It Was a Foggy Day . . .

Last Sunday, my husband and I drove down to Portsmouth to photograph one of the lighthouses. Even though it was a very foggy summer morning, with an occasional mist in the air, it was a perfect day for getting some interesting shots. As we drove out 1B toward New Castle, we were not the only ones out -- the fishermen were all out along the little bridges trying for their early morning catches. Our "catches" were images like this one.

We continued on to Fort Constitution, which is next to an active Coast Guard station. To get out to the fort, you actually follow a blue line through the Coast Guard station parking lot. We smelled their bacon cooking for breakfast and chatted with one of the Auxiliary members, who gave us a little history of the fort. He's one of the participants in the yearly re-enactment of the December 1774 raid on the then-named Fort William and Mary by the colonists. From inside the old fort walls, we took some pictures of the Portsmouth Harbor Light, which is the only lighthouse on the New Hampshire mainland.

On our way back through Portsmouth, we stopped at Prescott Park to check out the progress of their flower gardens. Every spring, the gardeners create a beautiful landscape. We love stopping there throughout the summer as the flowers fill out, sometimes just to walk through, and other times to take close-up shots of the blossoms.

We ended our morning with coffee and hot chocolate, before meeting a friend for lunch and a visit to our favorite wine and cheese shop in Portsmouth. What a great way to spend a New Hampshire Sunday!