My View of Life on the Dock
Bocce. These bocce courts were such a wonderful addition to our beautiful boulevard. My father built a bocce ball court in his yard years ago. When these courts were first built we would meet my dad down there every so often to play. It made me smile to watch these guys enjoying the courts last night.
Many of you are aware there’s an osprey nest in the marsh behind Lobsta Land that has live-cam coverage (link here). I check on the famous osprey pair Annie and Squam regularly and appreciate that the Essex Greenbelt has this available to the public. I further appreciate Dave Rimmer’s blog updates. Thanks to Dave and the live coverage, I can report that Annie and Squam are tending to 3 eggs which are expected to hatch around June 8-10. There have been reports of a second male hanging around which is not welcome company but I haven’t observed that yet.
I did get to catch what was likely the “changing of the guard” yesterday afternoon with one adult sitting on the nest as the other fed a short distance away. The sitting adult left briefly but before too long, the feeding adult brought food to the second adult and a feast was had. I got a quick look at the eggs which maybe you can see here in the screenshots taken from the Essex Greenbelt camera.
@ladyj.charters. She’s beefy and quick! Dave is an incredible machinist so we’re looking forward to seeing the finishing touches he puts on her. She already looks pretty slick in my eyes. Nice clean lines. Lots of deck space. Really happy for Dave and Zach. He deserves to be comfortable in his old age 😆. Go get ‘em Dave 🦞 🐟
Since Cape Ann’s whale watch season has begun, I thought I would share some of our past experiences.
Walking Shore Road on Tuesday late afternoon was so nice. The flowers are blooming, and sun did not go down until almost 8:00.
Ruffles…
What a fun way to go and check out Gloucester’s Main Street. We are very lucky to have such wonderful stores to do our everyday and special shopping and eating. Very grateful and excited that I won the grand prize. $300.00 of gift cards.
Nelsons, Fireflies, Pat D’s photos, 44, Main Street, GMG, Design of Mine, Sample This, Machaca, Salon Amara, Toodeloos, Happy Tales, Cafe Bischo, Shore Nutrition
Thank you, Joey and Good Morning Gloucester, for your Podcast announcing the winners and prompting this great event. Shopping local is the BEST.
Funky Art Sale Returns to 26 Highland St. in Gloucester.
Sat. 5/17 10am- 6pm
Sun. 5/18 10am- 6pm
Over 100 paintings on display in the yard and for sale.
All are welcome!
Loren Doucette Studio
at Cripple Cove Studios
97 East Main St. Gloucester, Ma 01930
(978)-879-6588
The Walgreens in Shaw’s Plaza on Eastern Ave has announced it is permanently closing June 23.
Pat Dalpiaz took these photos in August 2023 asking what the Info kiosk was all about and you can see the Flowbird kiosk just to the left of it. She mentioned to me today that both have been removed.
Interesting…
This from Pat’s 2023 post:
Posted on August 1, 2023 by Pat D
You may have noticed some new kiosks around town. They are solar powered digital information access points the City has put up in 4 downtown area locations. They are Soofa smart digital displays which were funded through a grant from the Massachusetts Office of Business Development and the North Shore Alliance for Economic Development and no City funds are needed. You can check them out at 2 Commercial St (the one shown here); 65 Rogers Street, 22 Harbor Loop and 91 Rogers St. PS They are not touch screens…I know because I touched…..
~ CHASNAZ
Dear Friends of the Gloucester Meetinghouse,
The Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation will present the last concert of our 2024-25 season on Saturday, May 17th at 7:30pm with Charles and Gregory Tompkins, a talented father and son duo that will combine the sounds of the organ, piano and violin. This is a wonderful program you do not want to miss!
PROGRAM:
Concerto in F major after Albinoni…Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748)
Solo in D major, Opus 4 No. 5…John Stanley (1712-1786)
Passacaglia in G minor, “The Guardian Angel”…from the Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas for Violin Heinrich Biber (1644-1704)
Sonata in B-flat, Opus 65 No. 4…Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Capriccio… Naji Hakim (b. 1955)
Adoration… Finale (from First Sonata for Organ) Florence Price (1877-1953)
Tickets are available at the door and online, with more information on our website, www.gloucestermeetinghouse.org
We recently took an Amtrak from Boston to Harrisburg PA for a family wedding and I have some thoughts to share if you are considering a similar trip. We were facing a 7 hour ride one way and had a travel credit in hand for Amtrak which was due to expire in a month or so. I decided we’d try an Amtrak trip. It was challenging to book the trip using the credit, but we finally booked it. We left from Boston South Station at 8 AM, changed trains in Philadelphia and arrived around 5 PM. A full day. It was even longer on the return trip.
We enjoyed arriving at our destination more rested and relaxed than we would have been otherwise especially since it was raining ALL DAY ALL THE WAY. We traveled coach class and the seats were quite comfortable. There was decent wifi and charging availability at each seat. The staff was helpful if a bit brusque. The stations were well marked and generally clean. Despite the long hours, it was overall a good way to take that trip.
As I mentioned earlier, it was a challenge to book the trip using the travel credit partly because an Amtrak vacation trip is different than a “commuter” style trip. We tried to change the return ticket to get back earlier but the agent told us we got really good prices on our tickets and didn’t advise changing them as the price would double. So, bottom line my recommendation would be to check Railbookers.com as they were the ones that booked these tickets for us as this very decent price. I would definitely consider a vacation package, but probably wouldn’t do a long distance commuter trip again due to the cost.
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This isn’t a huge thing for our tiny store but this absolutely smokes the restaurants. With how National grid had mercilessly raised their electric rates they should compensate these restaurants that lose s ton of revenue
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