Year: 2011
Ed ready
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Having Fun at Art Haven
So Cute
These kids are pretty talented
They do great stuff
Making the
Ice sculpture
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Sista Felicia Bringing Some Bling To The Lobster Trap Tree
Should fetch some serious dough at the Buoy Auction- The Bedazzled and The Lady Gaga GMG Buoy. Yikes!
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Elf On The Shelf Submissions
Patti McCullough submits-
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Houseboat at Smith’s Cove
Houseboat docked at Smith’s Cove for the winter.
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Gingerbread Houses @ City Hall Photo Kathy Chapman
Gingerbread House judge Barbara Catalini of Gloucester’s Cakes by Barbara. http://www.cakesbybarbarac.com. Barbara has been a cake decorator and instructor for 25 years and has judged these competitions for several years. She says she is always amazed at the quality and creativity of work.
Pictured here is "Santa on the Roof" by Pamela Basso. She won first place in the 19+ (and never-made-a-Gingerbread-House-before) category.
Photo © Kathy Chapman 2011
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Congrats Judy Harris – Leaman Landscaping Christmas Tree Giveaway Winner!
We want to offer a big congratulations to the winner of the Christmas Tree Giveaway, Judy Harris! We would also like to thank Dan Leaman of Leaman Landscaping for giving away such a great prize this week.
There are still a lot of great looking trees for sale at his spot across from the Causeway Restaurant. We just picked ours out today!
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Kai Rich and His Buoy For The Lobster Trap Tree
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So cute at art haven
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Christmas….we got some learning to do here.
Christmas….we got some learning to do here.
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Live Blogging The Middle Street Walk
Ed Collard sends in photos from buoy painting and ice sculpting in front of Art Haven
Bill O’Connor Writes-
Decorating the Tree with Ed
Hi Joey,
B and I went to the Cape Ann Art Haven to paint buoys this afternoon, and I snapped this shot of Ed hanging buoys on the Lobster Trap Tree! There awas quite a crowd and everybody was having fun painting buoys and getting ready for the tree light tonight!
Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
The Tree Is Lit
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Moonrise behind Our Lady of Good Voyage
On my way to an appointment yesterday evening, I saw this amazing view. I turned my car around on Prospect St. and parked in order to snap this shot – and met another photographer who had done exactly the same thing at the same spot (we ended up parked one behind the other, and shooting from the same spot on the sidewalk…).
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Shopping Spree at Dawn
As the lunar eclipse began at dawn this morning there was also big time excitement up at the Market Basket at Gloucester Crossing. Michelle Bjorgen, winner of the Open Door Pantry 3 minute shopping spree was at the starting line at 6:30 AM. Brad, Bradley and Tori Bjorgen cheered as the shopping cart was filled while Julie LaFontaine Director of the Open Door and store manager Glenn Connors officiated.
All in all it was a fun start to the day and as we all left the store the full moon found an opening in the clouds so we could view the last lunar eclipse of 2011. (Anyone get a photo?)
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Last Night in Rockport
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Careful Up On That Ladder Ziggy!
Ziggy wanted to make some minor adjustments to bulb placements apparently.
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Community Stuff Saturday Version
Joe, hope this finds you well! Just wanted to start by saying I am a big fan of GMG. Having grown up in Gloucester, its a great way to keep updated on whats going on back in my hometown. Wanted to introduce myself to you, my name is Jon Goodhue, spent most of my life in Gloucester until I moved to San Diego, CA at 23 to pursue my music career. Most of my family, including my mother, sister, and grandmother still reside on Church St.! I have many friends back east, most of them Fiesta freaks as I too walk the Friday Greasy Pole every year and carry the statue every Sunday.
I’m writing this letter to you in hopes that you can help me out. After 10+ years of playin music and trying to make a career out of it, I’m finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Over the past month I have had several sit down meetings with people who have stepped up the plate and support my music. I can get into it all another time, but it has all lead to me being in the process of recording a 5 song EP that will be produced by Traa Daniels, the bass player of the well-acclaimed rock band, P.O.D, who had such singles as "Alive", "Youth Of The Nation", and "Boom!". I’m very excited as we started pre-production for the disc on Saturday and there seemed to be a lot of chemistry.
Anywho, I hope this could be some fuel for you to do a write-up on GMG, as it may benefit you as well as myself as I look to create a stronger fanbase. Let me know what you think, I have links to my work below, thanks Joe, take care!
Jon Goodhue
Blue Shutters-
This is the season for giving, and over the past few weeks, friends of the Blue Shutters have been showing their holiday spirit.
This began in November, with our Taste of Latin America Open House in support of the work of Por Cristo, a group that helps the poorest of Ecuador with medicine, medical equipment and medical training. On November 20, the Blue Shutters became a shopping bazaar for the day, where guests could purchase jewelry, scarves, blankets and other items from Ecuador – with all proceeds going to support Por Cristo’s work. More than $2000 was raised in just a few hours, thanks to the generosity of those who joined us that day.
On December 3, the Blue Shutters held its annual tree-trimming event, and we offered special discounts to guests who brought a food item for Gloucester ’s Open Door food pantry. Here’s our tree, with a basket of some of the donations collected that day.
Donations came not only from guests, but also from friends, family and neighbors who stopped by for some holiday cheer. Here are just some of those who were with us that afternoon and evening.
For those who’d like to see the Blue Shutters decked out for the holidays, please feel free to stop in – the innkeepers will be on hand… along with our new “snow girl” mascot that all the guys seem to enjoy.
Happy Holidays
Tony, Patty, Ed and AnnMarie
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Info on The Second USS Gloucester From Bill Hubbard
Bill forwards this info-
USS Gloucester – PF-22
Following here shakedown cruise in June 1944 she was employed in training Frigate crews at Galveston, TX. On June 16 she was attached to Escort Division 38 and later ordered to the Alaskan Sea Frontier for transfer to Russia under Lend-Lease legislation.
Leased to the Soviets on Sept. 1945 and renamed EK-26 she served as a patrol vessel in the Far East. Gloucester was returned to the US at Yokosuka, Japan in Oct. 1949.
Recommissioned in US Navy 11 Oct.1950, she served patrol and anti-submarine duty during the invasions of Winson, Korea and saw combat there, destroying gun emplacements. On November, 1951 while engaging shore batteries off Kojo she took a direct hit which killed one and injured 11 of her crew. Following repairs in Japan, she returned to Korean waters and continued effective support of UN forces on shore. She was decommissioned in Japan 1 Oct.1953 and transferred to Japan in 1962 and served as Tsuge(PF-292). She was decommissioned on 31 March 1968 and returned to US custody the same time. Her fate is unknown
Note: from public domain, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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Partial Lunar Eclipse This Saturday Morning
Sunrise around 7:01AM on Saturday morning. Moonset just two minutes earlier at 6:59AM. That’s a full moon. But when the moon is setting the earth’s shadow will be creeping out onto the disk of the moon before it sets. Cool photo to shoot if you get in the right spot. Camp out at Capt Joe’s Dock over to Rocky Neck and the City Hall Tower will be battling with that setting moon. Get there early for that shot. Or over on Light House Beach in Annisquam all the way up to Halibut Point for a shot right on the water of this big moon setting.
Forecast is clear and cool. Go get that photo of the last lunar eclipse of 2011. As you take the photo, realize that people from Colorado to California are going to see a full lunar eclipse since the sun won’t set on them for a few more hours. But you gotta get out of the sack to see anything.
They were drinking from a fountain
That was pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
(name the band for extra credit.)
Good Morning Gloucester 