My View of Life on the Dock
Cynthia writes-
Thanks to Joey……
Love it, still haven’t a clue but will have fun learning…
Please see attached – shooting directly into the sun shows the curvature of the earth! How cool is that? Great of David as well!!!
Yeah I know it was on panoramic…couldn’t get rid of it!
Thank you so much.
xoxoxo~Cynthia
click the photos for larger versions
Here’s the camera I recommended for her-
The price has come down some. I paid $359 for mine two months ago.
Here’s my recommended camera list-
Bill O’Connor writes-
Hey Joey,
I started this topic on Twitter, but I thought it would be fun to include your audience in the discussion. This isn’t about trying to get something to trend on Twitter – its more about creating an exclusive Twitter channel for Gloucester, MA. I just ran into a similar situation with Salem this month. There’s all kinds of Salems out there but only one Salem, MA. Going to #SalemMa to find info on their busiest month (Salem = Halloween) is much easier than visiting #Salem #MA.
I noticed that #Gloucester on Twitter is totally cluttered with other Gloucesters – mainly Gloucester, England & Gloucester, New Jersey. It’s enough to make someone have to dig for info on Gloucester MA, and not very user friendly.
I then checked #GloucesterMa and noticed that @GDTnews started it and think it’s a great idea. It fine tunes the aggregation of our collective data and makes finding Gloucester Mass info on Twitter so much easier. If we follow a pattern of posting to #GloucesterMa, we can collectively Tweet occasionally on #Gloucester #MA something like – ‘Looking for info on #Gloucester #MA? Try #GloucesterMa!’
I’m with @GDTnews on this and my vote is for #GloucesterMa in all Gloucester-centric tweeting!
Thanks,
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid, @kidns
Joey writes in response-
Well it’s a great topic Bill brings up and I should just state that there shouldn’t even be a debate. The official Gloucester MA hashtag for twitter should be #GloucesterMA and not two separate #Gloucester #Ma. The answers should be plain as day when you click on those respective hashtags on twitter.
When you click on #Ma you’re going to get anything and everything that anyone has used for the #Ma including everything in Massachusettes as well as a bunch of mother tweets. That alone defeats the purpose of the hashtag which is intended to drill down your results. On top of that with #Gloucester #Ma you use 15 characters as opposed to 13 characters with #GloucesterMa Those two characters are valuable real estate in a 160 character max tweet.
To make it more clear-
Click here for twitter search results for #Gloucester and then here for #Ma and take note of what it returns (you don’t need to have a twitter account to do this)
as opposed to the far better option-click the link- #GloucesterMa
That should make things crystal clear as to the far superior option.
Thanks Bill @kidns and @GDTnews for bringing it to our attention. No need for a poll, this is case closed, from now on I’ll be using #GloucesterMa unless of course I need those last two characters in which case the Ma gets the ax.
Oh and BTW, you can follow your boy Joey here- @Joey_C
Ch. 12
Monday, October 31, 2011
8:00pm Gloucester City Councilor Ward 2 and Ward 3
Debate presented by the LWV of Cape Ann
9:00pm Gloucester City Councilor-at-Large Debate
presented by the LWV of Cape Ann
10:30pm Cape Ann TV Gloucester Candidates Forum
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
12:00am Gloucester City Councilor Ward 2 and Ward 3
Debate presented by the LWV of Cape Ann
1:00am Gloucester City Councilor-at-Large Debate
presented by the LWV of Cape Ann
2:30am Cape Ann TV Gloucester Candidates Forum
10:30pm Cape Ann TV Gloucester Candidates Forum
Thurs., Nov. 3, 2011
9:00am Gloucester City Councilor Ward 2 and Ward 3
Debate presented by the LWV of Cape Ann
10:00am Gloucester City Councilor-at-Large Debate
presented by the LWV of Cape Ann
12:00pm Gloucester Ward 3 Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times
1:30pm Gloucester Ward 2 Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times
3:00pm Gloucester Councilor at Large Debate
presented by the Gloucester Daily Times
4:30pm Gloucester’s Mayor Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times
Friday, Nov. 5, 2011
8:00pm Cape Ann TV Gloucester Candidates Forum
Saturday, Nov. 6 , 2011
12:00am Gloucester’s Mayor Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times
1:30am Gloucester Ward 2 Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times
3:00pm Gloucester Councilor at Large Debate
presented by the Gloucester Daily Times
4:30pm Gloucester Ward 3 Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times
8:00am Gloucester Ward 2 Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times
9:30am Gloucester’s Mayor Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times
11:00am Gloucester Ward 3 Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times
4:00pm Gloucester Councilor at Large Debate
presented by the Gloucester Daily Times
6:30pm Gloucester’s Mayor Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times
8:00pm Gloucester City Councilor-at-Large Debate
presented by the LWV of Cape Ann
9:30pm Gloucester City Councilor Ward 2 and Ward 3
Debate presented by the LWV of Cape Ann
10:30pm Cape Ann TV Gloucester Candidates Forum
Sunday, Nov. 7, 2011
12:00am Gloucester City Councilor Ward 2 and Ward 3
Debate presented by the LWV of Cape Ann
1:00am Gloucester City Councilor-at-Large Debate
presented by the LWV of Cape Ann
2:30am Cape Ann TV Gloucester Candidates Forum
Ch. 67
Friday, Nov. 5, 2011
6:30pm Gloucester Councilor at Large Debate presented by the Gloucester Daily Times
8:00pm Gloucester’s Mayor Debate presented by the Gloucester Daily Times
9:30pm Gloucester Ward 2 Debate presented by the Gloucester Daily Times
11:00pm Gloucester Ward 3 Debate presented by the Gloucester Daily Times
In The Heart of Downtown
Even in the heart of downtown we can find
a place of serenity, where the mind can be cleared
and the spirit renewed.
