Month: May 2017
Visitors from Searsport Maine
Enjoyed an exchange of small town stories.
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It’s National ‘Heat Awareness’ and ‘Don’t Fry’ Day!
Summer Sun Safety
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month
On this cold, cloudy day with damp rain and temperatures in the 50’s, it seems strange to be talking about sun exposure. But Memorial Weekend is here, and it’s certainly sunny somewhere!
Weather dependent, the beaches will be packed this holiday weekend, along with the risks of overexposure to the sun. Be aware – use sun protection and sun safety practices!
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. More than 3.3 million people are diagnosed annually. Fortunately, skin cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer.
Unfortunately, skin cancer is increasing in the United States and the American Cancer Society estimates that one American dies every hour from skin cancer. The risk increases the more time we spend outdoors in the sun.
Fortunately, skin cancer is also one of the most preventable forms of…
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New! Open Stage for Gloucester Youth
Folk Life Studio’s Rose Sheehan in cooperation with the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church are launching a new project for Gloucester Youth.
Youth Leaders, middle-school through high-school, are invited to join a youth collective to plan and manage an Open Stage for youth performers and youth audiences.
Sheehan will serve as an advisor to the collective. In addition to many years working as a performer and concert organizer, she is an experienced educator and youth advisor.
Interested young people are urged to contact Rose Sheehan at rose.siochain@gmail.com by June 1. An initial planning meeting for mid-June will be scheduled by a poll among the participants
The Youth Open Stage Project is funded in part by a grant from the Gloucester Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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Elder Abuse Awareness Rally in Downtown Gloucester
June is World Elder Abuse Awareness Month and June 15, 2017, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Gloucester Police Department, SeniorCare Inc. and the Gloucester Council on Aging are holding a rally on Wednesday, June 14, to increase awareness of this growing issue in our society.
10,000 people turn 65 in the US every day. That trend is going to continue for the next 20 years. Our demographics are shifting, and we will soon have more elder people in the US than ever before. At the same time that the population is growing, we know that a startling number of elders face abusive situations. Every year an estimated 5 million, or 1 in 10, older Americans are victims of elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation. And that’s only part of the picture: Experts believe that for every case of elder abuse or neglect reported, as many as 23.5 cases go…
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@CaptMarciano Represents! Aboard The @HardMerchandise
Yeah Buddy!
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The Music Asylum Student Showcase At Mile Marker One Sunday June 4th!
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI OVERLOOKING THE BAY AT MONTEROSSO AL MARE
Last photo from Liv’s trip to Cinque Terre. Next stop Florence!
Saint Francis petting his beloved Wolf of Gubbio.
The statue of St. Francis of Assisi is the work of Italian sculptor Silvio Monfrini (1894-1969). Made of bronze, it was installed at the Capuchin Monastery of Monterosso al Mare in 1962.
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Sittin’ On Top of The World
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Love walking Stacy Boulevard
This Daffodil was wanting me to take a photo. As I was walking noticed how beautiful the rocks are at Stage Fort Park.
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Thanks volunteers
Great clean up at First Burial cemetery for Memorial Day.. the cemetery looked great but near the train tracks was not good.
Donna Ardizzoni / Circle Consulting Group 978-526-9222
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Sargent House Museum: Call for Artists
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WOLF HILL GARDEN CENTER HAS IT ALL!
Happy Memorial Day from Wolf Hill!
Wolf Hill has just about everything under the sun to make your garden sing, and then some. If not in stock, they will order it and have the item to you in a few short days. Choose from a gorgeous and super healthy selection of native perennials, shrubs, trees, flowering vines, annuals, tropicals, and every kind of garden tool and accessory needed.
Grace and owner Pam
The staff is beyond helpful at Wolf Hill. I hear customers asking questions non-stop and they always provide a pleasant and knowledgeable response. Whether answering questions, loading your car, or assisting with placing orders, the customer service at Wolf Hill is simply stellar. You can always tell when the owners are super special people when the same staff are there year after year.
These Guys! Always lending a helping hand – Jacob, Rick, and Ricky. Not only is Rick the tree and shrub manager, for which he has a wealth of information, but he is also very knowledgeable butterflies. Ask him what butterflies have been in the garden lately.
