In photos: Looking back as summer draws to a close

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Photo by Gregory Rec

A seal checks on a passing visitor while perched on a rock off the coast of East Blue Hill on Sept. 14.

Photo by Brianna Soukup

Fairgoers enjoy a warm afternoon at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 2.

Photo by Ben McCanna

Merita McKenzie of Portland cuts a dahlia in her plot at North Street Community Garden on Sept. 15. McKenzie, who has been gardening at this spot for about 15 years, said she was concerned the oncoming storm Lee might damage her crops, particularly the dahlias.

Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette

Anja, 4, and Aleksandar Katanic of Portland wade into the water at Pine Point in Scarborough just before sunset on Sept. 21.

Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette

Jacob Johnson of Saco paddleboards with his dog, Murphy, shortly after sunset at Pine Point in Scarborough on Sept. 21.

Photo by Brianna Soukup

Finn Hester, 6, climbs a tree outside of his house in Monson on the last day of summer, Sept. 22.

Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette

Visitors navigate the jetty at Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse as a sailboat navigates Portland Harbor on Sept. 27.

Photo by Gregory Rec

A lobster boat motors through Somes Sound, seen from a ledge on Acadia Mountain, on Sept. 12.

Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette

Children have the place to themselves as they sprint up the beach at low tide in Old Orchard Beach on Sept. 11.

Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette

Grace Relihan of Pownal walks with her cat, Sole, on the Spring Point Shoreway Trail at Fort Preble in South Portland on Sept. 27.

Photo by Gregory Rec

Hikers make their way up the Maple Spring Trail past a flowing cascade in Acadia National Park on Sept. 13.

Photo by Ben McCanna

A strong gust catches 7-year-old Syra Weidemann’s hair as she runs along the shore of Fort Williams Park. Her father, Matthew Weidemann, said he took the family to the park to see the waves generated by the storm Lee.

Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette

A minke whale surfaces off the coast of Eastport.

Photo by Brianna Soukup

End-of-season flowers are for sale from The Borrowed Flower Farm on State Road in West Bath on Sept. 19.

Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette

A sailboat passes Spring Point Ledge lighthouse Sept. 27 in South Portland.

Photo by Derek Davis

Fiona Mokry of South Portland surfs as large waves roll into Higgins Beach on Sept. 17.

Photo by Ben McCanna

Andrew Williams of Brunswick catches his 1-year-old son, Leo, after a brief toss on the East End Trail on Sept. 21.

Photo by Gregory Rec

Michael Bonica of Wells walks along the jetty next to Drakes Island Beach in Wells on Sept. 26.

Photo by Brianna Soukup

The sun is close to setting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 19, as a teenager riding her bike waits for the light to change in South Portland.

Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette

Elizabeth reads a book as Denis Noel of Quebec, Canada, looks out into the ocean Sept. 21 in Old Orchard Beach.

Photo by Gregory Rec

A cormorant airs out its wings from atop a rock off the coast of East Blue Hill in mid-September.

Photo by Ben McCanna

Pigeons take flight from Congress Square Park in Portland on Sept.29 as a pedestrian approaches.

Photo by Brianna Soukup

People mill around the back side of the cattle barn during a 4-H show at the Fryeburg Fair.

Photo by Derek Davis

Linnea Thompson, 5, of Portland balances a Cortland apple on her head while visiting Hansel Orchards with her family on Maine Apple Day.

Photo by Ben McCanna

Wildfire smoke obscures the sun as Larry Pellettier of East Granby, Connecticut, leaps over a tidal stream on Pine Point Beach in Scarborough.

Photo by Ben McCanna

Jackie and David Talbot of Dallas, Texas, take in the sunset from Fort Sumner Park on Sept. 27 while holding their infant son, Dylan. The family was in Maine to celebrate the couple’s fifth wedding anniversary and to see fall colors.