These can be found at The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center Gift Shop
Seafood Lollypops At GMHC, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Seafood Lollypops At GMHC
Month: April 2009
Lois Hertzler Presents Her Work At Local Colors
Lois does some fantastic macro photography and her work would compliment any shore side home. You can see her stuff at Local Colors on Main Street.
Lois Hertzler Presents Her Work At Local Colors, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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The Silent Seed relocates to Lanesville
Greetings Friends of The Silent Seed!
You may remember that I recently relocated my business from Magnolia to the blue church on Route 127, in Lanesville. I am proud to announce the grand opening of The Silent Seed at this new, fantastic location! The “new” store is much bigger and better. Over 3,500 square feet of lush tropical rainforest, vegetables, herbs, water gardens, and perennials await your viewing and purchasing pleasure! I welcome you all to come and visit.
New hours of operation: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday,12:00 to 8 pm.
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, by appointment.
Current payment options include Cash, Check, or Paypal.
For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Jude Platteborze. I own The Silent Seed, an exotic plant store. My goal is to help you discover the joy, beauty, peace, and healing that plants offer. Plants really do make a huge difference in our living spaces and surround-ings. I have a unique, extensive collection of rare and exotic plants both inside and out. As always, special orders are welcome in the event that the plant does not yet live at The Silent Seed.
NEW ARRIVALS
There is an extensive inventory of rare and unusual evergreen trees and bushes for that special location in your yard, or for any other place on your outdoor property. Thank you to Olio Gardens for making this possible!
I have continued my connection with a supplier and grower of rare Clivias in China, and have some outstanding specimens to share.
I came across a fantastic opportunity to acquire some truly unique Desert Roses. These are a rare succulent from Africa, and form weird, unique “fattened” trunks, with beautiful pink and white flowers most of the year.
Angel Trumpet Trees (Brugmansia) are enjoying the store-length windows, and are becoming lush. These would be a great addition to an empty sunny space in your house, or outside during the warmer months. These have fantastic, huge, intensely fragrant flowers of many different colors.
Keep checking for the arrival of WATER PLANTS! Some of us have ponds, and the time is very close, to get plants for them.
WHAT’S BLOOMING
The Desert Roses, and the Hellebores, are especially floriferous this year, and look beautiful! Hellebores are a very hardy perennial plant that does well in part shade, full shade, or indirect sun. In full bloom now. Don’t miss out on this rare one!
THE NURSERY
Here are some examples of the new seedlings that are ready to go, but there are hundreds not listed.
Golden Rain Tree
Hardy Orange – These really are hardy!
Flying Dragon Hardy Orange – rare contorted version of the above!
Japanese Pagoda Tree
Chinese Parasol Tree
Leek
Morning Glories – many types and colors
Squashes
Pumpkins
Peppers – sweet and hot
Assorted flowering annuals
Marigolds
African Aloe – direct from South Africa
You may remember my newsletter describing Amorphophallus konjac. These rare, unique, easy-care bulbs are about to start growing again, and yes, some are even old enough to bloom this year, or next. Don’t miss out on this rare opportunity!
THINKING GREEN
The Silent Seed is an all-natural, green business. I believe in a non-invasive, non-chemical approach to growing plants. I use absolutely no chemicals, fertilizers, or sprays of any sort. What they do receive is plenty of water, care, and love. You will see that they flourish and thrive with this approach.
The Silent Seed, where there is a plant for everybody!
Thank you very much for reading this newsletter. I hope you enjoyed it and I look forward to seeing you soon!
Best Wishes,
Jude
Jude Platteborze, Owner
The Silent Seed
984 Washington St.
Lanesville, MA 01930
www.thesilentseed.com
santoury@aol.com
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Nancy Goodman Represents!
Have you stopped down for a GMG Gloucester sticker?
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Cape Ann Copper Works
Cape Ann Copper Works, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
There are many copper fish for sale at the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center.
Readers from the past may remember my feelings about the fish that people buy to display in their local home.
If you have an attachment to tropical fish or have sentimental feelings about a place you visited far away with exotic or tropical fish then that would be a reason to buy and display one. But if you are buying fish art for your Northeast home, thinking that any fish is local , please do just a tiny bit of research and discover what fish are caught around these waters- like cod, haddock, tuna, stripers and such.
