Jim Norton steam cleans a 1955 John Deere tractor Monday he’s rebuilding at his Farmingdale farm.

Susan Morin arranges flowers Sunday outside the greenhouses at her family’s Readfield farm.

Mount Vernon firefighters John Dearborn, right, Doug Stevens and Dana Dunn hang an American flag Sunday while other volunteers flip racks of chicken barbecuing in scorching heat for the department’s annual chicken barbecue in the center of the village.

Jason Silver, of Gardiner, casts a line Monday into the Kennebec River in Gardiner. Despite high water from recent rain, several anglers fished for striped bass from the banks of the river, which was permitted beginning July 1.

Tracey Holloway weeds her garden Monday near his Readfield home, during a brief respite from rain.

Gordon Libby, right, of Jefferson, guides his team of Belgians Sunday at the annual spring pull of the Maine Draft Horse and Ox Association, hosted at the Windsor Fairgrounds.

Tyler Hanna inspects a freshly hatched snapping turtle Sunday that he caught with his father, Clint, near their home on Belgrade Stream in Belgrade.

Desiree Johns, left, of Sabattus, and Brandon Bouchard, of Greene, swim in Cobbossee Stream on Monday in Litchfield.

Beekeeper Tom Bachelder adjusts his hood Monday while checking hives in a meadow in Litchfield.