My View of Life on the Dock
motif Monday photo: view across the marsh at the back of Good Harbor Beach
photo: portrait of David Cox at MFA, Boston, Rothko exhibition 2018
photos same morning, minus Rothko effects: sunrise motif with signs; when even the parking lot…
About an hour after high tide (between 1:40-2pm), November 7, 2021
Photos: Walkway to Cape Hedge underwater; October storm seaweed pushed back to riprap; creek and marsh at the back of Long Beach
2021 Northeastern Conference Lynch Championship Winner, and — I believe — the GHS regular-season record.
Pentucket plays East Boston today. The winning team will travel to Gloucester Saturday. I will update Gloucester’s opponent for the home game Saturday asap.
Gloucester has a real opportunity to make history this season as no Gloucester soccer team has ever made it out of the second round of the tournament (formerly known as the sectional quarterfinals).
Neil Curcuru, Gloucester Daily Times great sports reporter, read the article here
**update** THE BOYS ARE PLAYING EAST BOSTON ON SATURDAY AT NEWELL- COME SEE THE HOME TOURNAMENT GAME!
Earlier this week, Danny helped at scrimmage vs. Marblehead ahead of the conference tournament. Both teams also practiced penalty shots.
In one direction, the seaweed was tide rolled and divided, like dough readied by a bench scraper.
Heading from the Gloucester end of Long Beach to Cape Hedge, thin seaweed trails on the dry sand led to thick seaweed sushi rolls, buffet meadows for the gulls. Walking parallel to these seaweed lines brought artist Andy Goldsworthy to mind.
Find Andy Goldsworthy at Galerie Lelong, NY
Heidi Dallin shares the handy flyer with all the scoop!
Rehearsals Fridays and Saturdays October 29-December 11, 2021
Performance December 12
Contact Heidi for more information phone (978) 729-1094 | dallinh@northshoreymca.org
Print out and share!
Paintings by Vanessa Michalak Opens November 6-21, 2021
Handcrafted Fine Jewelry by Chloe Leigh – pop up November 20-21
Read the press release
There’s a sea of seaweed deposited on Long Beach, customary after a big fall storm. A couple of monumental sculptural masses stood out this time.
Read more about the variety of seaweed here: Post Storm Hermine, Sept. 2016
As of October 30, 2021, the Massachusetts no name storm power outages tally 92,600 dipping below 100,000 for the first time.
Gloucester Fishermen Boys Soccer away game vs. Danvers was **NOT ** called off last evening ahead of game due to the forecast.
*Author note- updated- apologies for typo. Game on
The repair crews carry on as they brace for foul weather and high winds.
As of October 29, 2021. Massachusetts no name storm no power outages tally 162,436, dropping steadily.
Green/0% breaks down to less than 500 out locally.
As of 4:30AM Thursday, October 28, 2021. Massachusetts no name storm no power outages 349,401
5:30 AM **update** Manchester improved to 25% and Essex 14%
Low tide 9:44.
Next high tide (4:30) comes in after the strong wind alert winds down. Gloucester buoys measured record swell during prior high tide.
before daybreak, 400,000+ and climbing, hitting the coast, both Capes up to Boston
Massachusetts power outages 294,794 at 5:44AM are climbing near 387,676 by 6:30AM
Was awesome.
Errands with benefits thanks to all the local trick or treat eye candy. October 2021
Mayor Romeo Theken and friends, Gloucester 2021 Halloween Festival at Stage Fort Park was a smash. Congratulations to the party planners, Roseanne Cody, Jamie Margiotta, volunteers, generous sponsors and partners. All of Stage Fort Park was in use on this beautiful autumn day. I forgot to take a picture at the dog park but it was busy and festive, too.
Enjoy a few snapshots of the Gloucester Halloween Festival Stage Fort Park 2021. How fun to see not one, not two, but three tractor hayrides looping Stage Fort Park.
Mayor Romeo Theken cues the crowd
See Jimmy Dalpiaz GMG post from the prep at City Hall readying for this big event
Happy winds of change-
“Theater at the Cape Ann YMCA kicks off with a Holiday Delights Performance Workshop during which student actors can learn the basics of professional theater as well as be part of a Cape Ann holiday tradition.
The 7 week session culminates in a workshop performance of scenes from Holiday Delights for family and friends at Ames Hall in Salem. Set in Gloucester, Holiday Delights is a festive evening of stories, music and movement recounting the special traditions that other cultures and families experience as seen through a young child’s magical journey on Christmas Eve to discover what is really important during the holiday season.
Theater training at the Cape Ann YMCA provides young people an outlet to nurture their creative potential while developing self-confidence, communication and teamwork skills as well as introducing them to the skills necessary for professional theatre. The YMCA of the North Shore Theater Company– NOW Offering Theater Training Performance Opportunities at the Cape Ann YMCA!”
Heidi Dallin | YMCA of the North Shore Theatre Specialist
Theatre Kids Save the dates –
Contact Heidi Dallin | Cape Ann YMCA (P) 978-283-0470 (E) dallinh@northshoreymca.org 
www.northshoreymca.org
YMCA of the North Shore arts programs
Dallin is also running a program at Manchester/Essex Middle School. Look for their “Annie” notices soon!
