Everyone Is Invited To The Grand Banks Showroom Opening September 12, 2019 From 4-7PM 7 Crafts Road Gloucester MA
SIMPLY AN AMAZING DAY OF WILDLIFE OUT ON THE FIELDS, MARSHES, AND WATERWAYS OF CAPE ANN – Hawks, Egrets, Herons, Butterflies, and More!
Autumn migration is full underway and wildlife is on the move through Cape Ann. With gorgeous weather, blue skies and a sprightly breeze, Sunday was a spectacular day for observing dozens of species on the wing — A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk and Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Snowy Egrets, Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Little Blue Herons, Cormorants symbiotically feeding with the herons, thousands of Tree Swallows, Mockingbirds chasing Red-tailed Hawk, Painted Ladies, Yellow Sulphurs, Buckeyes, and beautiful, beautiful freshly emerged Monarchs.
Lots of photo bombing on Sunday–a Great Blue Heron appeared unexpectedly from the marsh edge, flying over a flock of Snowy Egrets.
Later in the day, a second Great Blue Heron flew over a flock of Starlings that were trying to keep one step ahead of the Red-tailed Hawk.
A juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron flew on the scene for a brief moment.
Red-tailed Hawk hunting in the marsh – he gave up on songbirds and decided to go for a member of the rodent family.
Tree Swallows are continuing to mass and migrate along our shores.
Snowy Egret and Great Egret
Beautiful Monarchs on the move (more about the Monarchs tomorrow when I hopefully have time to go through the butterfly photos from Sunday) 🙂
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Heading to the beach after work
It may have been September 9, 2019 but the beach is still calling me.
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Cape Ann License Plate Low Number Online Auction!
The Cape Ann Community Foundation would like to thank everyone who bid in the 2019 Cape Ann License Plate Low Number Online Auction. Every dollar raised supports the grants given yearly to Cape Ann Nonprofits and Education Initiatives. We can’t wait to see the plates on the road for the ❤ of the Cape Ann Community! Remember Cape Ann License Plates are always available at Lovecapeann.com.
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
City of Gloucester 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken, Police Chief Edward Conley, Fire Chief Eric Smith, Harbormaster Thomas Ciarametaro and Director of Veterans’ Services Adam Curcuru announced that the City of Gloucester will hold a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony tommorrow to mark 18 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
The ceremony will take place at the Gloucester Fire Department Headquarters at 9:55 a.m., tomorrow, September 11.
As written in their Media Advisory:
Gloucester firefighters, police, military personnel and elected officials will conduct an observance ceremony this September to remember all those lost on Sept. 11, 2001 and in the ensuing Global War on Terrorism.
“Each year, we host this ceremony to remember the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks,” Fire Chief Smith said. “It is a somber day for us all, and it’s important that we continue to gather as a community on this anniversary to remember all those who lost their lives that day.”
The ceremony will begin with an opening statement from Fire Chief Smith and a prayer by Chaplain Peter Aberle of the Orthodox Congregational Church in Lanesville. The City will also hold a moment of silence, and in the tradition of the Fire Department of New York City, the Gloucester Fire Department will symbolically strike a ‘5-5-5-5′ alarm on a ceremonial bell to remember those who died in the line of duty on Sept. 11, 2001.
“This ceremony is an opportunity for our city to come together and support each other, as we always do in difficult times,” Mayor Romeo Theken said. “Thank you to the Gloucester Fire and Police Departments, Harbormaster, Veterans’ Services and Coast Guard for coming together to hold this ceremony, and remembering this very difficult day in our nation’s history.”
Mayor Romeo Theken’s office and the Gloucester Fire Department’s Women’s Auxiliary will host a reception at City Hall on Dale Avenue following the ceremony.
Gloucester residents Dan Leahy, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War who was working at the World Trade Center at the time of the 1993 and 2001 terror attacks, and Brenda Leahy are also organizing a display in the auditorium at City Hall in remembrance of the terror attacks. The display will include a 9/11 quilt among additional memorial items, and a video will be available to answer questions about the terror attacks. The display will be open to the public until approximately 12 p.m. on Sept. 11.
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Small Talk
(This was on the Schooner Festival float and the two little blondes are able, seasoned crew on the schooner ALERT from Bailey Island, Maine.)
