A while ago, I posted about a set of accessory lenses I bought for my iPhone. On the morning of July 28th I got these photos of fallen raindrops with the macro lens:
They look like little ephemeral jewels…
Year: 2012
Chickity Check It! Gloucester HarborWalk Website is live! www.ghwalk.org
Joey,
The website for the Gloucester HarborWalk is live! www.ghwalk.org. The HarborWalk is a Walk of Stories, reflecting that we are a City of Stories (really great stories.) Hints of these stories are given along the Walk, which weaves in and out of the waterfront, up to City Hall, and around and down the brick sidewalks and great food of Main Street, back to St. Peter’s Park. It is a Walk through the heart of Gloucester. People might like to preview the stories on the new website. There are Stories and links to more stories, Walking Cinema, and Postcards from Gloucester! Cambridge 7 Associates produced beautiful designs, and Lise Breen and Catherine Ryan found terrific stories, videos, art and connections from all in the community. Take a look!
Mayor Kirk invites all to the ribbon-cutting on Thursday August 9th at 1 p.m. with the Lt. Governor, and to walk the Walk with her following the ceremony.
Very best,
Sarah Garcia
Sarah Garcia
Harbor Planning Director
Gloucester MA, 01930
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The tugboat is now afloat.
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Pet of the Week-Shirley
Hello to all my friends at Good Morning Gloucester! My name is Shirley, I am a four-month-old female pup who is a Retriever/Lab mix.
I am here at the Cape Ann Animal Aid (CAAA) with my siblings and we are all eager to find loving families to adopt us.
The CAAA is now located at the Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter at Four Paws Lane in Gloucester. It is really lovely here – the new shelter is just gorgeous! Have you visited it yet? Stop by and visit me!
Our website is: CapeAnnAnimalAid.com
Remember that on September 9th from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., we will have Dog Day at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester. You can stop by even if you don’t have a dog, but if you don’t have a dog, consider adopting me and we can go together to Dog Day! Sounds okay with me – how about you?
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Community Photos 8/1/12
Moon and the Highlander Sea From Len Burgess
At the Gloucester Marine Railways, Rocky Neck.
–Len Burgess
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Ten Days Of July 2012 Downtown Gloucester Block Party Faces From David Cox Day 4
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Cape Ann Giclee Grand Opening Today!
Hi Joey,
We wanted to let everyone know that our Grand Opening Celebration is today August 1st from 4:00 – 9:00 pm.
Stop by anytime during those hours for some food and drinks and to look at some wonderful artwork. We will be featuring the artwork of David Montgomery, Charlie Carroll, Michael McDougal, Deb Schradieck, Stefan Mierz, Mark Kanegis, Justus Dunton, Joel Dawson, Chyanne Stowell, Maggie Hanley and the "art of Dino". We are grateful to all these talented artists for filling our studio/gallery with so much color!
The giclees of the artists listed will be available for sale.
We are located at 20 Maplewood Ave in Gloucester, parking is available in
the Shaw’s parking lot.
Hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Anna Baglaneas Eves
Cape Ann Giclee
978-546-7070
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Community Stuff 8/1/12
Schooner Adventure’s History Sharing Program – August 10, 2012 (10am)
Happenings At The Rockport Senior Center
Free Ice Cream Social on Thursday, August 9th at 1:00. Call to RSVP 978-546-2573
Free Laughing Yoga on Monday, August 13th at 11:00. Come and try something different. This does not require mats or getting on the floor. All are Welcome to attend
Seniors Birthday Celebration will be Thursday, August 23rd at 12:30. If your birthday is in August, come down for cake, ice cream and free raffle to celebrate together. RSVP 978-546-2573
Foxwoods Casino Trip, Tuesday October 9th $25.00. Trip includes Deluxe Motor Coach Transportation, Buffet Luncheon & $15.00 Keno. Leave Rockport Depot at 7:30AM, return approximately 7:30PM. Call 978-546-2573 to reserve your spot.
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Breaking News: Tugboat High and Dry At Gloucester Ma State Fish Pier
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GMG Will Be Representing At The Sidewalk Bazaar With Mason Jar Drinking Glasses, DVD’s, GMG T Shirts, and Some Of My Favorite Photos Bedazzled
Sista Felicia, Beasley Amanda and The Mrs will be manning the GMG Booth at The Bazaar (So happy they brought back the bazaar name from “Sidewalk Days).
