“Melen” (Mary Helen) Landergren found one of Paul’s ArtRocks by Good Harbor Beach in September.  For Christmas, she gave it to Nancy Silva, her best friend of 38 years, who had long wanted an ArtRock.  MH is also married to Don called D, Nancy’s brother, and their son was one of the unsuccessful videotaped searchers looking for the rock hidden at Capt. Joe & Sons that Patti Keenan’s husband found (if you remember that incredibly funny video, featuring some historic Ed Collard footage).  It has been a family mission to find an ArtRock.  They came to Mug Up Sunday so they could meet the famous Paul Frontiero, Jr. and thank him in person.  I love stories with happy endings, don’t you!

E.J. Lefavour

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These are some great aerial shots of Rocky Neck and Annisquam taken by Tom Bernie of Gloucester, from his cool little red plane that he built.  The 1st shot is of Tom ready to take off from NH, the 2nd shot is one I took of him flying over Rocky Neck, and the bottom shot is one he took of Smiths Cove with me standing on the dock behind Madfish Grille shooting him.  He didn’t know I was there, and I was returning from shooting the Picton Castle when I heard the plane and looked up in time catch him.  The moral of this post is, wherever you go and whatever you are doing, you never know when someone might be photographing you, so smile – you’re on candid camera! – especially on Cape Ann.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Hi, my name is Pi, over here on the left!  I am at the Cape Ann Animal Aid with my brothers Jack and Dash.  The Cape Ann Animal Aid is now located at the Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter, Four Paws Lane, Gloucester.  We are four-month-old pups who are Lab/Retriever mix.

We all love to play and we are also learning good manners and leash walking.

Please visit CapeAnnAnimalAid.com and learn about our upcoming events such as our booth at the Sidewalk Days in downtown Gloucester from August 2-4.  Don’t forget “Dog Day” on September 9th and if it rains, it will be held on the 15th.   Maybe you will see me there with my new family?!

I am a sweet and affection little girl and I hope you might stop by and visit me.   The staff and volunteers here are great.  They walk me and then I get to play in the kiddy pool; I love to swim.  Wow!  I’m tired again!  Playing and being this cute takes work!

Lobster glut brings down retail prices, at last

by Jay Fitzgerald, Special to the Journal

Boston Business Journal

Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2012

An unexpectedly abundant catch this spring of soft-shell lobsters has finally begun to force down the price of lobster at restaurants and retail stores – much to the delight of consumers.

“We’re doing fabulous,” said Myalisa Waring, owner of the Lobster Pool restaurant in Rockport. “We’re serving lobsters like crazy. Everyone’s coming in and talking about the prices and want lobsters.”

“I haven’t seen catches like this in years,” said Frank Ciaramitaro, co-owner of Captain Joe & Sons Inc., a Gloucester wholesale dealer that buys lobsters direct from lobstermen on the docks. “For us, it’s been a record.”

Even though lobstermen began catching higher numbers of soft-shell lobsters in early June – about a month earlier than usual, creating an unexpectedly large surplus of lobsters early in the season – the retail prices for lobsters initially and generally held steady across much of Massachusetts through last week.

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Jujuba,  became missing on Summit street in Gloucester last Friday night. If anyone finds her or knows anything PLEASE call Jessica at 978 879 6623 or 978 930 2704. She is very loved and we are VERY worried.

I know what it is like to have a missing pet. I am hoping someone found this dog and fell in love with it. I also am hoping if this is the case that they will show some love and return it to its owner. The police said to give it up because there has been reports of a coyote in the area.The owner and friends have not given up. They continue to search, posters are up around town and it has been posted on some websites too.

Thank you,

Joanne

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.  So throw off the bowlines.  Sail away from the safe harbor.  Catch the trade winds in your sails.  Explore… Dream… Discover…”  Mark Twain

This is the quote on the card of the Conway Family (Dad-Chris, Mom-Erica, Bryson, Riesling and Porter) from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey who came into the gallery and were just such a pleasure and inspiration to meet.  They are on day 16 of a year long sailing adventure aboard their 47′ sailboat s/v Patronus.   Check out www.conwaysailors.com to learn more about them and follow their adventure. 

Chris is an active father, a successful businessman, a talented woodworker, a wannabe meteorologist, and a lifelong sailor.  He enjoyed years of racing sailboats with his family, at Cornell University, and at premier levels of the racing world.  Highlights of his racing career include the Transatlantic Race (New York to England), Fastnet (England), and Cowes Week (England).  These days, he enjoys being a dad to Bryson, Riesling, and Porter.  He is excited about sharing his love of sailing, adventure, and the sea with his children.  In preparing for our trip, he has taken an intensive diesel engine repair and maintenance course, researched every possible piece of equipment from bow to stern, and has pored over the charts from Maine to Grenada.  Chris had to come to Gloucester, which he has a fascination with due to our fishing and maritime history, and he loves “Wicked Tuna”.

Erica is a stay-at-home mom who has always felt most at home when on the ocean.  She was boating by 11 weeks old and has never stopped.  As achild, she enjoyed powerboating with her family and lived on a boat for 6 years on Long Island, New York.  In college, she began racing sailboats and fell in love with the wind.  And Chris.  Chris and Erica met on the Cornell Sailing Team, racing dinghies together and traveling around the country.  They dreamed of getting married and having three children some day, during those early months of starry-eyed dating.  They graduated, got married, and continued to race until having children 10 years ago.  Erica can’t wait to watch her three children feel at home on a boat.  Most importantly, she can’t wait to show them that we can make our dreams come true.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com