Day: December 27, 2018
THE HOUSE BUILT OF SPITE
Pink house, pink cloud squiggles, pink marsh sea –
The lonely pink house of Plum Island’s Great Marsh is today only visited by hawks and Snowy Owls perching to scan the surrounding vista for their next meal.
Local lore has it that the house was built in 1922 by a couple who were in the process of divorcing and sorting their affairs. The wife asked that the husband build a replica of their Newburyport family home. She did not say where the house was to be sited. Out of spite, he built the house atop the isolated salt marsh, with only saltwater plumbing.
The Pink House has not been occupied since the early 2000s and looks worse with each passing year. Last winter I was at the refuge for a program held at the PRNWR headquarters. After the event I tried to drive towards Plum Island but with sea water gushing in from the marsh, the road in front of the house was flooded and much too dangerous to travel.
The house is FREE, if only you will either take it off the marsh or give Parker River National Wildlife Refuge a few acres of comparable land. The second option allows for the house to stay in its current location. Read more here: Free Pink House of Newbury: Take Me I’m Yours
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Overshadowed
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Incredible Sunset on Wednesday
Wednesday night the sunset was beautiful. From the State Pier to Magnolia Landing.
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Gloucester Smiles-1111
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Good News travels on Cape Ann Beacon front page
Gloucester Gig Rowers (GGR)go International! New England rowers head to United Kingdom, Bermuda and Italy to compete, by Marvin Fleming, Cape Ann Beacon, December 21, 2018
Cape Ann Museum to present ‘Once Upon a Contest’: Exhibit features winning books, authors from Cape Ann Reads Exhibition, Cape Ann Beacon, December 21, 2018. The travel exhibit from the four libraries of Cape Ann debuts at the Cape Ann Museum and throughout Cape Ann in 2019.
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Wednesday’s Sunset over Niles Beach
Last night’s sunset looked just like a Patagonia ad.
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Super fun winter vacation at Cape Ann Art Haven & Cape Ann Museum
It’s inspiring to see the creative collaborative energy among downtown Gloucester mainstays. Here’s Cape Ann Art Haven winter vacation line up with Cape Ann Museum: They often work together to present engaging camps and events. The 2018 winter vacation at Art Haven includes visits to the Virginia Lee Burton retrospective and the Cape Ann libraries’ Once Upon a Contest Selections from Cape Ann Reads travel exhibit at Cape Ann Museum. Both shows are ideal context for the camp’s theme: “Imagine and create new worlds!”
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Truth
While very true…they are still my guilty pleasure.
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Hawk Guarding Lunch
I was taking pictures at Fort Square when Bobby (“from down the Fort” or “down the beach” as he described himself) tipped me off that a hawk had caught a rabbit nearby. He noted there are a lot of rabbits down there, but it’s obvious that now there is one less. Thanks Bobby!
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Holiday Hours Through New Years Eve At Seaport Grille
We hope everyone enjoyed their holiday! We are open regular hours from now through New Years Eve. On New Years Day we will close at 5pm and remain closed until January 16th for renovations.
6 Rowe Sq
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
(978) 282-9799
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