Elliviah Wilcox of Norway swings upside down Aug. 7 on the enormous swing in the woods at FUDAfest. The three-day music festival is in its 30th year. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

A cabbage white butterfly uses its long tongue to drink nectar Aug. 2 from a prairie onion at the Adopt-A-Spot garden on Mill Street in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Zach Chaisson holds the button to dispense mist Aug. 4 for his son, Angus, to run through at Jude’s Place at Marcotte Park in Lewiston. His wife, Kasey, and daughter, Quinnly, giggle as the wind carries mist their way. The family lives in Auburn but is moving to Lewiston, and has discovered the park, which it plans to visit often. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Students in the Advanced Rec class watch instructor Capella Russo demonstrate a leap Aug. 5 at Andy Valley Gymnastics in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Jeff Cole reacts as his putt comes up short on the 18th hole Aug. 5 during the Maine State Golf Association’s Match Play Invitational championship at Fox Ridge Golf Club in Auburn. Cole would have forced a playoff had he made the birdie putt. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Jade Haylock tees off Aug. 4 during the Maine Junior Championship at Fairlawn Golf & Country Club in Poland. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Cody Merrill, 15, and his father, Justin Merrill, left, remove the front subframe Aug. 2 from Cody’s Pontiac Grand Am race car in Lisbon. The Lisbon High School junior started racing this year at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, with much help from his father, mother, Kasie Kolbe, and stepfather, Peter Kolbe. Cody Merrill rolled his car four times and landed upside down during a Friday night Oxford Acceleration Series race. “I have some work to do,” he says. Justin Merrill, 39, says he raced until he had two children. “Not anymore. Don’t have the time,” he says, although he still has a hand in fixing race cars. “Been working on cars since I was 14,” he says. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Pulp Fricton performs July 31 on the main stage at FUDAfest in Norway. The homegrown music festival, in its 30th year, features musicians with a variety of styles. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Don Zlamany of Orona and Julia Perry of Bangor cuddle July 31 in their tent during the 30th annual FUDAfest in Norway. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

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