Still weeks to ice-out in upcountry lakes.
Tides flow hard between the mainland and islands.
Out in the Thorofare, two fish- boats, blurred in thin rain, march back and forth like small boys' small toys. Off Stump Cove, a red boat and yellow boat slowly wallow, dragging the bottom for scallops. Across old tides, Deer Isle and Little Deer loom tall as spruce, dark as deer in their winter coats.