Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

The creator of goodmorninggloucester.org Lover of all things Gloucester and Cape Ann. GMG where we bring you the very best our town has to offer because we love to share all the great news and believe that by promoting others in our community everyone wins.

Charity Ciaramitaro Flower Photos

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I have no idea when Charity took these photos because I don’t see that kind of green and flower action like that around today.

Anyhoo Charty writes-

Today is the day given to us rejoice in it. Happy day. Charity

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Chickity Check It- Gloucester Quilter Blog and Webcam!

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FOB Dot has recently started a blog about her quilting-

http://gloucesterquilter.wordpress.com/

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Dot writes-

I started quilting about 20 years ago in the middle of a life style change. I borrowed my elder daughters Featherweight machine, got a pattern book, some fabric and set out to make my first quilt. I still have that quilt today to remind me of how far I and the industry have come.

20 years later quilting is my passion. I make quilts for beds. You can throw them in the washing machine and put them in the dryer (on low heat) and then after 20 years buy another one. They are like a good pair of old shoes that last until you need a new pair.

I favor the Log Cabin design in my quilts as the geometric pattern creates an eye appealing textural effect for me. I choose over 40 different fabrics in varying shades to accomplish this. I use Warm and Natural batting and always good quality cotton fabrics as I am lucky to have a wide variety of fabric shops in the area and never need to shop the discount stores.

I am not a smoker but I am a dog lover with 2 Labradors to keep me busy when not at the sewing machine. (I now have a Bernina) I will be breeding my year old pup Stella in a few years and all the puppies get a quilt when they leave for new homes.
I enjoy working with my hands even though they are becoming a bit arthritic. Sewing helps to keep them less hurting.

That’s all for now……enjoy my quilts

Dot Batchelder
Gloucester, MA

In conjunction with Dot’s quilting blog she had Tim from www.gloucesterbytes.com install a webcam and has an awesome view of Gloucester Harbor from up on high-

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October 30, 2011 Nor’ Easter East Gloucester Ride

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Music Instrumental I’ll Move On By Dan King, Filmed By Paulie Walnuts

Cynthia Hill Shows Off Some of Her First Photos From The Sony I Recommended For Her

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Cynthia writes-

Thanks to Joey……

Love it, still haven’t a clue but will have fun learning…

Please see attached – shooting directly into the sun shows the curvature of the earth! How cool is that? Great of David as well!!!

Yeah I know it was on panoramic…couldn’t get rid of it!

Thank you so much.

xoxoxo~Cynthia

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Here’s the camera I recommended for her-

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The price has come down some.  I paid $359 for mine two months ago.

Here’s my recommended camera list-

GMG Tech Talk- Revising My Recommended Camera List

GMG Tech Talk- the Official Gloucester MA Hashtag- #Gloucester #MA vs. #GloucesterMa

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Bill O’Connor writes-

Hey Joey,

I started this topic on Twitter, but I thought it would be fun to include your audience in the discussion.  This isn’t about trying to get something to trend on Twitter – its more about creating an exclusive Twitter channel for Gloucester, MA.  I just ran into a similar situation with Salem this month.  There’s all kinds of Salems out there but only one Salem, MA. Going to #SalemMa to find info on their busiest month (Salem = Halloween) is much easier than visiting #Salem #MA.

I noticed that #Gloucester on Twitter is totally cluttered with other Gloucesters – mainly Gloucester, England & Gloucester, New Jersey.  It’s enough to make someone have to dig for info on Gloucester MA, and not very user friendly.  

I then checked #GloucesterMa and noticed that @GDTnews started it and think it’s a great idea. It fine tunes the aggregation of our collective data and makes finding Gloucester Mass info on Twitter so much easier.  If we follow a pattern of posting to #GloucesterMa, we can collectively Tweet occasionally on #Gloucester #MA something like – ‘Looking for info on #Gloucester #MA? Try #GloucesterMa!’