I find it funny when folks put up a huge mahi mahi on their wall thinking they are decorating with a North East theme.
The fish in the picture is tagged as a haddock but from the spots on it I’d say it looks more like a codfish.
It is the work of Dana and Jeremy Hatch from Cape Ann Copper Works. Their workshop is just around the corner at 34 Mt Pleasant Ave in East Gloucester.
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Tony Testaverde
This weekend at the GGAPIII I will be presenting a video of a conversation that I had with Karen McCormack about her dad, Tony Testaverde. This photo is the last time he carried the statue of St. Peter (in 2007) and as Karen says, he’d still be carrying it now except his doctor said no! He’ll be home this week from Arizona kicking up his heels as usual!
Here is a video clip done by the Times about Tony right before he carried it for the 65th year. —Sharon
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The Farm Bar And Grill First Look Video
First Video Peek Inside The Farm Bar and Grille-
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The Farm Bar & Grille
Look for the first part of the video interview with Noah, one of the three owners this morning at 8:00AM
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The Farm Bar and Grille Ribs Essex, Ma
Look for video from The Farm Bar and Grille tomorrow morning
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Pete Mondello Hard At Work While Katherine Richmond Paints The Handline Dory At Geno’s Dory Shop
Here we see Pete cozied up to the wood stove while Katherine applies another coat to the inside of the Handline Dory which will be raffled off to support the International Dory Races.
Pete Mondello Hard At Work While Katherine Richmond Paints The Handline Dory At Geno’s Dory Shop, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Gloucester Pride Stride
The 22nd Annual Gloucester Pride Stride Walk will be held on Sunday, April 26, 2009 at Stage Fort Park. We look forward to your participation on behalf of your favorite Cape Ann Non-Profit. If you are unable to join us on the 26th, you can still collect pledges for your Cape Ann Non-Profit and mail them to us, or a donation may be made to the Gloucester Pride Stride Committee to help defray the costs of the annual walk. Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
ICE (In Case of Emergency)
I C E Â – IN CASE OF EMERGENCYÂ
Apparently this is a standard procedure all paramedics follow at the scene of an accident when they come across your cell phone.
 ICE – “In Case of Emergency”
We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends.
If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken  ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn’t know who to call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case of an emergency? Hence this “ICE” (In Case of Emergency) Campaign
The concept of “ICE” is catching on quickly. It is a method of contact during emergency situations. As cell (mobile) phones are carried by the majority of the population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person or persons who should be contacted during emergency under the name “ICE” ( In Case Of Emergency).
The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn’t know which number to call. He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose.
In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and hosp ital Staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialing the number yo u have stored as “IC E.” For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and
ICE3 etc. A great idea that will make a difference!
Let’s spread the concept of ICE by storing an ICE
number in our Mobile phones today! Please forward this. It won’t take too many “forwards” before everybody will know about this. It really could save your life, or put a loved one’s mind at rest. ICE will speak for you when you are not able to.
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Sebastians Cheese Pizza
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Downtown Construction Update 4/20/09
Here’s the latest installment of teh construction project taking place Downtown at the site of the formers Gray’s Hardware building. For the slideshow of the progress to date click this text
It looks like the foundation has been poured and now some holes have been dug to pour footings for supports in the middle of the building.
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Where Zat? #20
Whoops! I totally forgot that yesterday was Where Zat day! Sorry about that!
Here’s this week’s secret location. Have fun and good luck!
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New GMG Feature- Gloucester Concierge
I put up a new tab in the header of the page titled Gloucester Concierge. If you have a Gloucester related question, click on the tab titled Gloucester Concierge and leave your question as a comment. When we see it we will try to answer your question ASAP.
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Red Baron Lobster Boat Model At GMHC Gift Shop
Here’s another comparison of The Red Baron lobster boat model and Mark Ring’s lobster boat The Stanley Thomas. Note the same windows in the trunk cabin. Note the same color scheme. Note the same hand rails along the roof. Mark Ring has since taken the windows out of the trunk cabin in The Stanley Thomas (the photo was taken in 2002).
Red Baron Lobster Boat Model At GMHC Gift Shop, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Beautiful Industry
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Fun With Derby Hats At Seasons On Main
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