Equestrian instructor Katherine Ludewig and Wrapper have a laugh Wednesday morning in the barn at Blazing Star Stables in Monmouth. She painted the lips of her horses different colors for campers to apply to an art canvas to create a unique piece of artwork. Between riding, learning and taking care of the animals, campers learn many other skills doing fun and unique activites with the animals that Ludewig has cobbled together from bartering, buying and cast off's.

Winter Drever gets an impression of Jazmine's lips on her painting she and others were making Wednesday morning during horsemanship camp at Blazing Star Stables in Monmouth. Each horse has their own color coordinated matching buckets, lead lines and halters. There is a picture of horse with their color and name above their stall for easy identification for the campers. It was just natural for instructor Katherind Ludewig to use that color paint for each horse to apply to the artwork the campers were creating.

Winged creatures of all kinds and colors feed and gather Thursday afternoon in the flower garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury.

Winged creatures of all kinds and colors feed and gather Thursday afternoon in the flower garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury.

Winged creatures of all kinds and colors feed and gather Thursday afternoon in the flower garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury.

Winged creatures of all kinds and colors feed and gather Thursday afternoon in the flower garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury.

Winged creatures of all kinds and colors were feeding and gather Thursday afternoon in the flower garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury, Maine.

Natalie Truman, from the Oxford Hills area, left jumps on her boogie board Thursday morning while on vacation in Roxbury, Maine with her family on July 21, 2022. Her father, Ian said they wanted to get in a swim before the predicted afternoon rains. Many flocked to First Beach on Roxbury Pond, also known as Ellis Pond and Silver Lake to cool off as a hot and humid haze hung in the sky as the temperature neared 90 degrees.

Lewiston police escort a woman across Howe Street Sunday afternoon in Lewiston where suspected shooting suspect was believed to be hiding just a few houses down from where a man was shot in the head.

Roger Gauthier hay's a field on June 20 across from his house on Penley Corner Road in Auburn.

A skateboarder does a kickflip Friday night while riding across the newly painted crosswalk on Oxford Street that leads to Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston.

Sierra Thomas, of Harpswell shows off a strawberry she just picked Monday morning as her nephew, Landon Harris, from Gardiner, reaches around to drop one he picked into her container at Chipman Farm U-pick Strawberries in Minot that opened for the season Monday morninng.

An aerial view Wednesday afternoon of the Kennedy Park Pool in Lewiston that has been closed for the past two years.

Brooklynn Turner, of Lewiston, plays in the water Wed. afternoon in the splash pad at Kennedy Park in Lewiston. The pool opened for the season Wednesday after being closed for the past two years.

Muno Ali applies henna Saturday at the former James B. Longley Elementary School in Lewiston where she was volunteering during Community Give Back Day. Hundreds of people turned out for the event sponsored by New Mainers Public Health Initiative in Partnership with Power Health Tour. The free community event featuresd local and national exhibitors, giveaways, health and wellness information,kids activities, senior resources, fresh fruits and vegetables, community resources, and pizza.

Street Styles instructors Nneka Onyima, front left and Ama Law, back left, are reflected in a mirror Friday morning at the Plavin Dance Studio in Merrill Gymnasium on the campus of Bates College in Lewiston. They were leading a Street Styles class for dancers 14-18 years old taking part in the Young Dancers Workshop at the Bates Dance Festival.

Hamza Mohsin, foreground, uses his hands to paint a flag of one of many nations within the community Wednesday afternoon at the corner of Bartlett and Birch Streets in Lewiston. The unique mural is part of a project called "CITY OF US" spearheaded by Lewiston teacher, Eamon White with a grant from the city of Lewiston's public art projects.

When Hannah Thompson, background came across a spider, she didn't dare put her hand on the wall until Ezra Veit came to the rescue and dispatched it.

Competitors in Youth Showmanship competition Friday morning patiently wait their turn to compete at the Waterford World's Fair.

An aerial view of Don Roux Field shows a packed stadium during Saturday's Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic played at Lewiston High School.

Participants take off at the start of the children's Fun Run Sunday morning at Edward Little High School in Auburn prior to the start of the annual Emily's Run, the second race in the Greater L-A Triple Crown 5K Series. The race is named in honor of Emily Fletcher, a standout Runner for EL who tragically died in a car crash in 2004. Proceeds from the race fund two college scholarships in her name as well as donations to the Auburn Public Library, The Auburn Nordic Ski Asssociation, the Stanton Bird Club and the Androscoggin Land Trust.