Peter Behrens's Blog, page 425
February 26, 2015
Horse People
Crow Agency Montana 2009 Peter Kayafas photograph
Stoney Indians Horseracing, Morley Alberta c. 1910, Elliot Barnes photograph
Dodge 100, Canopy Express, San Pancho
Thanks to Aidan O'Neill for this one. It's definitely in the spirit of those great Canopy Express trucks.
February 25, 2015
American Houses: Eastern Prom & Munjoy Hill, Portland Maine
An update on the vernacular three-deckah of Munjoy Hill. The second house might be on the Prom. And I'm not sure where the Hill ends and the Eastern Promenade begins. I usually figure, when the wind is sharp and cold enough, I'm on the Prom.
The State Car: Subaru Packing a Sled.
From the Bangor Police Department's Facebook page:"I am posting this photo tonight for those of you that are not lucky enough to live here in the greatest state in the nation.
Sure, you might have warmer weather, more snakes, tornados, insects and a higher crime rate but we defy you to challenge a Mainer in packing a car.
Ingenuity. True to the course and generally "wicked smaht", we also understand spatial issues like no one else. This photo was taken by a Mainer at a Walmart. Someone needed to get their snowmobile home and a Subaru wagon is truly the perfect conveyor of all things winter.
If the owner of this car can prove that it's their car and tell me a story of this adventure, I will supply them with a new or like new, Bangor Police Department Duck of Justice tee shirt. In Maine; free is considered better than cheap.
That makes this shirt a bargain at double the price.
Get a hold of ol' TC on messenger or give me a call at the office. I want to shake your hand because you my friend are a true Mainer. Share this. Like our page and let's find this adventurer.
. Please, if you are the packer of this car, clear up any wants or warrants prior to stopping by. I want to give you a shirt but I would rather you not wear it in a mug shot. We will be here!oto tonight for those of you that are not lucky enough to live here in the greatest state in the nation.
We will be here!"--BPD
And here's a link to a piece in Downeast Magazine about Maine's relationship with its Subaru herd.
1972 Dodge 100, San Pancho, Nayarit, Mexico
From Aidan O'Neill, Esq. in San Pancho, Nayarit, Mx. We like these trucks, and found one in Colorado Springs last year. There's another that lives in Marfa. And here's a wonderful Dodge 200, also in Marfa. 
February 24, 2015
Looking Up: Bath, Maine
In the depths of winter in Maine, but things are looking up. It was seven below zero (F) this morning on the drive to school; and we're due another snowfall tonight. The drifts are hard-packed and often six feet, or higher. I'm in Portland this morning, where neighborhood streets feel like tunnels. Howevah, Spring comes in, in less than four weeks from our frigid now. And Daylight Savings Time clocks in March 8. We steal back an evening hour, which counts for a lot here at the downeastern end of the time zone.A couple of day ago walking around the city of Bath with my Dutch amigo, the translator Guido Goluke, the light was there at 5pm. Which it wasn't, a few weeks ago. Maybe the only thing to do in frigid later February is ski or snowshoe when you can, and if you can't (bad knee) ignore the snowdrifts and peer up at some of the wonderful buildings on Main Street.
And those frocks in the shop window? They just fed some color to my snowbored eye.
February 23, 2015
1964 International Scout 80. Marfa, Texas
all photos ©David Branch 2015
1952 Oldsmobile Station Wagon
Thanks to Larry Nordell for sending me the gas station photographs
