Author: paultmorrison
Thursday Sunrise Evil Grin
Or maybe just winking.
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Rubber Duck at North Tower of Thacher Island
Looking at the South Tower.
Joey: This is not a photoshopped image. Our Boys are up there and we’re gonna bring you some craaazy footage!
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Sunrise Yesterday
Today’s sunrise was even prettier but I needed to get a full smoker of bluefish so I was busy catching the last one today. Possible secret ingredient to my deviled eggs.
Just moments after the photo was taken I was wrestling a bluefish amongst the barnicles. Bag Balm is a lovely ointment.
Fun Fact: Halifax, Nova Scotia is directly lined up with sunrise today.
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Waves on the North Side this morning
Rubber Duck might get blown away and land up in Nova Scotia.
Time for a nap. Wish my eyelids worked.
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This Morning Saturday Sunrise
This morning’s sunrise. Samo samo.
But wait, here comes a sailboat heading north to Maine. Hurry up, the sunrise is going.
I tried to get the dog and Rubber Duck in the foreground but they were having none of it. There was a puddle on the rock I needed them to stand on and they thought alligators would jump out of the water and eat them. Babies.
Use this link to find out where your sunrise is going to be. Click the box “sunrise” near the bottom and then just double click until you are in your backyard.
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/
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Rubber Duck Om
Rubber Duck: “So why are you always laughing Siddhārtha?”
Buddha: “I am eternally cracking myself up when I remember that I died after eating a sketchy pork sandwich.”
Rubber Duck: “You should have ordered the lobster roll.”
Buddha: “No celery, right?”
Rubber Duck: “Just a touch of mayo. Omy Om. Nirvana.”
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Homie’s Dream
A harem. With guards. On the lookout.
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Rocky Neck: August 4 Night on the Neck
Rubber Duck had way too much fun at last Thursday’s NOTN on Rocky Neck and needed a little hair of the dog that bit her the next day.
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Homie!
How to Goose a Duck.
Or this could be a “Caption This!” What is in the thought bubble over Rubber Duck’s head?
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Dog Dream
What the hell?!
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Morning of Blackburn Challenge Breast Clouds
The morning of the Blackburn Challenge contestants and viewers of the race noticed some pretty weird clouds. Hard to capture in a camera, they looked a little like this photo taken from the wiki page describing mammatus clouds. Terry Weber posted at GMG about these mysterious clouds here.
“Mammatus” from the latin mamma for breast or udders. On race day the clouds were much larger in the breast category with cleavage compressed as small indentions. A cold front comes in, some wind shear occurs, and these large lumpy clouds start dropping from the sky.
Some clouds have a silver lining, on Cape Ann they sometimes appear to be double D cup.
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Fond Memories
“Maybe I should have let Homie play with the kids more.”
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Real Time Blackburn Challenge Caboose: Rubber Duck
Rubber Duck has figured out her ride in the Blackburn Challenge is not the fastest boat in the fleet and so is looking to upgrade. But no one wants a quacky duck onboard so it is the scenic ride for her. Duck wants to have refreshments on the way and so she has written up a web page displaying her whereabouts during the day of Saturday, July 23. If you happen to have a cold one and can tell by the dot on the link here, Rubber Duck will gladly pull over to freshen up as Saturday looks to be a hot challenge. Prior to 8AM Saturday and on Friday the dot (and so duck) will be racing about the island for provisions like duck bill gloss and SP 500. (The Duck Tracker will also be turned off or in test mode prior to the Blackburn for battery charging so the map will not start real updating until 7 AM Saturday.)
Rubber Duck entourage will look like one pale blue kayak (Paul M) and one dark green kayak (Ed C). Follow the dot and come down to greasy pole to watch the finish. (Come quite a bit earlier than Rubber Duck Tracker if you actually want to see some racing.)
Not enough links to Rubber Duck Tracker? Here’s another: 
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Rubber Duck Field Trip
Rubber Duck was bored so it was a drive into Boston to ride the Swan Boats and then off to try her hand (rubber wing) at Proteomics. But then she started thinking she might be missing too much fun back on the island …
She’s back now and Rubber Duck will be on the bow of a kayak this Saturday behind Gloucester High School waiting for the 8:25 AM horn announcing sea kayaks can start in the Blackburn Challenge. We might take the scenic route around the island so don’t expect her at the greasy pole before 2 PM and save her some cold beer. She won’t be last since I will be four feet behind her. Not sure where Ed will be. Possibly on one end of a tow rope but anyone’s guess which one of us will be doing the towing. Maybe the duck will tow both of us.
UPDATE: Blackburn Challenge has 403 sailors signed up manning some 253 boats following the course below this Saturday morning. Get to your favorite point of land on Cape Ann and cheer them on.
Click map for interactive adventure.
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Blackburn Challenge Registration ends Midnight Tonight
Click here for Blackburn Challenge Registration. Do it today since the registration ends at midnight tonight. Next week will be the 25th running. Sign up and be part of history and get a cool shirt too. Stand Up and Paddle, sit down and kayak, turn backwards and row a dory. If Rubber Duck, Ed Collard, and I can do it, you can too.
Only 7 days to the race. Check out a map of the course.
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Auction for 2 Tickets to Thursday’s Sail on Thomas Lannon to Benefit Cape Ann Animal Aid is over
A $130 bid early on sealed the deal. That is a lot of puppy food for the likes of pet of the week Kindle.
Kindle hopes everyone has a lovely sail tomorrow. Looks like the weather will be sunny with not a cloud in the sky. Bring your cameras and snap that sunset. (8.19PM)
The sail is from 7-9PM. Checkin starts at 6:30PM and boarding is at 6:50PM.
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Mill Brook Meadow Park, Rockport
A little help here?
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Auction For Charity: Two Tickets to this Thursday’s Sold Out Sail on the Thomas Lannon to Benefit the Cape Ann Animal Aid
This Thursday the Thomas Lannon will be Sailing away with GMG FOBs and rum and cigars 7PM to 9PM. All the tickets are gone.
But wait, there are two tickets that just became available and this pair will be auctioned to the highest bidder before 6PM Wednesday. Normally $70 for the pair we want to raise a few dollars for the Cape Ann Animal Aid.
Do it for the puppies. Or do it for the fine Cuban Cigar Company and Rum Drinks along with a lovely sail aboard the Lannon with Joey and his pals. Just add a comment to this post with the dollar amount. Should we start at $50?
ps. If you would like to make anonymous bids send them to goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com and he will post them as anon to this thread. We will update the bidding on Monday and Tuesday night.
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Homie a No Show.
Rubber Duck takes the kids to the beach, hires Sumo to babysit the twins (their both somewhat evil), and even brings some fresh mackerel heads for Homie.
Homie would rather hang off the stern of a trawler with his pals.
Good Morning Gloucester 