In honor of the acquisition of AirTran by Southwest and it seems general excitement amongst Portlanders about Southwest coming to the Portland JetPort.

The jet in this picture’s actually over the Casco Bay Bridge, but at this point everyone looking at this blog is sick of the Casco Bay Bridge, right?

This trestle leads up to the swing bridge, currently unused, spanning Back Cove’s opening into Casco Bay and connecting Portland’s East End with East Deering.

In the afternoon people fish from the trestle.

I saw a pair of concrete lions on Stevens Ave. during the walk home Wednesday. They reminded me of the lions on the Chain Bridge in Budapest.

Here’s a shot, a couple of feet back, of the second of the two. They’re maybe ten inches tall. I like the touch though!