Author: Donna Ardizzoni

Ardizzoni Photography, Business Manager, Grandmother, love living in Gloucester, love to swim, kayak, walk and of course take pictures. Our company does computer networking, Office Management, Medical Billing, transcription, networking software updates and virus protection

West Gloucester

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My wonderful hubby gave me an early Christmas present, a Sigma 100-400 mm lens.  Decided to go over to West Gloucester and try it out.  Love going by this pond in West Gloucester.  So pretty and peaceful.

Magnolia Community Farmers’ Market

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This is our chance to show off what we have been working towards all summer: BUILDING A BETTER MARKET! We will be making our pitch, along with 3 other teams seeking a grant. The trustees will vote and decide if our hard work and NEW IDEAS are worthy of a $1000 no-strings-attached grant! Our team has worked so hard this summer to bring Magnolia a fresh and exciting new farmers market, and if you are on this mailing list, it means we couldn’t have done it without YOU! The trustees encourage us to invite our supporters to join us at the Gloucester House to cheer us on! With this grant, the MCFM hopes to be able to improve our website, reach out to more food vendors and farms and work to achieve WIC and SNAP accreditation so that we can BETTER serve our shoppers and the community! If you don’t have plans this Thursday, come on down to the Gloucester House and show your support for the Magnolia Community Farmers Market!

Annual Main Street Halloween

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Oh what shall I be, Pumpkin, Cinderella or Wonder


Annual Main St. Trick or Treat

Come by Main St. for Trick or Treating. Merchants will have plenty of goodies ready for everyone.

From FOB Mary Barker photographer

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I was at the Lowell’s Boat Shop in Amesbury Saturday for their Fall Haul and Mighty Merrimack Rowing Race.   I was excited to see the Gloucester Gig Rowers come in first place in their category.   Congratulations!

 

Rockport Harvest Festival 2019

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Beautiful day for the Rockport Harvest Festival on Saturday.

 

Lots of people came out today

The Nutty Redhead is celebrating 5 years.

Bob Allia is Rockport teacher for the Rockport Green Team

This cutie is up for adoption at the Cape Ann Animal Aid

Haunted Hayride

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We went to the Rockport Harvest Festival on Saturday.  These wonderful cub scouts wanted me to share their Haunted Hayride.

Rockport Harvest Festival

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On Saturday, October 19th from 10a-5p we will host the annual Rockport Harvestfest celebration featuring the best regional bounty of the season — all in an unbeatable setting.

New England food producers gather on one of Rockport’s historic working wharves to celebrate the best of #localfood with fresh #lobster #chowder #pastries #grassfedbeef #woodfiredpizza, #coldpressedjuice small-batch jams, locally-grown #produce and more. #craftbeer produced in Massachusetts are on hand, along with Rockport’s own Twin Lights, with soda crafted from the 120-year-old company’s original recipes. Cooking demonstrations take place throughout the day demonstrating the riches of harvest in #NewEngland. Entry to wharf free; drink bracelets $5 – please come and enjoy the bounty of the season!

Harvestfest features plenty of live #bluegrass #jazz #folk #indie #rock #cookingdemos and plenty of activities for #families

Harvestfest is funded in part by the sale of $5 drink bracelets that will be sold at the entrance to T-Wharf. Proceeds help to ensure that Harvestfest continues! Don’t drink? We appreciate all donations and will have special Harvesfest pins available, as well. Looking forward to celebrating with you!

 

Saturday at 10 AM – 4 PM

Splash Over on Stacy Boulevard

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It was incredible around 1:00 on Thursday.  The photos are a little shaky since I was almost taking flight.

Wow what a Thursday

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Trees down, wires hanging, extremely windy, cable out but the ocean certainly does not disappoints.

These photos were taken at low tide.  Crazy

I Am More Project from our amazing artist Amy Kerr

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“I Am More: Massachusetts” Unveiling

The project that started in Cape Ann has now gone statewide, with twenty new I Am More portraits from around the state, including Cape Ann, being unveiled this weekend.

The new colored pencil and pastel portraits by Gloucester artist Amy Kerr include topics such as postpartum depression, brain cancer, dementia, anxiety, addiction, poverty, eating disorders, spinal cord injury, insecurity, sexual abuse, schizoaffective disorder, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, suicide, learning disabilities, bullying, PTSD, and surviving the Holocaust.

Portrait subjects come from Worcester, Westborough, Littleton, Burlington, Mattapan, Lynn, Reading, Leverett, Amherst, Wenham, Feeding Hills, Peabody, Lawrence, Gloucester, Newburyport and Mashpee.

 Where: Worcester PopUp – 20 Franklin Street, Worcester, MA

When: October 19th through November 7th

Gallery hours Tuesdays through Fridays 12-4 pm

Opening Celebration Saturday October 19th from 5-8pm

 A huge thank you to our portrait sponsors:

Anonymous

BankGloucester

Andrew Morse

Ken & Rose Carlsen

Additional sponsors:

Beth Israel Lahey Health Behavioral Services

Ocean Alliance

Brace Cove Foundation

Anne & Richard Rosenfeld

Laurie Taylor

Ann Carlsen

Carol Stone

Chris Sadkowski

Anita & Peter Thomas

Katherine & Peter Coakley

Maggie & Joe Rosa

Sara Lippert

Debe & Nick Holland

Anita Pandolfe Ruchman

Cheryl Allen

Lauren & Ted Suchecki

Lee Quigley

Amy & Mark Farber

Julia Wachtel

Joan Amero

Anne Kinigstein

 

A special thank you to Kitt Cox, Cynthia Mochowski, Anita Pandolfe Ruchman, Anne Pieterse and Rolf Urbach.