I’m with @GDTnews on this and my vote is for #GloucesterMa in all Gloucester-centric tweeting!

Thanks,
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid, @kidns

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Joey writes in response-

Well it’s a great topic Bill brings up and I should just state that there shouldn’t even be a debate.  The official Gloucester MA hashtag for twitter should be #GloucesterMA and not two separate #Gloucester #Ma.  The answers should be plain as day when you click on those respective hashtags on twitter. 

When you click on #Ma you’re going to get anything and everything that anyone has used for the #Ma including  everything in Massachusettes as well as a bunch of mother tweets. That alone defeats the purpose of the hashtag which is intended to drill down your results.  On top of that with #Gloucester #Ma you use 15 characters as opposed to 13 characters with #GloucesterMa  Those two characters are valuable real estate in a 160 character max tweet.

To make it more clear-

Click here for  twitter search results for #Gloucester and then here for #Ma and take note of what it returns (you don’t need to have a twitter account to do this)

as opposed to the far better option-click the link-  #GloucesterMa

That should make things crystal clear as to the far superior option.

Thanks Bill @kidns and @GDTnews for bringing it to our attention.  No need for a poll, this is case closed, from now on I’ll be using #GloucesterMa unless of course I need those last two characters in which case the Ma gets the ax.

Oh and BTW, you can follow your boy Joey here- @Joey_C

Cape Ann TV Election Coverage

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Ch. 12
Monday, October 31, 2011
8:00pm Gloucester City Councilor Ward 2 and Ward 3
Debate presented by the LWV of Cape Ann

9:00pm Gloucester City Councilor-at-Large Debate
presented by the LWV of Cape Ann

10:30pm Cape Ann TV Gloucester Candidates Forum
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

12:00am Gloucester City Councilor Ward 2 and Ward 3
Debate presented by the LWV of Cape Ann

1:00am Gloucester City Councilor-at-Large Debate
presented by the LWV of Cape Ann

2:30am Cape Ann TV Gloucester Candidates Forum

10:30pm Cape Ann TV Gloucester Candidates Forum
Thurs., Nov. 3, 2011

9:00am Gloucester City Councilor Ward 2 and Ward 3
Debate presented by the LWV of Cape Ann

10:00am Gloucester City Councilor-at-Large Debate
presented by the LWV of Cape Ann

12:00pm Gloucester Ward 3 Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times

1:30pm Gloucester Ward 2 Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times

3:00pm Gloucester Councilor at Large Debate
presented by the Gloucester Daily Times

4:30pm Gloucester’s Mayor Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times
Friday, Nov. 5, 2011

8:00pm Cape Ann TV Gloucester Candidates Forum

Saturday, Nov. 6 , 2011

12:00am Gloucester’s Mayor Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times

1:30am Gloucester Ward 2 Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times

3:00pm Gloucester Councilor at Large Debate
presented by the Gloucester Daily Times

4:30pm Gloucester Ward 3 Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times

8:00am Gloucester Ward 2 Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times

9:30am Gloucester’s Mayor Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times

11:00am Gloucester Ward 3 Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times

4:00pm Gloucester Councilor at Large Debate
presented by the Gloucester Daily Times

6:30pm Gloucester’s Mayor Debate presented by the
Gloucester Daily Times

8:00pm Gloucester City Councilor-at-Large Debate
presented by the LWV of Cape Ann

9:30pm Gloucester City Councilor Ward 2 and Ward 3
Debate presented by the LWV of Cape Ann

10:30pm Cape Ann TV Gloucester Candidates Forum
Sunday, Nov. 7, 2011

12:00am Gloucester City Councilor Ward 2 and Ward 3
Debate presented by the LWV of Cape Ann

1:00am Gloucester City Councilor-at-Large Debate
presented by the LWV of Cape Ann