GHS Gloucester Fishermen boys varsity soccer are 8-2-1 bound for Swampscott (away) today, looking to cinch playoffs. Boys & girls sports team alternate home vs. away. Tonight Gloucester Fishermen girls varsity soccer home game is their “Senior Night” 6pm at GHS New Balance-Newell stadium.
Senior Night, honoring the senior players, is not always last home game. Check the full calendar below!
photo caption: (L-R) Felix, Richard, Kyle (Enz not pictured) | GHS Gloucester Fishermen boys varsity soccer alumi watch game vs. Dracut October, 2021. Gloucester won –shut out 8:0 – courtesy photo Paul Vitale
https://www.northeasternma.org/public/genie/595/school/5/
Boys soccer schedule-
| Monday, Oct 18, 2021 Game 4:30PM Away vs. Swampscott Blocksidge Field Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021 Game 4:30PM Winthrop High School Gloucester High School Thursday, Oct 21, 2021 SENIOR NIGHT Game 6:00PM Salem Gloucester High School Saturday, Oct 23, 2021 Game 10:00AM Wayland Gloucester High School Monday, Oct 25, 2021 Game 4:00PM Marblehead Gloucester High School Thursday, Oct 28, 2021 Game 6:00PM Beverly High School Gloucester High School Saturday, Oct 30, 2021 Game 3:00PM Away vs. Danvers Danvers High School |  |
GHS Fishermen Athletics website –all sports – https://gloucesterhighschoolma.rschoolteams.com/
Twitter – Tweets by @FishermenGhs
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GHS sports calendar- today’s listing, Monday, October 18, 2021
| 9:00am | Golf: Varsity State Tournament | vs. TBA @ Renaissance Golf Club |
| Division 3 North Tournament | ||
| 4:00pm | Field Hockey: MS Game | vs. Beverly High School @ O’Maley Middle School Nate Ross Field |
| 4:30pm | Soccer: Girls JV Game | vs. Swampscott @ Gloucester High School Newell Stadium |
| 4:30pm | Soccer: Boys Varsity Game | vs. Swampscott @ Blocksidge Field |
| 4:30pm | Soccer: Boys JV Game | vs. Swampscott @ Blocksidge Field |
| 6:00pm | Field Hockey: Varsity Game | vs. Central Catholic @ Central Catholic High School |
| Non-League | ||
| 6:00pm | Soccer: Girls Varsity Game | vs. Swampscott @ Gloucester High School Newell Stadium |
| Senior Night |
There’s a bright autumn haze in Stacy Boulevard gardens. Thousands of fall dahlias are waiting. Go find your bloom and color!
The varieties are labeled. I wondered how many were chosen, and if any were grown from area heirloom seeds? The Glory of New England, a prizewinning “fancy dahlia” dazzler was cultivated from seeds by the Lufkin dahlia gardens of Gloucester and introduced in 1925 (see below). I love reading about Gloucester gardeners.
Dahlia flowers were eventually named after Swedish botanist, Anders Dahl. The giant ones are nicknamed dinner plate dahlias. In the 1800s avid gardeners and commercial seed and plant firms bloomed in Massachusetts. Established in the early 1800s, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society is recognized as the oldest in the country. A gardener from Bridgewater is credited with the first American collarette dahlia variety in 1912.
Thousands of gorgeous dahlias, exhibited by 50 growers attracted throngs to Horticultural Hall on the opening day of the free dahlia show, held under the joint auspices of the New England Dahlia Society and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
For the site of his exhibit and the magnificence of its setting, L.L. Branthover of Wakefield held first place. His pompom dahlias decorate the stage of the lecture hall, and rays from a warm moon falling obliquely over the stately blooms, against their evergreen background, lend added glory to the scene.
Wonderful tints of orange, cream, scarlet, vermillion and gold are to be seen in the dahlias exhibited by George L. Fish of Billerica, president of the society. (“Francis Cooper Hav-A-Look” illust.)
Giant blossoms, some of yellow with white tips, are introduced for the first time from seedlings of the Lufkin dahlia gardens of Gloucester. The new blossom is called “The Glory of New England.”
Another prize winning variety is the dark-red “Alexander Pope,” one of the most beautiful of the collection in the A.I. Strobel exhibit, grown in the Montrose dahlia gardens of Wakefield.
Boston Globe 1925 – 2 Wakefield gardens, 1 Billerica, and the “Lufkin dahlia gardens of Gloucester” are featured
Have any Gloucester gardeners entered the Topsfield Fair this year? There are usually dahlias in the running.
Whenever any one flower is cultivated and shown, I always think of Mrs. Miniver and the rose. Maybe someone can propagate a “Glory of Gloucester Gardens” variety for the city of Gloucester’s horticultural history then & now, generous gardeners and public works!
Soaking up the sun. View across Long Beach from Cape Ann Motor Inn, Gloucester, Ma.