Al Bezanson
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
The 5th Gloucester Harvest Music Festival 2019 ~ September 14th 10:30am to 8:30pm
SEP14
5th Annual Gloucester Harvest Music Festival
Saturday at 10:30 AM – 8:30 PM
Line up
10:30 Opening Ceremony/Dedication
10:45 – Alexandra and Josh
11:30 -12:45 Jenny Dee and The Deelinquents
1:00 -1:45 Hilary Klug (W/ Vindor Tint Appearances)
2:15 -3:30 Jamie Lynn Hart
https://music.jamielynnhart.com/
3:45- 5:00 The Big Take-Over
Michael Bloom Photography
5:15- 645 Hayley Jane
7:00- 8:30 Zepparella
Closing
15 Minute announcements from “Marylin Monroe”
Our 2019 Mistress of Ceremonies: Theresia Millasovich as Marilyn Monroe!
Appearances from Hilary Klug after announcements among vendors and beer garden
tickets here >https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3321532Line up
More info here at https://www.gloucesterharvestmusicfestival.com/
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Shuttle Smiles-31
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Gloucester Smiles-1318 with their Dogs
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Visitors to Gloucester-194
From Houlton Maine and Beverly Mass during Schooner Festival
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
The Bluefin Blowout Raised $366,050 for The Alzheimer’s Association!
$366,050. Knowing how passionate and dedicated they are…and knowing they won’t stop until there’s a cure… I guess I shouldn’t be surprised….but, yet I was. This group….this amazing and determined group….supported, celebrated, and loved by so many generous friends, sponsors, captains/crews, advertisers, and family members…. knocked it completely out of the park.
Last night, gathered at the Beauport Hotel, the Lyon-Waugh Auto Group presented a check to the Alzheimer’s Association.
With their massive efforts and unyielding generosity (both theirs and that of those who support them) they managed to raise a surreal $366,050 during this year’s Bluefin Blowout to help #endalz. That’s more than half a million in just two years alone….not to mention the six previous tournaments! I am forever, completely in awe of what they do and by the support that others give to them. Those who give gather. These people could move mountains.
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Parm Night at Trio!
Last week I stopped by Trio and lucky for me it was Parm Night. I had the Chicken Parmesan as well as a $6.99 adult beverage. You do the math. Dinner, complete with leftovers, for just a little over $20. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! It’s Tuesday!
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Awesome Foundation Call for Proposals
Awesome Gloucester + Awesome Rockport are now accepting proposals for $1000 micro-grants. All grants are given in cash with no strings attached. Submit proposals here: www.awesomefoundation.org/en/submissions/new
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Calling All Local Artists and Art Lovers…
Sign up for the Art Festival in The Shipyard at Essex Shipbuilding Museum ! Register here : http://capeanncommunity.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/cb957-callforartesm2019.pdf
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
SAFE TRAVELS COLUMBIA!
Schooner Columbia departing Gloucester Friday morning with the Captain waving bye to Charlotte 🙂
How majestic to see the towering masts of the Columbia in our harbor during Schooner Fest!
Columbia: How the classic Fisherman’s Cup schooner was reborn
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Shore Road, Waves and Rosa Rugosa
On Saturday the waves were so amazing, plus the sun and blue ocean.
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Gloucester Writers Center Presents
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Preview 2019 Sawyer Free Annual Art Auction
The preview and silent bidding for the annual art auction is open through September 30th! Come see what work 67 generous artists and supporters have donated this year to help raise money for the Friends of the Sawyer Free Library. The art is hung salon style in groups on the five walls of the Matz Gallery just inside the Gloucester Lyceum Sawyer Free Library entrance.
Leave a bid now or LIVE at the auction. Collen Hogan-Lopez shares how on behalf of the friends group: HOW TO BID IN THE SILENT AUCTION (3)
——-
THE ANNUAL ART AUCTION — now a big fundraiser for the Friends — is coming! Check these dates, mark them on your calendars — Support your library by purchasing a painting!
SILENT AUCTION: Starting on Tuesday, September 3, in the Matz Gallery you’ll find the beautiful art works of local artists which they’ve so generously donated to the Art Auction. Clear instructions on how to bid on your favorites included in the attachment! Visit, enjoy and bid! Closes on Monday September 30th at 5 PM.
LIVE AUCTION : Wednesday, October 2, –Starting at 6 PM PREVIEW PARTY — refreshments, and live music by Jeannine Lynch.7 PM Live Auction begins. Cash, checks and credit cards accepted. Join us in this fun event and get the chance to own these incredible original art works while supporting library programs! – Colleen Hogan Lopez, Friends of Sawyer Free Library
——-
Spoiler alert: stop here for those that like to bid blind and/or guess the artist.
