My View of Life on the Dock
Michael and Katie Goot are here in Gloucester on their honeymoon from Clifton Park, NY. Michael is a reporter for the Daily Gazette and Katie is an RN. They are staying at the Peg Leg in Rockport and love it here. They bought one of my glass paintings, Moonrise Over Wingaersheek, for their new home and life together, and hopefully will become regular friends of Good Morning Gloucester.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
Registration is now open for my close-up photography class, Nature in Focus, which will be held at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard, at the Hunnewell Building, on Sunday September 3oth, at 9:00 am. I especially love teaching at the Arnold Arboretum. The facilities are beautiful, the staff wonderfully helpful, and September is a particularly gorgeous month to visit the gardens of the Arboretum. I hope you can join me!
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Male and Female Monarch Butterflies
USCG Station Gloucester
Now that I am back from my retreat, I need to catch up on processing photos from the previous weekend – including a selection of shots from Demetri’s Taekwondo Academy demonstration at the street bazaar. The kid in the photo (above) impressed me by splitting a board with one blow… I’ll post more of these cool taekwondo moves throughout the week!
To see more, click Listening with My Eyes or on the photos. Thanks! ~Sharon
Hi Joey,
Lots of beautiful boats off of Front Beach in Rockport last evening, 8/9. Maybe a touring group? Thought you might like this photo, Shalin Liu in the background.
Thanks,
Vicki Gamage
Mark your calendars, make your hotel ressies this is an awesome event. What you may not realize is there are a ton of opportunities to sail aboard these boats for the races, and even if you can’t sail aboard them just going down to visit is worth it to see these beautiful vessels.
You don’t have to be a schoonerhead or loud-ass sea shanty crazy to enjoy the majesty of these boats and the friendly crews aboard them.
Al writes-
Hi Joey…. This photo is from the 2011 Schooner Race, taken by Amy Beaudet aboard GREEN DRAGON. The race last year was a beam reach with six legs, which is to say we made five 180 degree turns. Thus we were treated repeatedly to breathtaking close up views of every schooner.
This is AMERICAN EAGLE, the last fishing schooner built in Gloucester (1930) with ALABAMA (1926) close astern. These schooners are not replicas. They have been kept alive by passionate owners and countless dedicated and talented people.
http://www.schooneramericaneagle.com/about/history.htm
http://www.theblackdogtallships.com/
Al Bezanson
The Festival is sponsored by the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
(subject to change)
Friday, August 31, 2012
All Day Arrival of Participating Vessels.
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Cape Ann Museum visiting hours.
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Essex Shipbuilding Museum visiting hours.
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Maritime Gloucester visiting hours.
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Mayor’s Reception for invited guests. Sponsored by the Schooner Adventure.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Maritime Gloucester Heritage Day Maritime Gloucester (formerly the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center), located at 23 Harbor Loop in downtown Gloucester, will host its annual Heritage Day celebration from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The Center’s exhibits and aquarium will be open free of charge throughout the day. Free to all.
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Cape Ann Museum visiting hours.
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Essex Shipbuilding Museum visiting hours.
7:30 pm
Boat "Parade of Lights".
9:15 pm Fireworks Display over Gloucester Harbor. (following Parade of Lights, time approximate)
(The Gloucester Fireworks Committee is in need of more donations for the Labor Day weekend fireworks. Donations may be made to The Gloucester Fund, 45 Middle St., Gloucester, MA 01930. Please notate "fireworks" on your donation.)
Sunday, September 2, 2012
8:30 am
Skippers Meeting for all Schooners sailing in Mayor’s Race at Solomon Jacobs Park, immediately adjacent to the U.S. Coast Guard Station on Harbor Loop.
11:00 am to1:30 pm
Shuttle Bus to Eastern Point Light, from Eastern Point Gate (Eastern Point Boulevard at Farrington Avenue) to watch the start of the Mayor’s Race. Free of Charge.
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Essex Shipbuilding Museum visiting hours.
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Maritime Gloucester visiting hours.
