My View of Life on the Dock
Puff Pastry and preserved james are staple ingredient, in my freezer and pantry year round. This is one of my favorite go to quick and easy breakfast, brunch, or coffee time recipes, that I have been making for years. This puff pastry delight can easily be whipped up and served in under an hour!
Marine Forecast :
Today N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt… Diminishing to 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
Tonight NE winds around 5 kt…increasing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
Beach Forecasts are Cancelled until next year May 18th , 2015….
Pod Cast Weather :
http://www.spreaker.com:80/episode/4956561
Hourly Temps :
Northern Lights Tonight Viewing Chances 65% look away from City Lights ! Pending sky cover conditions …
Take sum great snaps of the Aurora Borealis …
Photo courtesy Dan Russell
Green line indicates poss viewing and it’s just south of Cape Ann ….
Am I alone on this?
I feel like Microsoft built Windows 8 thinking that every device needed to be used in the same way- a desktop, laptop, tablet and smartphone. I don’t hate Windows 8 as much as when it first came out but I boot directly to the desktop now and avoid the metro UI at all costs. All the laptops you buy now for Windows 8 are touchscreen. Guess what? I don’t want a touch screen laptop. Sure, that’s alright for a tablet where you’re using it to mainly consume content but for a laptop or desktop where you are manipulating images and editing movies, I want real work tools which include a mouse and not a touch screen.
I haven’t touched the damn screen on my Windows 8 laptop unless it was inadvertently. Am I alone on this? Those of you with windows Laptops equipped with touchscreens, do you use the touch screen? I’m not talking about tablets now, I’m talking about a touch screen enabled laptop.
The issue as I see it and I’ve said this from the first time I booted up a Windows 8 machine was that they dumbed down the laptop experience so it would integrate more seamlessly with the mobile and tablet platforms. I would have preferred that they left the desktop operating to be all out productive and powerful for content creators rather than dumbing it down for the tablet marketplace of media consumers.
Over a year in with Windows 8, given the chance I’d opt for a Windows 7 machine. My favorite place to create content and edit for the blog is still on my desktop Windows 7 machine and it’s by a mile. I can do things way more efficiently than any of the other devices or operating systems.
There’s talk of Windows 9 coming out soon, hopefully it will be closer to Windows 7 than Windows 8.
PMC Kids Ride on Cape Ann This Saturday!
Hi Joey,
I searched GMG looking for the Cape Ann PMC Kids Ride coming up this weekend and found nothing, so I thought I would share. Kids will have fun and raise money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund! Here’s the info: http://northshorekid.com/event/cape-ann-kids-pmc-bike-ride
There will be a Post Ride Party for all participants with fun activities, refreshments, awards, raffles, music and more!
Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
Dear Joey,
Could you run this poster again asap, for the Schooner Challenge this Saturday.
Thank you!
Gloria
Gloria Parsons
Treasurer
Phyllis A. Marine Association
Mission: To promote the gill net fishing industry through the display and preservation of the fishing vessel Phyllis A.
Hi Joey!
My name is Meghan Stratton and I’m Lara Lepionka’s new service member at Backyard Growers. Our major fall event starts tomorrow and will go for the next couple weeks, so we were hoping you could post about it on Good Morning Gloucester. Below is our logo and a quick blurb about the events. I’ve also attached a few pictures of the sunflowers, squash, and pumpkins from Veterans that we’ll be harvesting tomorrow. Let me know if there’s anything else I should send or if there are any problems.
Thank you!!
School Garden harvest time with Backyard Growers this month!
Throughout the district over 1,300 elementary school students will harvest the vegetables they planted last spring as part of Backyard Growers Fall Harvest Days. At Veterans’, Beeman, Plum Cove and East Gloucester, students will harvest pumpkins, beans, squash, carrots, beets, potatoes, and sunflowers. The next day, each school’s cafeteria staff will roast up some of the veggies for the children to sample during lunch time! Since West Parish students are currently without a garden we will host a special harvest event for them at Burnham’s Field in partnership with local farmers, Cape Ann Farmers Market, Cape Ann Art Haven, and Sawyer Free Library.
If you are a parent who would like to volunteer at your child’s school on the day of the harvest and/or on the day the harvest samples are served in the cafeteria please contact Meghan at meghan.stratton@foodcorps.org. Dates for each school are listed below:
9/10-9/11 Veterans
9/12 West Parish
9/15-9/16 Beeman
9/17-9/18 Plum Cove
9/25-9/26 East Gloucester
Learn more about Backyard Growers at www.backyardgrowers.org. And Happy Fall!
