[Journal entry for August 24, 2010] Harpswell, Maine. Today is mostly sunny, a pleasant change from yesterday's grey skies. I walk down from the Auburn Colony, where I have been staying, to Ash Cove. The tide is low and two people are digging for clams in the mud. I walk carefully along the shore, stepping between mats of seaweed so as to avoid getting my feet too muddy. I spot a Snowy Egret and some sadpipers, standing in the shallows. The seaweed is lit up nicely in the sun. About half an hour.