alex
 
 
 

   Okay, no new pictures.  Sorry.  We all went up for Thanksgiving and had a great time, but we all forgot to take any pictures.  Anyway, here are some new ones Chris sent down.  He doesn't want any photos of the house put up until the renovations are done, so you'll just have to wait.
 



Chris, Nia, Madison, Samantha, and Nikta on the shore of Raccoon Cove.
In the far distance are the mountains of Acadia National Park.
 
 


Samantha and Madison dressed up for Halloween 1999.
In the background is the barn that Dad built back in the seventies and on the right the playset Chris and I built for the kids last summer.
 
 


Canoeing on Luck's Brook at high tide.  At low tide this is just a rivulet running through mudflats.
 
 


Samantha and Madison in "the people pot"
 


Frenchboro Harbor on Long Island, off the coast of Maine.  The house with two dormers just above the white car used to belong to Mom and Dad, as well as the dock with the two-story white building across the street.  Both were sold to a lobsterman back in the eighties.




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