Going by the marsh on a rainy Wednesday, saw lots of Glossy Ibis enjoying the food in the marsh.
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
The Annisquam Exchange opening soon
Another sign of summer The Annisquam Exchange is opening soon.
The Annisquam Exchange
32 Leonard Street
Annisquam, MA 01930
Tele: 978- 281- 0358
info.annisquamexchange@gmail.com
The Annisquam Exchange offers Consignors 70% of sale amount. The Exchange donates 30% of sales to local organizations and charities. Consignment is open to everyone. Items must be clean and ready for the showroom floor with completed paperwork. A $10.00 administration fee is due with completed contract and consignment listings.
We have been very successful in the sale of jewelry, both costume and designer; antiques and collectibles; estate pieces; small furniture; lamps; linens; china; clocks; prints and paintings are welcomed, subject to available space.
Larger pieces of furniture are welcomed at our one-day Fall Furniture Sale on Saturday, September 16, 2017, from 9 am to 12 pm.
2017 Dates & Information
May 3-4, (W, Th) 10-2 Pre-Opening Consignments Accepted
May 9-11 (T, W, Th) 10-2 Pre-Opening Consignments Accepted
May 19 (F) 10-4 Opening Day
May 19-June 3 10-4 Fridays and Saturdays ONLY
May 25 (Th) 10-2 Consignments Accepted
June 5-September 9 Mondays-Fridays 10-4 / Saturdays 10-1
September 15-October 7 10-4 Fridays & Saturdays
September 16 (Sa) 9-12 ONE DAY FURNITURE SALE
October 6-8 (FF, Sa, Su) 10-4 Final Weekend
BEGINNING JUNE 5; CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
CALL TO SCHEDULE DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
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Green Gloucester at City Hall
The Cape Ann Sustainability Fair will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017. To kick off the fair, on Thursday at City Hall there were members of the Cape Ann Sustainability Fair greeted by our Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken. Look forward to the fair on Saturday. Please follow the link below for more information.
Thank you. Hope to see all there.
http://towngreen2025.org/sustainability-fair/
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Egrets and Ibis at Clark Pond
Early on Tuesday morning drove by Clark Pond and there were quite a few Egrets and Ibis having some good eats. Another sign of summer. YEAH..
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A Mother’s Day Concert at The Gloucester Meetinghouse
Gloucester Mother’s Day Concert to Feature Ipswich Orchestra in Copland’s “Appalachian Spring”
The Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation is pleased to announce that the Ipswich-based community orchestra, ‘The Orchestra on the Hill,’ will perform renowned composer Aaron Copland’s prizewinning “Appalachian Spring” on Sunday, May 14, in the historic Gloucester Universalist Meetinghouse.
This Mother’s Day concert begins at 3:30 p.m., led by conductor and orchestra founder Tom Palance, a member of the music faculty at Salem State University and at the Boston Conservatory of Music. This will be the 20-member orchestra’s first concert appearance in Gloucester.
Along with the orchestral suite “Appalachian Spring” the program will present Ralph Vaughan Williams’s “Suite for Viola and Orchestra,” and a new work by Ipswich musician and composer Chris Florio, “The Banquet.” Copland’s scoring of familiar melodies in “Appalachian Spring” won him the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1944.
This is the finale in GMF’s fall-winter 2016-17 concert series. The Meetinghouse, an icon on Gloucester’s skyline, is located at the corner of Church and Middle Street in downtown Gloucester. Parking is available on the green. Accessible side entrance with a lift at 10 Church Street.
A summer series of free Friday evening, outdoor concerts on the Meetinghouse lawn starts on July 7th. ‘Music on Meetinghouse Green’ features a different musical ensemble each week with a partner North Shore non-profit as the beneficiary via free-will offerings from the audience.
Tickets to the May 14 concert are $45 for preferred seating, $30 for general seating, and $25 for students and seniors. Admission is free to persons age 17 and under. Tickets are available at the door or may be purchased in advance at http://www.gloucestermeetinghouse.org
The Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation’s mission is to preserve Gloucester’s last-surviving historic Meetinghouse, as a civic hub, entertainment venue and community center. The landmark 1806 Meetinghouse is home to the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church, whose founders led the way in Massachusetts for legal separation of church and state as now enshrined in the First Amendment.
The Orchestra on the Hill is a community organization formed in support of professional music performances and performers on the North Shore. Its mission is to enrich Ipswich and surrounding communities through exceptional concerts of orchestral music, and provide opportunities for non-professional adult musicians to rehearse together coached by professional conductors and players.
Contact Information:
For the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation:
Charles Nazarian president, 978-821-5291 & chasnaz@gmail.com
http://www.gloucestermeetinghouse.org
For the Orchestra on the Hill:
Tom Palance, tompalance@yahoo.com
http://www.orchestraonthehill.com
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Gloucester green
City hall
Donna Ardizzoni / Circle Consulting Group 978-526-9222
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Montgomery Boat Yard
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Dogtown Clean up
Saturday, April 29, 2017 clean up. Thank you Allen for sending me this poster.
Hi Donna,
Here is the information on the event Saturday as well as a poster if you want to share. Thanks so much!
