Sadie Hartford hands her mother, Susie Wilding-Hartford, a handful of strawberries Monday while picking at Seaman’s Berry Farm in Litchfield.

Children take a plunge into the Calumet Playground pool Wednesday in Augusta on the second day of its summer opening. All three public pools in Augusta are scheduled to open this week and offer swimming between Tuesday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., according to lifeguards.

Farrier Ann Melville, of Durham, preps a thoroughbred for a new shoe Tuesday in the barn at Pleasant View Farm in Sidney.

Micah Moore of Rhode Island paints the hull of his family’s aluminum boat Sunday outside their summer home on Mill Pond in Wayne.

Ned Reade, of Arlington, Vt., inspects a watercolor he painted Monday on Water Street in Hallowell.

Brian Ackley, of Topsham, drags a life-size mannequin through a parking garage in Augusta on Tuesday during a physical agility test for prospective Augusta firefighters.

Nick Crocker, 16, left, Dylan Young, 13, and T.J. Ladd, 20, walk to their Augusta homes in the rain Tuesday after a fishing trip to the banks of the Kennebec River. The trio casts lines almost every day “except for thunder and lightning,” Ladd said.

Chris Clark, 15, of Gardiner, wipes down a window Thursday at the Hallowell Antique Mall. Clark said he was cleaning the entire building ahead of an estate sale at the business.