Even in the heart of downtown, the sun finds a place
between two trees, bringing light and warmth
to body and soul.
Even in the heart of downtown we can discover a
placid place within ourselves and understand that
a greater peace will come only after we visit
that private sanctuary.
Even in the heart of downtown we can pause and re-tune
to the rhythm of our breath and the melody of internal silence,
aware of, but not concerned with, the barking dog
just a few feet away.
Marty Luster
Love this photo of the kids watching their dad carving the pumpkins and Avery what a little doll
Joey,
Yesterday I was at the Gloucester Marine Railway with my niece and her husband so they could re-visit the Adventure, where they had gotten married 25 years ago by Capt. Jim Sharp in Camden. Joanne Souza, Director of Adventure.org was nice enough to give us a personal tour. We were pleased that the Roseway was also there, because the Roseway was a 2nd boat used for their wedding guests. We were lucky in that the Roseway was just leaving the dock and motoring out the harbor. I got some shots of that. Also, I met a Capt. Tom (I didn’t catch his last name, but he said he had once captained the Highland Sea (aka the Pilot.)) He said I had to take a once-in-a-lifetime photo of 3 ships built by the same shipyard (Tarr and James) in about the same year (1926), all in one frame. So, I did catch a photo of the Roseway as she went past the Highland Sea and the Adventure.
I also took a few photos of a carriage and some screws at the GMR. You probably have enough of those, but, in case you don’t. I just uploaded the 15 photos to my Flickr account – Bob C8. It’s a new set titled “Adventure Anniversary”. They’re set to public viewing. Feel free to post on GMG. In the set they’re in the right order.
It was sprinkling for a time yesterday when I took the photos, so I caught the authenticity of raindrops on my lens cover (or, I forgot to wipe the lens.)
Thanks, Bob Cullen (aka Jenn’s father)
click the picture below to see the slideshow from Bob Cullen
Below deck of The Schooner Adventure
Ann Kennedy writes-
Best things to do in Gloucester on a rainy day to avoid packing:
Yesterday Joey doesn’t tell me it’s his birthday (like I would be able to spank him 24 times) but he does tell me he has a hankering for lobster diavolo. Once described I grab some lobsters and head back to the homestead. I figured if I said “honey, I’m making lobster diavolo”, I could chop up the lobsters but by the time I get to throwing them in the dutch oven someone would take charge. But it was all, “that’s great I’ll just have a glass of red wine and not even watch.”
Yikes, I gotta do it all by myself? A search of GMG and I have the recipe. Basil, parsley and the hot dried red peppers out of the garden. If I do say so myself, it came out pretty tasty.
Click the photo for more photos of a wave an hour ago, a grabbo dike pointing right at the North Tower on Thacher, Shalin Lui in the background, and Rockport harbormasters Scott and Rosemary coming back from an emergency run off Halibut Point. Rubber Duck stayed home.
While taking some photos of the Burnham House a bank of clouds came up from behind me and proceeded over the house and within a few minutes they completely evaporated while heading out to sea.
–Len Burgess
Alice Gardner Writes-
Hi Joey,
While getting a cup of coffee at Pleasant Street Tea Company this morning I had the pleasure of saying hello to you and proposing a painter and photographer group idea that I had been thinking about for some time. You mentioned that several people had talked to you about the same idea. We discussed that the group might meet once a month somewhere in Gloucester and that we could get to know other painters and photographers, share ideas and our work and ,of course ,have a great time. You asked that I become the "point person" and have painters and photographers who might be interested email me and then we would work it out from there. My email address is alicegardner @comcast.net and my cell phone number is 978-927-5199 and home number is 978-927-5199.
I work with watercolor , gouache and ink to create paintings of scenes and happenings around Cape Ann as well as run a "house portrait" business. My studio is at 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester.
Any painter or photographer in the area who is interested, please email me and also include your phone number. I will be in touch with Joey and then notify you when and where the first meeting will be held.
Thanks Joey!
Alice Gardner
Classic example of how the www.gloucesterwebcam.com project can let you know what’s up when you’re away or in bed.
Island Art and Hobby Facebook page here
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