Category: Good Morning Gloucester

Since the challenge was thrown down regarding who might document the first hummingbird sighting, I’d like to submit the following (not great) cell photos from yesterday on our deck. But, no photos–no proof, so here you go. I should have known this would happen the minute I decided to leave the camera in the car because we were heading back out shortly…… it was nice to return to the dock with most of the gang for yesterday’s podcast AND the hummingbirds returned yesterday too. I don’t think it was a coincidence. I expect to improve on these photos as the season goes along.

Brown’s Yacht Yard-

139 E Main St, Gloucester, MA 01930

(978) 281-3200

Introducing 40 Forrester Rd., Wakefield. Charming cape with 3beds/1.5baths.

Offered at $649,000.

Call me to schedule your showing!

Katelyn Ciaramitaro

Engel & Volkers by the Sea

978-473-0922

Katelyn.ciaramitaro@engelvoelkers.com

Yep, that’s right. A brewery finally made the move, and we now have an amazing beer to celebrate Fiesta with! I love that it’s a “Walka” going down and not reaching for the flag, epicness! I don’t know if it’s based off a real walker’s attempt or not, so I’ll investigate. But, either way, it’s friggin FANTASTIC! (and I’m not a pilsner guy) I got mine at the newly relocated MODERN BUTCHER in Danvers. The place is AMAZING! That’s the sandwich I got to go with it, a Nashville Hot-Honey w pickes, also the best chicken sandwich I’ve ever eaten. Get ya some!! Beer: 9.2
Sandwich: 9.7

That can, come on!!

That sandwich was a double stack thighs!

Can’t you taste the flava!!!

Working Waterfront…

Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe’s spring production is Christopher Marlowe’s history drama “King Edward II,” The troublesome regime and lamentable death of Edward the Second, King of England, with the tragic fall of proud Mortimer. Well, no problem with spoilers here since the story of this fourteenth-century queer king was well-known to Elizabethan audiences. The play was first performed in 1593 and proved very successful with the educated upper class seated in the galleries and the groundlings standing in the pit.

Unfortunately, the twenty-nine-year-old author did not do as well as his creation. He died from a knife wound received that same year in an altercation shrouded in mysterious circumstances. Marlowe, who lived openly as a homosexual and atheist, had as complicated a life as his kingly subject.

The play opens with news of the death of King Edward I, and his son, Edward II, recalling his banished favorite/lover, Piers Gaveston, home from exile. This did not go over well with the powerful English barons, Edward’s peers, nor his wife, Queen Isabella. The peers threatened, and Isabella pleaded, but King Edward proved unrelenting, and the result was a civil war that left most of the factions beheaded, stabbed, or hanged leaving young Prince Edward to be crowned Edward III.

“King Edward II” will be performed at the historic Annisquam Village Hall, 34 Leonard Street, Gloucester April 27 – 30 and May 4 – 7; Thursdays Saturdays 7:30 PM, Sundays 3 PM. Tickets are $20 for general admission, $15 for seniors, and $10 for students available at the door or reserved at eventbtite.com.

Not recommended for those under 15 years of age.

Hey Joey -The Twin Lights Half Marathon is approaching on Sunday 4/30/23! The race starts and finishes at Good Harbor Beach. Runners will travel from Gloucester and race through Rockport until the turnaround in Pigeon Cove. We’re looking forward to a great turnout and another opportunity to showcase both communities.

More details available on the race website:https://www.yukanrun.com/twin-lights-half-marathon

April 30, 2023
Gloucester, MA

The Twin Lights Half Marathon
offers a spectacular course
with the seashore visible for much
of the race’s 13.1-mile route.

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I spotted my very first bluebird recently and caught these shots through our window. It might surprise some to learn I have never seen one before so this was a big thrill. I actually saw it a few days ago but wasn’t quick enough with the camera. Of course, we went off to get ourselves proper bluebird accessories in hopes of drawing them back. I don’t think the accessories worked too well, but there’s at least one around for me to keep an eye on. I’ll be like Miranda Lambert and “Keep a bluebird in my heart”. I am grateful for the wide range of wild birds we see right from our vantage point, but this one was special to me.

Ledges…