10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Parade of Sail as Schooners proceed from Inner Harbor, past the Fishermen’s Memorial on Stacy Boulevard, to the race starting area off Eastern Point.
10:30 am
Parade of Sail Breakfast at Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House. Come for the best view of the parade of sail. Coffee and light breakfast will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. $3 Historic New England members, $5 non-members. Reservations required. Call 978-283-0800.
1:00 pm
Start of Mayor’s Race for Esperanto Cup, Ned Cameron Trophy and Betty Ramsey Trophy off Eastern Point.
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Cape Ann Museum visiting hours.
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Reception and Awards Ceremony for contestants and invited guests.
Monday, September 3, 2012
"Rain Day" for recovery from postponements caused by inclement weather. ONLY IF REQUIRED.
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Maritime Gloucester visiting hours.
Here’s Lily making the delivery of my very own custom painted GMG lobster buoy.
Does your business or organization have one of Lily’s killer buoy’s? Did you want a decorative buoy for your home or office? Check out Lily’s www.gloucestergoods.com and order up one or a dozen for yourself and your friends, they make killer gifts.
Don’t go showing up at that wedding shower with yet another butter dish. I’m telling you, you don’t wanna be that person that shows up with the 17th butter dish and then have to watch the bride-to-be feign her excitement over said 17th gifted butter dish. Show up with a killer Lily Linqs custom buoy with the bride and groom’s names on it with a anchor in the middle or a lobster or some shit like that. They’ll love it trust me.
They’ll love it way more than that 17th gifted buttah dish I’ll tell you that and then you know what happens? Everyone at that bridal shower talks about how thoughtful you were for getting such a unique and treasured gift. See, that’s how it works at bridal showers.
You’re either the person bringing the kick-ass lily Linq’s Custom Buoy or you’re the stiff bringing the 17th buttah dish.
Don’t be the bearer of the 17th buttah dish.
Joey…. Here’s a shot from GREEN DRAGON a couple years ago when BLUENOSE II was still around. Maggie here is savoring the odor of the haddock chowder wafting over from the Canadians’ galley and hoping for a chance to clean their bowls when they come ashore. What happened was that she missed out on the chowder but did manage to grab the skipper’s hot dog when he was on the dock. Hence the invasion of the BLUENOSE ll’s crew. Fortunately we had a good supply of Fishermen’s Brew iced down and were able to calm them.
Maggie was also in attendance at ARDELLE’S launching, and here can be seen interviewing Cooper. You can see Maggie’s blog here… it’s a long thread but scrolling down through it will acquaint you with some of her pals like Effie on Effie.
http://www.amschooner.org/node/639
Joe The Woodcarver
Seated by Pavillion Beach, Joe carves each
piece with the care and skill and memories
that more than forty years in Gloucester
have instilled in his mind and in his hands.
With his family sitting near him he lays
out large and small sea- horses, whales
and mermaids while chatting with a stranger
about the sculpted wood now emerging .
He talks about his collection of old photos
and the pictures he has taken with the
camera of his eye, while his knife fashions
from one of those pictures a fearsome white shark.
From eye to mind to hands to knife, Joe
whittles for each a life by the sea; images
of the world around us and beneath us
as we pass a lovely afternoon on Pavillion Beach.
© Marty Luster 2012
More picture-poems at http://matchedpairs.wordpress.com
Colors of the Farmers’ Market
Sun Flowers
Small White Radishes and Kohlrabi
Kim Smith’s Designs
In full bloom this month at the Harbor Walk is the fabulous North American native ‘Baby Joe’ (Eupatorium). While maintaining the Harbor Walk gardens, Jay Ramsey of Farm Creek Landscaping reported seeing no less than half a dozen species of butterflies nectaring simultaneously at the ‘Baby Joe’ on a warm sunny morning this past week. Given your average warm sunny summer day, butterflies are typically on the wing throughout the day; I find the very best time of day to see the very most is between 10:00 am until 12 noon.
Good Morning Gloucester 