Year round, select one of three Gloucester MA HarborWalk walking tours
1) Self-guided, year round, free, public-access and award winning walkway. 42 story moment granite posts installed as a permanent outdoor exhibit. The reclaimed granite posts feature plaques highlighting the city’s past and contemporary cultural treasures. Gloucester’s maritime heritage, innovators in business, politics and the arts are all featured. The signs also provide suggestions for exploration elsewhere in Gloucester and there are QR codes which scan to additional content. It’s family friendly for all ages and accessible for all. Visit just one story moment marker or “hop-on, hop off” like a transit line. Follow a specific inner loop 1.2 miles or extend it for a nice, long walk (3 miles RT). It is designed to be flexible for any length or duration, and for educational and programming opportunities for community and visitors. It was designed by Cambridge Seven Associates. http://www.ghwalk.org Contact: friends of the HarborWalk atgharborwalk@gmail.com
2) Guided: a mini mobile tour that leads you to 14 story moments and is narrated by the coolest host ever, Gloucester singer, Ann Marie. You may know her work with Bandit Kings and elsewhere. The HarborWalk mobile guided tour –an American Alliance of Museums gold MUSE winner- can be downloaded ahead of time and brought along wherever you go. Loads of talented Gloucester creatives helped and/or featured. You’ll be guided along a shorter trail (14 stops) by following Ann Marie to the Story Moment markers that include an extra sign, postcards lettered “A” through “N”. There are surprises within stores, public spaces, and businesses as you explore our community via the app’s activities. Along with the video introduction, the two short films, “HarborWalk Cinema”, can be viewed anytime, but reward a visit downtown with not to be missed interactive elements! http://www.ghwalk.org Contact: friends of the HarborWalk atgharborwalk@gmail.com
3) Self–guided kids and family activity: Become a “Gloucester Explorer”
Any kid who hunts and finds each trail marker icon can receive a certificate signed by the Mayor for becoming an official “HarborWalk Explorer”. People can print out this 2-page tracing master sheet (see attached PDF) ahead of time from their own printer OR check at the Chamber or Stage Fort Welcoming Center for copies. http://www.ghwalk.org Contact: friends of the HarborWalk at gharborwalk@gmail.com
Long Days…
The 6th Annual Gloucester Harbor Race, (aka the Chip Norton Memorial Harbor Race), hosted by the Gloucester Gig Rowers, will start and end at Niles Beach in East Gloucester Saturday, Sept. 20. Spectators can watch pilot gig boats, whaleboats, dories, and other traditional rowing craft compete in a 3-mile course in Gloucester Harbor. Rowers and boats come from all along the Northeast Coast to compete. Race starts at 9:30 a.m.
Photo shows crew preparing to row.
See this short video of a train station in Utah incorporating Len Burgess gorgeous ice crystal images, illuminated by colored LED lights.
Crystal Light transforms the two level environment of the Transfer Station of the UTA linking the new line to the airport with the existing commuter line. The dramatic weather of Salt Lake City is suggested in images of water in its different states: ice crystals, clouds, a rushing stream, gentle waves of the lake. These are etched into the glass windscreens and elevator tower to catch the sunlight during the day and at night color flows through the station with programmed lighting.
Len writes, “Some of my ice crystal photos are etched in a Salt Lake City train station. This Salt Lake City train station has been designed using etched glass and changing colored lighting. Here’s a new video of the station. Well known architectural designer Catherine Widgery designed this structure using water in it’s many forms as the theme.”
Last week’s Mug Up ended with Rubber Duck being taken hostage by a pair of adorable but vicious ducknappers. Come to Mug Up this Saturday at 9:30 to see how this drama plays itself out. Will Paul Morrison buckle under and give in to the hostage takers extreme demands to gain RD’s freedom, will RD remain imprisoned (or maybe totally forgotten about and relegated to the back of a closet), or will Paul Morrison pull off bringing a massive rubber duck to Gloucester harbor to float outside Joey’s window and stare relentlessly at him until his Flexilis anatidaephobia forces him to give up RD? Come to Madfish Wharf Saturday morning and find out.
E.J. Lefavour
http://www.hobbithousestudio.com
A special treat this week as we welcome Ms. Danielle Miraglia to our stage. She’s a real up and coming talent in the musical world and I’m so glad to have her.She’s everywhere these days, so catch her before you can’t afford it! Mr. Blob Enik, fanciful thought-provoking glitarist , has brought her to my attention and will be joining us. Also, Mr.Jim Gambino, ace pinky-wiggler, will be on keyboard dooties as well as that landscape-beheaded drummbler, Mr. Steevee Chaggaris. Of course, Salmon Dave Sag will be on base, with a full count. I wouldn’t miss it for the world!
NEXT WEEK: Rikkky Russell, Edd Scheer and cutie-pie Mario Perrett.
40 Railroad Ave.
Gloucester, Ma.
978-283-9732
Join us for a fabulous buffet dinner with carved prime rib, baked haddock and much more, plus a wonderful harbor cruise and music by our favorite DJ, Scottie Mac! 6:30-9:30pm. $49 adults/ $24 children.
Cruiseport Gloucester
Six Rowe Square
978-865-3210
http://www.beauportprincess.com/
Because every burger joint needs a little thong action…..
All kidding aside, while I haven’t been there yet, I hear their burgers are yummy. Has anyone out there been there yet?
Coast Guard rescues owner & fishing boat in Chatham, Mass. #capecod @capecodtimes #uscg @USCG http://t.co/j2L3OwXu5G pic.twitter.com/djLhbhCJWF
— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) September 11, 2014
Photo Bob Harrison 8:30AM 9/11/14
Yesterday I took my first short walk with no support other than my legs. Occupational therapist Shelly came over, I handed her my camera, and told her I was going to walk. Well, I did, after seven and a half months of grave illness and much therapy. I traveled 21 steps, and I call that a winner – Blackjack!
Good Morning Gloucester 