2:30am Cape Ann TV Gloucester Candidates Forum

Ch. 67
Friday, Nov. 5, 2011
6:30pm Gloucester Councilor at Large Debate presented by the Gloucester Daily Times
8:00pm Gloucester’s Mayor Debate presented by the Gloucester Daily Times
9:30pm Gloucester Ward 2 Debate presented by the Gloucester Daily Times
11:00pm Gloucester Ward 3 Debate presented by the Gloucester Daily Times

Adventure, Roseway and Highland Sea Photos From Bob Cullen

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Joey,

Yesterday I was at the Gloucester Marine Railway with my niece and her husband so they could re-visit the Adventure, where they had gotten married 25 years ago by Capt. Jim Sharp in Camden. Joanne Souza, Director of Adventure.org was nice enough to give us a personal tour. We were pleased that the Roseway was also there, because the Roseway was a 2nd boat used for their wedding guests. We were lucky in that the Roseway was just leaving the dock and motoring out the harbor. I got some shots of that. Also, I met a Capt. Tom (I didn’t catch his last name, but he said he had once captained the Highland Sea (aka the Pilot.)) He said I had to take a once-in-a-lifetime photo of 3 ships built by the same shipyard (Tarr and James) in about the same year (1926), all in one frame. So, I did catch a photo of the Roseway as she went past the Highland Sea and the Adventure.

I also took a few photos of a carriage and some screws at the GMR. You probably have enough of those, but, in case you don’t. I just uploaded the 15 photos to my Flickr account – Bob C8. It’s a new set titled “Adventure Anniversary”. They’re set to public viewing. Feel free to post on GMG. In the set they’re in the right order.

It was sprinkling for a time yesterday when I took the photos, so I caught the authenticity of raindrops on my lens cover (or, I forgot to wipe the lens.)

Thanks, Bob Cullen (aka Jenn’s father)

click the picture below to see the slideshow from Bob Cullen

Below deck of The Schooner Adventure

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Best things to do in Gloucester on a rainy day to avoid packing:

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Ann Kennedy writes-

Best things to do in Gloucester on a rainy day to avoid packing:

  • Just follow the crowd
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  • Drive up as many private roads as possible for great scenery (especially exciting if posted "No Trespassing"!)
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Fall at the Historic Burnham House, Essex, MA photo From Len Burgess

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While taking some photos of the Burnham House a bank of clouds came up from behind me and proceeded over the house and within a few minutes they completely evaporated while heading out to sea.
–Len Burgess

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Proposed Cape Ann Painter And Artist Club/Group from Alice Gardner

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Alice Gardner Writes-

Hi Joey,
While getting a cup of coffee at Pleasant Street Tea Company this morning  I had the pleasure of saying hello to you and proposing a painter and photographer group idea that I had been thinking about for some time. You mentioned that several people had talked to you about the same idea. We discussed that the group might meet once a month somewhere in Gloucester and that we could get to know other painters and photographers, share ideas and our work and ,of course ,have a great time. You asked that I become the "point person" and have painters and photographers who might be interested  email me and then we would work it out from there. My email address is alicegardner @comcast.net and my cell phone number is 978-927-5199 and home number is 978-927-5199.
I work with watercolor , gouache and ink to create paintings of scenes and happenings around Cape Ann as well as run a "house portrait" business. My studio is at 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester.
Any painter or photographer in the area who is interested, please email me and also include your phone number. I will be in touch with Joey and then notify you when and where the first meeting will be held.
Thanks Joey!
Alice Gardner

5:20AM On Main Street Snapshot of Snow Totals (or lack thereof) On Main Street Courtesy Island Art and Hobby and Toodeloos–GMG October Nor’ Easter Coverage

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Classic example of how the www.gloucesterwebcam.com project can let you know what’s up when you’re away or in bed.

Island Art and Hobby Facebook page here

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Toodeloos Webpage here

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Click here to see the other cams

Click here to sign up and have your business or community organization represented on GMG when we highlight something cool happening on your cam and also listed on www.gloucesterwebcam.com

Check out the interactive map of all the locations that are live so far and their field of view-

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