There will be those Cool Mason Jar Recepticals Produced by Sista Felicia and The Mrs
(perfect for Iced Coffee, Iced Tea, Lemonade, Sunny D and Rum, You Name it, It Tastes Better loaded up with ice in these bad boys)
There will be This Is Gloucester DVD’s Which Your Boy Joey Produced
-“This Is Gloucester” DVD Review From A Biased FOB Linda Colman
Posted on December 12, 2011 by Joey C
Linda writes-
Hi Joey!
Here’s my review of your “This Is Gloucester” DVD. I’ve watched it twice. First time was the day I received it in the mail. Since I’m your target audience I decided to watch it a second time with one of my BFF’s, Judy, who’s never been to Gloucester and has never seen the blog. Not being an FOB like myself, I figured she’d be able to provide the objective viewpoint that I lack since I’m a lover of Gloucester and a rah rah fan of GMG. I’m biased for sure.
Let me begin by saying that the DVD cover is really cool. Beth Swan has a great eye for design and did a fantastic job. Appealing right away. Beginning the DVD with “Gloucester at Dawn” and the beautiful music was a great way to set the tone and my friend Judy said she didn’t know Gloucester was such a beautiful place. BOOM!
I imagine that deciding what to include and what to leave out of the DVD from all the GMG material must have been the hardest part of making it. I don’t know how you managed to do it, but you wound up with a really well balanced presentation of the essence of Gloucester- the beauty of the place, the fishing industry, the history, festivals and the passionate people who call it home. A really great mix.
The only trouble I had with the DVD, and believe me I realize that this is totally personal (although Judy had the same reaction), was the appearance of the “Rare Golden Sea Robin”. I remember seeing it on the blog and it was bad enough looking at that thing on my laptop, but on my big TV screen? Yikes!! I can see how it might be a big deal to land one of these horrifying creatures but it’s a TERRIBLE thing to look at. Judy gasped, covered her eyes and I had to tell her when it was over so she could keep watching. Just when we were regaining our composure, THERE IT WAS AGAIN!!! It made an unannounced and unexpected second appearance after “The Back Shore” chapter!! At that moment Judy fled from the room and wouldn’t watch any more.
The people chapters (as opposed to the creature chapters) appealed to me the most. I enjoyed “Building the Greasy Pole Shrine” because of the obvious passion of the people involved in its construction, “Salting Herring At Cape Seafoods” because… well I don’t know, I just liked watching it… and the “St Joseph Novena” chapters that finished off the DVD were the best. The people who live in Gloucester truly love their city and it shows!
So there’s my review, Joey. It’s yours to do with as you please. Run it on the blog, trash it completely, edit it as you see fit, whatever. Oh, one more thing. I think an introduction by you at the very beginning would have been great.
Thanks a million for putting the DVD together! Linda
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Some Of My Favorite Photos Will Be Available As Cards bedazzled By Amandacakes
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By George its Breakfast!!!!!!!!
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City Hall Restoration photos taken 07-30-12
Copy and photos from Maggie Rosa
Today, on a beautiful summer’s morning, members of the City Hall Restoration Phase II Building Committee took to the staging to review the ongoing restoration.
We were impressed by what has been achieved recently.
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The restored cornice work in the final color but waiting for the brickwork to be painted in the same color
Not many people can say that they have seen the bell from this angle and so close up
I love the "pixelated" look that the mesh gives the photo.
Approaching noon on July 30 2012
St Ann’s was shining brightly as was the repaired ventilator.
Love the reflections offered by the new copper-clad ventilator.
Another "pixelated" view
The big tower says to the smaller tower – I’m so pleased that you are receiving the good care that I received a few years ago.
Thank you, citizens of Gloucester.
Long may we look over you.
Couldn’t resist a self portrait!
Yet another shiny reflection
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Move Over Or….