“Join us for a couple hours picking up trash and debris from the trails near the Cherry Street entrance of Dogtown. We will be meeting by the Dogtown sign next to the parking spaces (the white one with the crude map on it) to divide up into a couple teams and distribute gloves and trash bags. At 8am we’ll head out to tackle the trails – as we fill up bags, we’ll be leaving them in a designated location for the DPW to later pick up, so part of our job will be hauling trash out of the woods to that point. When 10am rolls around, some people will want to leave for the sustainability fair at O’Maley just down the street, and for those who stay we’ll be doing a short (no longer than an hour) hike around the Babson Boulders. Dogtown guru Mark Carlotto may even show up to share some of his knowledge with us!”
http://towngreen2025.org/sustainability-fair/
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Where is it Photo Exhibition
This exhibition is held in the Matz Gallery at the Sawyer Free Library.
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Look what I saw at Clark Pond
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Generous Gardeners
Thank you Generous Gardeners for this great event that will be taking place on May 6, 2017. For more information please go directly to their website at
http://generousgardeners.org/
The boulevard already looks beautiful.
TULIP FESTIVAL May 6th
Gloucester Tulip Festival, Saturday May 6, 2017
May 6th is the Ribbon Cutting Celebration for the new Stacy Boulevard gardens and the completion of the seawall reconstruction project.
The festivities will begin at 10:00 AM with an old-fashioned promenade from the Stage Fort Park Visitors Center to the Fishermen’s Wives Memorial. Participants are encouraged to dress in their best and stroll with neighbors and friends. Free and open to all. Prizes awarded based on elegance, creativity and floral inspiration. Prizes are baskets of tulips with gift certificates.
1. Best Bonnet (female)
2. Best Chapeau (male)
3. Best Pram
4. Best Walking Stick
5. Best Children’s Outfit
6. Best Headdress
7. Best Overall (male)
8 Best Overall (female)
9. Best Couple
10. Best Family
Following the promenade, Gloucester’s mayor will officially open the Boulevard with a ribbon cutting. The Promenade’s Grand Marshall, William Taylor will then announce the winners. Generous Gardeners volunteers will be available all afternoon to answer questions and provide interesting tulip trivia.
Generous Gardeners planted over 22,000 tulips for a spectacular show of color and form in shades of pink, purple, yellow, orange and red. Generous Gardeners is a volunteer group of local gardeners who care for over 22 public spaces in Gloucester. There are two tulip festival fundraising events planned. The movie Tulip Mania will be shown April 29th at the Cape Ann Cinema and Stage on Main Street. Doors open at 7:00 to mix and mingle. The film starts at 7:45 about the spectacular tulip speculation in 1637 Holland. $15/per person. The second event is a fundraiser party on May 6th at the Mile Marker starting at 6 PM and featuring the Honky Tonk Women’s Band. $20/per person. These events benefit Generous Gardeners and the Stacy Boulevard Gardens.
Free Parking at Stage Fort Park. Handicap/senior parking at Kent Circle. Promenade contestants must register at 10:00 AM at Stage Fort Park Visitors Center, but all are welcome to participate.
Please note our fabulous fundraiser trip to Amsterdam below. If you would like a ticket supplies are limited, email susan@generousgardeners.org and she will reserve one for you. Call 781-346-1363 with questions.
May 6 Generous Gardener Tulip Festival Poster
Raffle for All Inclusive plus Airfare for 9 day Amsterdam Tulip River Cruise
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Rafe’s Chasm
Rafe’s Chasm is such a beauty. On Sunday the ocean was roaring and the sky was so clear. A clear Boston view and the wave foam looked like marshmallow.
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Even on a dreary day
Even on a dreary day, the reflections in the water from the boats feels very peaceful.
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Earth Day 2017
We had a great turn out for Earth Day 2017. Even with the rain and cold the clean up teams were terrific. Wish to thank everyone who came out and the a big thank you to One Ocean One Love on Parker Street for the cookout. We are also so lucky to live in a community that has great Coast Guard personnel and all our volunteers/
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Thank you our wonderful Coast Guard for helping out for Earth Day
Donna Ardizzoni / Circle Consulting Group 978-526-9222
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Start of clean up for earth day
Donna Ardizzoni / Circle Consulting Group 978-526-9222
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Reminder
Tomorrow is Earth Day and The One Hour at a Time Gang will be cleaning Main and Rogers Street. We can meet at St. Peters Square at 9:00 am. Please remember to bring gloves and if you have pickers please bring them. You may also need to wear some rain gear. Thanks kids.
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Marshalls Farm Stand’s Perry the Peacock
This beautiful peacock resides at Marshalls Farm Stand. On Thursday, he was very proud walking around.
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Rough seas on Wednesday
Rough seas, wind and cold on Wednesday. Living in New England sure is interesting, bathing suits one day and winter jackets the next.
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New Spring Painting Workshop by Kathy Roberts
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN THAT WILL NURTURE YOUR CREATIVE SIDE?
NEW SPRING PAINTING WORKSHOP, 6 WKS, STARTING APRIL 24, MONDAYS, 6-8:30 pm.
Beginners and Intermediate students welcomed. Sketching and Water coloring painting will be the
focus in a small group setting. A demonstration will be provided at each class. For more info. Please or call 978-853-7825.
