Tour Of The Schooner Thomas E Lannon Workshop Getting Ready

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Schooner Lannon 2020 Season Update We hope this message finds you well. Due to the current Covid-19 Pandemic, our sailing season is going to start later than usual. We will be waiting to hear more information from our state and local government on when it is a safe time to operate. We are currently working tirelessly to get the boat in tip-top shape (with masks and plenty of social distance, of course). Typically, we would start our sailing season on Mother’s Day weekend. However, at this time, we anticipate opening in late June and sailing with limited capacity for the safety of our guests and our crew. Safety is and always will be the most important thing to us. We plan on exceeding the recommended guidelines, and will be sending another update about what precautions we will be implementing. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy, and we look forward to being able to sail with you soon. We want to take this opportunity to thank everyone out there who is doing their part, especially those on the front lines putting themselves at risk for all of us. We are truly grateful, and look forward to better days when we can all come together again. Take care, and best wishes.

Oriole Sighting!

Posted on by Pat D

Captured my first Baltimore Oriole of the season in the backyard this morning, right on time as they are expected to return the first part of May. We have also sighted a hummingbird, but the camera operator wasn’t on top of her game at that fleeting moment. Welcome back orioles and hummingbirds. What a great treat first thing this Sunday morning!

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It’s Go Time For The Birdies

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Property Sales: April 2019 vs April 2020

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Kenny MacCarthy's avatarCape Ann Home

The chart shows the MLS statistics and roughly half as much Cape Ann real estate traded in April 2020 as in April of 2019.

But the story isn’t quite as grim. The good news is that it can still happen, even with our current restrictions in place, because some people really want to sell and some really want to buy.

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Interested in which homes sold this month and which homes are currently for sale?

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We hope this helps.
Bob and Sue McDermott • Kenny MacCarthy • Gibson Sotheby’s International

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Susan Gould Coviello’s Lobstermen Near The Sea Plate By Clare Leighton (1898 – 1989)

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Photo credit Susan Gould Coviello

More about Clare Leighton at this link

“Clare Veronica Hope Leighton (1898 – 1989) was an English/American artist, writer and illustrator, best known for her wood engravings.”

Clare Leighton also has a woodcarving print plate of codfishing and quarrying

Mother’s Day Arts Abound

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

artsaboundmagnolia@gmail.com

As Mother’s Day approaches, I am reminded how quickly the world continues to change. I hope you are all staying as well as you can, mentally and physically. The sad news in our world continues to come but I am trying to stay hopeful that a vaccine is coming soon and that when the crisis is over, that we will have all learned to be kinder and more forgiving to each other.

Arts Abound has been busy in our new role as face mask makers! Just today, Massachusetts’ Governor Baker stated that those folks who are not able to socially distance must wear a mask, or face a $300 fine. We expect to continue our posts at our sewing machines! We continue to donate some masks to help front line workers as well as selling them.

Our masks make a wonderful and colorful gift for Mother’s Day. Think of giving them to your mom, or maybe your dog mom, or the woman who you treats you like a mom, or maybe the mom who looks after your kids. What better way to say that you care than wanting to keep someone safer? I believe that we will each need a few masks, as the pandemic continues, so that we can have one at home, one in the wash, one in the car, and one to give to someone who doesn’t have a mask.

You can choose from the following themes: floral, abstract, juvenile, solid, or neutral. At $15 each, these masks are a great way to be fashionable and safer. You can pick them up curbside at Arts Abound or we can ship them for you for a small extra charge. Working with us is a great way to support local artists and to help our shop pay the rent while we are temporarily closed by the state.

I want to thank all of you wonderful customers for your outpouring of support during this difficult time. It has meant more to me than you can imagine…

Stay safe and sane.

Hugs to you all,
Sue Wheeler, owner

At Minglewood Harborside we are open and ready to provide you with awesome food along with some other essentials all curbside.

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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We have beer and wine too! http://www.minglewoodharborside.com to see our takeout menu and grocery list.

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Osprey Cam is Now Live!

Posted on by Pat D

The Essex Greenbelt Osprey Cam for the osprey nest behind LobstaLand is now live! Click here for the link. We have been stopping by to check on these ospreys and have been quite entertained by their daily activities. In fact, I think we happened to witness some attempts at mating. We also caught (I believe) one of Essex Greenbelt staff’s reported attempts to get the camera up and running for all of us! Thanks to you all! Watching on the osprey cam will be much better than these far-away photos.

Minglewood Takeout!

Posted on by Pat D

I was VERY happy to see a Minglewood offering takeout. We ordered fish and chips, baked haddock and garlic Parmesan wings……oh, they were so good. What a treat. Menu available at http://www.minglewoodharborside.com or call 978–281-0223. You won’t be sorry.

June Blooms

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Dot Sieradzki's avatarSeaside Garden Club

These are extraordinary times. It is with regret that our club’s annual plant auction is cancelled. The May auction is the main source of revenue for the year to come. It funds our monthly programs, community service projects and North Shore Community College scholarship. At the end of the current year our coffers are bare. We are optimistic that life will return to normal in September, maybe even in June. We are offering an alternative fundraiser to keep Seaside Garden Club alive in its 51st year, a month of prizes in June. Each day there will be one name drawn who will win that day’s prize. The prizes are donated by club members. Calendars are $10 for one or $20 for three. You will find the June in Bloom calendar on our website, https://seasidegardenclub.wordpress.com/ and on FaceBook, https://www.facebook.com/SeasideGardenClub.

To enter, please send a check made out to Seaside…

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Happy 269th birthday, Judith Sargent!

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sargenthousemuseum's avatarCape Ann Community

🎂Happy Birthday, Judith! John Singleton Copley’s oil portrait of early American women’s rights advocate and Gloucester native, Judith Sargent Murray, circa 1770-72, captures the 18 year old Judith in an alluring Turquerie costume, which is believed to belong to the artist. In spite of the sensuous, fluid garments, there is no mistaking Judith’s steely and determined gaze. This is a woman of power!

To celebrate Judith’s birthday, another young Gloucester woman recreates Copley’s original portrait, capturing both the sensual and determined spirit of the original subject. Please celebrate with us by sharing your own interpretation of this stunning portrait on social media and using #JudithSargentOnCanvas!

Learn more about Judith and her life in Gloucester at www.sargenthouse.org.

Thanks to model Natalie Zaffiro and photographer Nick Zaffiro!

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