Late spring is the best time of year to pick out roses because most flower earlier at nurseries than they would in our Cape Ann gardens. You take the guesswork out and test the roses for fragrance and for color when in bloom. Wolf Hill has an extensive selection of shrub, climbing, and topiary roses.
We are so blessed to have not one, not two, but three fabulous garden centers here on our small island.
Happy Memorial Day and Happy Gardening!
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19 of May Storm photos From Chad White
Hello my name is Chad White from gloucester…I have a couple of interesting pictures from the storm on may 19th….thought maybe you would want to post them. This is over looking east gloucester….
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Liz Sibley Fletcher art sale to benefit two local organizations
Save the date- meet the artist. June 3, Rocky Neck. Dozens of sculpture and wall works by local artist Liz Sibley Fletcher will be available for a special one day sale to benefit Maritime Gloucester and Pathway.
Liz Fletcher – Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio Annual Sculpture Walk around the pond and through the woods
http://www.liz-fletcher-sculpture.com/
Since graduating from Mass. College of Art in 1970, Liz Fletcher has worked in clay as a sculptor, potter, and teacher. She is an exhibiting member of the NH Art Association and the League of NH Craftsmen, showing her work around New England and as far as Georgia, Texas, and the state of Washington. Living in the woods, Fletcher became concerned about human impacts on the land. After getting a Masters degree in Resource Management at Antioch New England, she assisted the Nashua River Watershed Association with open space planning, coordinating their Greenway program to protect the rivers of the region. “The wonders of the natural world inspire me, as do the absurdities of the human condition, which is often not beautiful but sometimes humorous! People often sense a narrative quality in my work — the images speak, telling stories. Life forms fascinate me. I love to shape clay into creatures and strange beings whose combinations of human, beast, and bone embody the interpenetration of the natural and human worlds, of geologic time and daily life. We’re all in it together — voyaging in this great mysterious universe.”
Past exhibits, installations and commissions
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HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY FROM MARSHALL’S FARM STAND (AND HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY, TOO)!
Happy Memorial Day from Marshall’s Farm Stand
Marshall’s Farm Stand is chock-a-block full of a tremendous assortment of annuals and perennials just waiting to be planted.
Owners Melissa and Karen created the colorful red, white, and blue Memorial Day themed display and all the pots are ready to set out in the garden, no fuss, no muss.
While there, wish the Marshalls a happy fiftieth year in business! Check out the 2017 Farmer Bob cards, with daily deals on just about everything at the farm stand. The photo on the flip side of the card is a wonderful family portrait. What a beautiful family! I wonder what year and am guessing, based on the outfits, the 1970s. I forgot to ask and hope a family member writes and lets us know. Marshall’s Farm Stand is located at 144 Concord Street in Gloucester, and they are open seven days a week, from 9am to 6pm.
Ann and Dolly loading up their truck to plant red and white flowers at her relative’s grave sites.
One more of adorable Dolly.
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Visitors from Maryland and Walpole
A very energetic couple from Maryland
Gentleman from Walpole, who enjoys coming to Gloucester
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CEDAR ROCK GARDENS IS ROCKIN THE FLOWERS FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!
Come see the ever expanding selection of gorgeous flower and veggie seedlings at Cedar Rock Gardens. Not only are they offering annual flowers, herbs, and vegetable this year, but they are also growing native perennial wildflowers such as New England Aster and milkweed.
It was so cloudy and overcast when I was there picking up an order; these photos don’t do the garden justice. Come on down and see for yourself, Cedar Rock Gardens is bursting with beauty and fully stocked for the Memorial Day weekend.
Open seven days a week, from 8am til 5pm, Cedar Rock Gardens is located at 299 Concord Street in Gloucester.
Marigold Mania!
Sweet William
Loads and loads of peppers, in every degree of heat imagineable.
I love stopping by just to say hello, Elise and Tucker are so friendly and helpful. Tucker built the new office shed.
Coming later this spring are pick your own peonies!! And after that, sunflowers, zinnias, and straw flowers 🙂
Good Morning Gloucester 