For those who want to know and credit the artists, here’s the checklist I’ve cobbled together from the bid book with more photos of the sixty seven 2019 selections:
1. Noreen Hale, The Annisquam, oil
2. Fred Kepler, Eastern Point Light, oil
3. Nancy Alimonsky, View From Nichols Candy, oil
4. Pamela Burke, October Moon Rising, acrylic
5. Juni VanDyke, Untitled, acrylic w/epoxy finish
6. Peter Reis Sr., Alexandra’s Bread bakeshop, oil
7. Cindy Asard, Rockport Harbor, watercolor
8. Roy McCauley, L’il Mako, oil
9. James Formichella, No Room Between Horses, color pencil
10. Anita Beloff, Beach Dunes
11. Paul George, Thomas Lannon, watercolor
12. James Watson, Lannon and Bluenose, watercolor
13. Dina Gomery, Autumn Field, oil
14. Sandy Scott, Running Buck, etching
15. Susie Field, Rounding the Buoy, acrylic
16. Phyllis Kaplan, Resting, watercolor
17. Olga Hayes, Motif #2, watercolor
18. Ray Crane, Pinky Schooner “Ardelle” off Ten Pound Island, oil
19. Lorwen Connie Nagle, Old Country Door, oil
20. Mary L. Crowningshield, Cottage Garden
21. Don Gorvett, Ice Flower Gloucester Harbor, State Fish Pier
22. Michael De Cosimo, HMS Bounty, oil
23. Patricia McCarthy, The Paint Factory, oil
24. Barbar Kremer, Little River,Gloucester, watercolor
25. Carole Loiacono, Breaking Light over Wonson Cove, oil
26. Bonnie Sylvester, Ten Pound Island, watercolor
27. Phyllis Feld, Quartet, pastel
28. Ann Mchem Ziergiebel, Art Class, watercolor
29. Marie Sweeney, Universalist Church, oil
30. Alyce Wherren, Toward Annisquam,
31. Shiela Farren Billings, Blue Twilight, acrylic
32. Lynda Goldberg, New Experiences, oil and mixed media
33. Linda Lea Bertrand, November Light, oil
34. Susan W. Daly, Sailor’s Stan’s, watercolor
35. Laureen Maher, Birdseye Frozen, oil
36. Marion Hall, Columbia Mayors Race, watercolor
37. Jeff Weaver, Dock Scene, charcoal and pastel
38. Perry McIntosh, Somewhere in Maine, watercolor
39. K.T. Morse, Bass Rocks, oil
40. David P. Curtis, Winds of Change, oil
41. Patricia Doran, Little River, watercolor
42. Peter Tysver, From Good Harbor, oil
43. Paul George, Paint Factory, oil
44. Jude Abbe, Essex Shipyard, oil
45. Danny Mears, Cloudy Valley, colored pencil
46. Mary Rhinelander, Twin Light, Drypoint Monoprint
47. Curtis Wilcox, Bruce Lee’s Enemies, mixed
48. Marny Williams, Epic Lighthouse, watercolor
49. Marianne Thompson, Gloucester Blue, oil
50. Sandra Herdman, Essex Burnham House, oil
51. Marianne Ghompson, Black Bird’s Song, oil
52. Grace Frost, Anchor Lane, pastel
53. Daryl Jackson, Emergence, graphite on paper
54. Mary R. McCarl, Rooster Sunflower Pitcher, watercolor
55. Charlotte Roberts, From T. Wharf, gouache watercolor
56. Lea Donovan Watson, Little Yellow Flowers, collage
57. Jane Wolf, Tall Grass, watercolor
58. Katherine Coakley, Singing Beach, oil
59. Bavaka Robin Berger, Legends of Worlds Locked in Time, mono/mixed media
60. Jerry Ackerman, Moody Blues, watercolor
61. MaryJane Lane, Entranced, acrylic
62. Karen Fitzgerald, Resting Dories, watercolor
63. Coco Berkman
64. Christine Pitman, Mums, acrylic
65. Jess Semeraro, Our Ravens, ink & watercolor
66. Kate Nordstrom, Mom’s Chair, oil
67. Joy Halstead, Cloud 9
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Music Around Town ~ September 9-15, 2019
click photo for music info
Spread The GMG Love By Sharing With These Buttons:
Gloucester Smiles-1322
Good Morning Gloucester 