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Rick from Rowley, chair of local chapter of Austin-Healey Owners, races over to Pauline’s Gifts – thanks Essex National Heritage, Byway, Gloucester, Cape Ann

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Pauline Bresnahan shares photosand a message from Rick from Rowley, who is the chair of the local chapter of Austin Healey Owners Club:

“Rick zipped by to ask that I thank all of the Woman Businesses that hosted the group of ladies on Tuesday. Thank you to Heather at Essex National Heritage for recommending our trail to this group. There were over 150 members at the summit from around USA and Canada. The ladies told Rick they were thrilled with the shops and the refreshments and customer service. I Love This Car!!” 

Thanks for sharing, Pauline. Cool car and positive message. There’s a Rowley stop on your Byway trail. The video looks like he’s heading back to Gloucester 🙂

Austin Healey summit Cape Ann 2018 ©Pauline Bresnahan

 

 

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Austin Healey Seaside summit on Cape Ann

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Fun poster (note sponsor Lyon-Waugh) for the 2018 Healey Seaside Summit which has just one more day in our area. I look forward to seeing photographs of these beautiful cars zipping around our scenic shores; send some in to GMG!

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group from Austin Healey summit 2018 visit woman owned businesses along Essex Coastal Scenic Byway©Pauline Bresnahan.PNG

Pauline Bresnahan shares this photo and writes: “Ladies from the Austin-Healey summit travelled along our Woman Owned Business on the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway. They are now headed to Beautiful Gloucester Ma to enjoy a sail on Schooner Lannon and the Schooner Ardelle. Thanks Ladies for stopping in.”

Footloose tomorrow! HarborWalk Summer Cinema 2018 #GloucesterMA 🎥🕺🏽💃

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Footloose

FINAL SUMMER CINEMA POSTER

Classic Cooks Cafe adds a downtown location

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Prepared meals and soup and sandwiches to go. Classic Cooks Cafe  and full service catering can be found at 27 Eastern Avenue (back of the Masonic Lodge by Veterans Elementary School and Russel’s florist), Cape Ann Farmers Market, and this new space next to Orange Leaf, 102 Rogers Street. Easy sandwich from two stops- one small container of pulled pork from Classic Cooks paired with Alexandra’s cobbles was scrumptious I’m told.

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Classic Trucks at the White Ellery 🏠

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Fun family event news from Courtney Richardson at Cape Ann Museum:

Classic Trucks at the White Ellery House | Linking past and present

GLOUCESTER– In the spirit of connecting the past to the present the Cape Ann Museum will display classic trucks on the lawn of the historic White-Ellery House (245 Washington Street in Gloucester) on Saturday, August 4 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This program is free and open to the public. All ages are invited to enjoy a ride down “memory lane” while taking in these classic vehicles as well as the historic house that served as a home until 1947. Local historians and Museum docents will be on hand to share the history of the house with visitors. Classic truck themed drawing, coloring and “I spy” activities will be available for children and families. All are welcome!

This program is offered in conjunction with the special exhibition Gone… Fishing: Recent Work by Jeffery Marshall

opening on August 10. For more information visit capeannmuseum.org or call 978-283-0455 x10.

Ellery House with Cows

The White-Ellery House, located at 245 Washington Street in Gloucester at the Route 128 Grant Circle Rotary, was built in 1710 and is one of just a handful of First Period houses in Eastern Massachusetts that survives to this day. (First Period means c. 1620–1725.) Stepping inside today, visitors enter much the same house they would have 300 years ago.

 

Image credit: Martha Hale Harvey, Old Ellery House, photograph. c1895. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum.

Centennial and Blynman Then and Now

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Centennial and Blyman_20180707_© c ryan

from Photographic History of Gloucester Vol 3 ©1978 Caroline Benham.jpg

from Photographic History of Gloucester Vol. 3 compiled by and from the collections of Caroline Benham, Gaspar J Lafata and Martin J. Horgan, Jr. © 1978

Buoy Pop Bananas

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Clean streets and fun signs on a Main Street curve in historic downtown Gloucester.

Pop Gallery and Buoy pop up store “Buoys will be Buoys”

Bananas  destination vintage shop for four decades

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Across the street Trio’s new window sign heralds Fresh Seafood from Local Boats.

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Yoga at Good Harbor Beach

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ON the Salt Island side of Good Harbor Beach – yoga with Elaine O’Rourke Saturdays and Sundays 8:00-9:00AM

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Ruby Wolf between double oriels

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“Ruby Wolf” in big script

Cool sign on ground floor space below double orieole windows adorning W.G. Brown building on the 7-11 Pleasant Street side.  What’s coming?

Ruby Wolf

The building dates from 1882.

William Glover Brown was born in 1854 and emigrated from Scotland in 1872. He worked in Providence before building a business in Milford which he brought to Main Street in Gloucester in 1885. In five years the William G. Brown & Co drygoods moved to a bigger Main Street space.  From Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, ed. William Richard Cutter ©1908 from Harvard College Library collection (digitized by Google), and one ad from Polk’s 1960 directory. 

 

 

 

Big sky, black sea, fishing boat on the horizon #GloucesterMA

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Just ahead of today’s forecast

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Photo challenge – did you spot the fishing boat? Answer: Continue reading “Big sky, black sea, fishing boat on the horizon #GloucesterMA” →

sweet ducklings navigate the current at the Cut alongside Gloucester DPW lovely storm repairs

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It has been a long time since I’ve brought a tiny boat through the Cut from the Annisquam side (alert and praying I wouldn’t slam into the walls or another boat as the waters rush and pull).  How were ducks faring? They were  amusing and difficult to count for a few stolen moments on this glorious summer day. They’d dive to eat what I’m not sure, and pop up, sometimes a bit too far back. Once they were under so long I found myself crossing to the other side of the bridge to see if they were dragged back or catching a ride. Not a chance.

I found the completed winter storm repairs at the Cut equally beautiful and distracting.

Nice job Gloucester Department of Public Works (DPW)!

DPW completes winter storm repairs at Blynman The Cut _Department of Public Works _Gloucester MA _20180713_photo © c ryan (2)

VID (38 seconds) ducklings negotiate current at the Cut (wait for the cluster to pop up)

 

 

July 13 2018 – Gloucester Department of Public Works has completed winter storm repairs 

 

 

March 2017 (winter storm damage) Continue reading “sweet ducklings navigate the current at the Cut alongside Gloucester DPW lovely storm repairs” →