My View of Life on the Dock
Just came back from a motorcycle road trip to Chincoteague, VA. Chincoteague is home to Misty the Pony, Assateague Wildlife Refuge, fresh oysters and blue crabs! Long ride, but a fun trip! More posts from the trip to come.
This is a video of us going over the causeway to Chincoteague Island (warning could cause motion sickness).
Video of Main Street Chincoteague Island
Good Morning Joey,
Joey,
Attached is my recent painting of another Dahlmer boat. The Margaret D. was
launched in Dunkirk, NY and brought to Gloucester in 1910. She was owned by my
Grandfather, Capt. John A. Dahlmer and christened by my mother, then 9yr.old Margaret
Dahlmer. The Dahlmers lived on Rocky Neck then and later moved to Hovey Stree.
The Margaret D fished mostly as a gillnetter and later as a western-rigged
dragger. My painting shows her returning from gillnetting, rounding Eastern
Point and about to pass Dog Bar Breakwater into the harbor.
She went ashore in fog on Salt Island in 1914 and was a total loss. Grandfather
never began a trip on Good Friday or Friday 13th.
Bill Hubbard
www.indianriverartistsstudio.com
Marine Art & Therese’s Sketches
PET ADOPT-A-THON 2010
Looking to adopt a dog or cat? Then don’t miss Cape Ann Animal Aid’s Adopt-a-thon!
Cape Ann Animal Aid is joining thousands of other animal welfare organizations throughout the nation for Pet Adopt-a-thon 2011 on Saturday April 30th and Sunday, May 1st.
In honor of the event, Cape Ann Animal Aid will have extended hours on Saturday, from 11am to 7pm, and Sunday, from 12pm to 6pm. There will be plenty of dog, cats, puppies, and kittens looking for a forever home! Goodie-bags full of toys, coupons, and other animal related goods will be given out with each adoption (Donated by local pet businesses). Some local restaurants will be giving discount for adopters on the day of adoption. We will also be reducing our adoption fees on adult cats and adult dogs.
This annual worldwide event, founded by North Shore Animal League America, was organized to make lifelong friends by matching adorable homeless pets with loving people.
Adoptions will be completed on a first come, first serve basis and the normal adoption policies remain the same during the event. Please visit www.CapeAnnAnimalAid.com or call 978-283-6055 for more information about Adopt-a-thon 2011 or CAAA adoption requirements.
Hello Joey,
Could you post this reminder for our seminar series?
Please join us for the second to last seminar in our 2011 LPRC Fish and Fisheries Seminar Series. We are very excited this week to welcome one of our UMass Amherst colleagues; Dr. Francis Juanes will be speaking about "Feeding Ecology of Piscivorous ("Fish-eating") Fishes: Does Size Matter?" The talk will be held Thursday at 7pm at the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center.
Thank you for your support and we hope to see you there!
Emily Chandler-Large Pelagics Research Center
Dave says,
This time around, we feature our main man from Ipswich: the one and only ORVILLE GIDDINGS. We’re forcing him to change out of his overalls and put down that rake. This cat has a smile that makes Chernobyl look like a busted light bulb. Singer, dancer, vogelizer, and celebrity landscaper, too. It’s always a raised pleasure dot every time he joins us.
Fooling around behind all this will be that highly polished hood ornament: Mr. Steevie Chaggaris, on the eggbeaters and other symbols. Stee-vee has just spent a harrowing nite in the Rockport cooler after getting stopped for refusing to wear a Greek fishing hat.
Of course, Greg Tee and myself will be there, too, to round everything off to the nearest eighth note. Don’t forget…it’s steak nite too, so if you’ve got a hankerin’ for some beefsnake, this is the place to be. and again, thank you all for your continued support.
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at (978) 283-9732 today!
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Gloucester, MA 01930
You know, you think I could get someone to occasionally drop down the dock with some goodies like this? Surely someone would like to come and chill with their boy Joey over such delectable scones. 
Sunset on Cripple Cove
Ketchopulos Market, Rockport, 1931 Alice M. Curtis/ ©Bodin Historic Photo
Peter Webber Writes-
Hi Joey. Attached is a photo taken last week by Frank Hassler of Rockport. These daffodil bulbs were planted abundantly last fall at numerous high visibility sites throughout the town by the Rockport Garden Club, and are now reaching full bloom everywhere.
Everyone should wish our boy Paul Morrison well after he went in for nose surgery yesterday. Let’s hope they don’t make his nose like Victoria Beckham’s pencil thin nose. We might not recognize him without his distinguishing honker.
IT’S BRAVE, IT’S PROUD, IT’S DEFIANT. IT’S THE
AMERICAN EGULL
Erik Dombrowski writes-
Ladies and Gentlemen:
With the introduction of our new race boats on Friday, May 13th (6 PM at the Heritage Center …mark your calendar) the dory committee will be auctioning off the old practice boat that is in the water at the town landing. We do not have the space or the desire to maintain 9 or 10 boats, so we are going to sell the best old boat to the highest bidder in a closed bid via email. The winner of the bidding will be announced at the sign-ups for eliminations on Friday June 3rd (6 PM at the town landing) so please submit your bid soon simply by replying to this email if you intend to purchase this dory. Geno Mondello has opened the bidding at $500.00.
edombrowski@verizon.net
Good luck!
IDRC Board of Directors
That the Celtic session at Alchemy is an open jam session of Celtic musicians? I assumed they were a group, but during Saturday brunch at Alchemy, the musicians performing such lively and beautiful music are jamming. Emerald Rae and Bob Jennings often perform together, along with Sean Connor who was missing today, and was replaced by Flynn Cohen, who normally plays the bluegrass session during Sunday brunch. They are great musicians, just look at the blur of Emerald and Bob’s hands as they play the guitar and violin. I got to sign some books and meet some new people, including Phil and Lynne who love reading Good Morning Gloucester and going to Alchemy. Phil it turns out is also a parking angel (bet you never knew there was a parking angel). He walks down the street with a pocket full of quarters and pops them into meters that are expired to save people from getting tickets. So there are probably a bunch of GMG readers out there who do not have a ticket to pay thanks to Phil. Just another example of how great Cape Ann people are.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
That through the pure outflow of Universal energy, EJ has just secured a gallery space on Rocky Neck at 77 Rocky Neck, G3? The space is incredibly cool and will feature a Good Morning Gloucester Gallery of artwork by our beloved Joey C., Sharon Lowe and Paul Frontiero. EJ’s paintings, photos, book, cards, Cape Ann Treasure Boxes, etc. will be there as well as awesome 3d photography by Chris Murray. There will also be a guest artist exhibit space (see mocked photo above), for 8 guest artists to have 2-week exhibits during the season. There will also be an exhibit space for three dimensional works, if you are a sculptor, potter, or other three dimensional works artist. If you are artist or know an artist who might be interested in having an exhibit on Rocky Neck this summer, please visit http://www.khanstudiointernational.com/goodmorninggloucester%20gallery.htm for more info, or email me at khanstudio@comcast.net. In addition, the studio space will offer affordable printing (notecards and art prints up to 13×19), matting, packaging and framing services for artists. This service is to allow artists to affordably exhibit and market their work. The general public and artists who require archival or higher end framing should continue to use the services of Theo at House of the Raven, Ylva at Artemis, or whichever framer you generally use.
Watch out people, the power of the Universe is driving this, and we are going to rock Rocky Neck this summer! My God, how great thou art!
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
Joey, I love the blog and keeping connected to my home town thru GMG. Keep on publishing the best blog on the net, bar none!!
John Hiler
Good Morning Gloucester 