An hour after sunset

With the sunsets being so early, an hour after sunset was only 5:23.  Love the colors reflecting.

Getting ready for Christmas

I usually wait until after Thanksgiving to start to decorate, but decided to start the process on Saturday.  The snow people I have had for over 40 years.  Yikes.

 

Blue sunsets

Friday night walk, with the sunset club and a blue sunset makes for a great under the day.  Grateful

Sunsets in November

On Wednesday evening, the sun set at 4:23, so early, but the sunsets show the beauty.   Even the seagulls like to hang out with the Sunset Cloub.

A fun event for Holiday Shopping

Another great holiday event will be at Marshalls Farmstand, Sunday, December 14, 2025.  Wonderful gifts and vendors along with being able to pick up some groceries. Thank you again for shopping local.

Look forward to seeing everyone.

Beautiful Coast Guard Cutter

Coast Guard Cutter was anchored in Gloucester Harbor for a couple of days.

Gloucester’s talented artist Kris Francis

Love driving by Kris Francis’s art here in Gloucester.  He is so talented, using recycled materials.

This mother and baby donkeys are up there with my favorites.

Good Harbor on Sunday Morning

Rick and I took a walk on Good Harbor Beach Sunday morning.  The clouds were forming, and ocean turned a silver color.

 

Whale Rock Art Studio

Went to Whale Rock Art Studio on Sunday, 27 Lexington Avenue, Magnolia, Gloucester, MA.  Amazing paintings by Loren Doucette and Matthew Billey.  People were admiring the great paintings by these two very talented artists.   Whale Rock Art Studio offers painting classes for kids and adults.  Very friendly studio with great light.   For more information on Whale Rock Art Studio, please go to the following link.  https://www.whalerockartstudio.com/

THOSE WHO SERVED

An amazing photography show at Gloucester’s beautiful City Hall on Saturday,   Jason Grow, Gloucester Councilor at Large and a terrific photographer put together a wonderful and inspiring show.  The photos of Korean, Vietnam and cold war portraits and stories of local soldiers.  What a wonderful way to honor our Veterans.  Thank you all.

 

Jason Grow with the help from Vee Chipperini, Director of Veterans Services, Gloucester Mayor Greg Verga, Ruth Pino, Aaron Stewart, State Senator Bruce Tarr, State  Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante and CW2 Mark Nestor put together a very inspirational show.

This wonderful show will be at Kyrouz Auditorium, Gloucester, MA City Hall until December 12, 2025, during City of Gloucester business Hours.

MSC Tanker

This tanker was off of Shore Road most of the day on Thursday.  MSC is a container ship.

Another amazing sunset

The Fall with the crisp air and beautiful clouds makes for a sensational sunset.

Those Who Served

Kyrouz Auditorium in Gloucester’s City Hall will host the photos and stories of Cape Ann Veterans who served in the Korean, Vietnam and Cold Wars. The opening reception begins at 11am (until 1p) and is open to the public. [Saturday, Nov. 8th 11-1] Exhibit will remain up during business hours until Dec. 12th

Cold Chocolate

Cold Chocolate-Folk, Funk and Bluegrass Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:30pm

Cold Chocolate, a Boston-based duo that calls itself  “a genre-bending Americana band,” makes its Cape Ann debut on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation’s 10th Anniversary series of concerts, lectures, silent movies and more. The location is the landmark 1806 Meetinghouse that is Gloucester’s oldest standing church and the home of the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church.

With Ethan Robbins on vocals, guitar and mandolin and Ariel Bernstein on vocals, percussion and banjo, Cold Chocolate fuses folk, funk and bluegrass and has released five albums. Simon Waxman of The Boston Review wrote that Cold Chocolate’s high energy and original music “sounds softer than the dew on the mountainside, harder than a Harley pushing back red dust, and sweeter than true love.”

With music for all ages, the band has shared bills with Leftover Salmon, David Grisman and Angelique Kidjo, and performed at festivals across the country. Tickets are available at the door and online with more information at: www.gloucestermeetinghouse.org. General admission is $30, students $10, under age 12 free.

The Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church is located at 50 Middle Street in Gloucester. Parking is available on the Green in front of the Meetinghouse and at other locations in the Historic District. The side entrance at 10 Church Street offers elevator access.

The Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church started its history as the first Universalist church in America in 1779, a rebellious congregation that played an important role in the quest for religious freedom as enshrined in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The architecturally significant building predates lighthouses on Cape Ann and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation is an independent, secular nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to the historic building’s preservation and its use for and by the Cape Ann community.

Sunday morning walk on Long Beach

Rick and walked on Long Beach on Sunday morning.  It was so pretty.  Even this cutie dog Teddi, she enjoyed the beach as well.