Thanks Dan Goldthwait for Da Sticka
Dan writes-
I just read the bicycle rant and plan on mailing you the sticker I had made for my car. I live in southern California but was born and raised on the Maine coast and I simply lose my squash at the spandex mafia that thoroughly dominates my neighborhood every weekend. Gigantic batch of asshats who form a massive group every weekend morning making it entirely impossible to get around near our house. And boy are they uppity. Blow through stop signs, traffic lights and as you said, manage to find themselves dead center of the road going 7 with no intention of moving over.
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Lisa Freed Represents!
Niles now rides with me….
He may come meet Homey one day.
Lisa
Joey Edit:
The question I have is how exactly Niles got his name?
Was there an illicit sexual encounter on Niles Beach which led to the demon spawn shown in this picture? Half Rubber Duck/Half Penguin? You decide.
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Two Cable shows feature new music tomorrow (Wednesday)
Two excellent shows premiere tomorrow (Wednesday) on Cape Ann TV Channel 12. At 6:30pm, Allen Estes welcomes his family for a special, very lively Local Music Seen that’s sort of like a peek into the family living room.
Then at 7:30pm Blues Festival producers Bob Hastings and Paul Benjamin are Rick Sagall’s guest on Cape Ann Report — complete with footage of some of the stars of the festival. See a preview of that very special show below.
Tonight you can see some of Cape Ann’s finest musicians for free and if you have tickets to the sold out Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert at Shalin Liu, you’re in for a treat! See the full live music lineup here.
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Lobster Cove
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Little Riley
Little Riley, such a big girl sitting up
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Gloucester Angels – EJ Gets Rescued and Gets Her Wings
I got lost on my walk this morning. I am directionally challenged, so normally walk one of 3 established routes. I had taken the longer walking route up Mt. Pleasant Ave to Moreland to Atlantic to Brace Cove and up St. Louis to Farrington and straight back Eastern Point to East Main and up Rocky Neck Ave. This time I turned up High Popples, a route I have taken with walking buddy artist, Caroline Kwas, who is not directionally challenged, and has a GPS. When I got to Grapevine, I followed my “sense of direction”, turned left and continued walking. By this time I was tired and wasn’t seeing anything familiar. I spotted a couple in their front yard and went up to them and asked where I was. They laughed and said: “You’re in Gloucester, Mass!” It was Ed and Jean Pasquina, and Jean immediately offered to give me a ride back to Rocky Neck, which I gratefully accepted. Thanks Jean, you get the Good Morning Gloucester angel of the day award.
The next angel is Tom Bernie of East Gloucester. Tom, a longtime pilot, has wings, and gave me my wings when he took me up yesterday in his very cool two-seater open cockpit experimental, homemade in his basement and attic, bright red plane. It was without a doubt the adventure of this summer. I got to take 400+ photos of the coastline from Hampton to Cape Ann, and got many cool shots of familiar places from a very unique perspective. I’ll be sharing some of them with you over the next couple of days. This series is Tom preparing the plane for takeoff, me looking like a cool aviator chick, the plane’s shadow on the beach. Can you identify the others?
Thanks Tom for a really great experience and view of Cape Ann.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
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Those that go down at sea leave family behind
The recent inscribed names are more than just names..
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Dutchman’s Pipevine Photo from 1915
Look what Fred Bodin from Bodin Historic Photo shared!
Julia Lane, later Julia Wheeler, posed for Alice M. Curtis on August 12th, 1915, in Gloucester.
Fred read my post about Dutchman’s Pipevine and Pipevine Swallowtail Butterflies titled Plant, and They Will Come! I mentioned in that post that the Dutchman’s Pipevine had it’s heyday in gardens in the previous two centuries. Pipevine was planted to climb porches and arbors in pre-airconditioning days, providing shade and cooling the rooms within. The Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly is rarely seen in our region today because the Dutchman’s Pipevine is rarely planted.
Thank you Fred for taking the time to find this delightful vintage photo showing the Dutchman’s Pipevine growing on the porch in the background!
Dutchman’s Pipevine is the host plant for the Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly and makes a wonderful addition to the garden. Back when it was in vogue (and practical) to plant Dutchman’s Pipevine, Pipevine Swallowtail Butterflies were a regular occurrence in the northeast.
4-day old Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillars, and recently molted. Notice their spiny discarded skins.
Note: the flower in the second photo of the Dutchman’s Pipevine is a Rose of Sharon, not the flower of the vine.
Good Morning Gloucester 