As we all dodge all the orange cones of progress as we wind our way through the City streets to work today (which orange cones I have lovingly dubbed the “official city flower”) I share these orange shades of sunrise from last weekend! Have a great day!! 
Hannah Jumper is Getting a Lift
This has been fun to watch while going through downtown Rockport. Slow and steady work to ensure that the Hannah Jumper home lives on for years to come.
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good work at Good Harbor Beach
On the beach side, Precision Roofing is working on the concession topper
While on the parking lot side, Jason Burroughs continues some touch up on the original studiovo Carry In Carry Out mural. More before – after photographs coming.
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Back in the Day: GHS 1944-45
I recently purchased a copy of the 1944-45 Flicker, the Gloucester High School Yearbook and was intrigued by the story it told. So step back and take a look through the eyes of high school students in 1944-45:
The high school football team apparently had a very good season!
Remember these?
Something you will NEVER see again:
And something I’m afraid we will see again, even as we have seen similar statements in the time since. Words from what turned out to be called “The Greatest Generation”
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Watching the Waves Crash on Sy\tacy Boulevard
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Emergency Motion! Berkshire Museum dramatic courtroom hearing
On Wednesday, November 1, 2017, there was a hearing in Berkshire Superior Court concerning efforts to block the upcoming Sotheby’s sale of Berkshire Museum art. Judge John Agostini presided over the hearing. Apparently the plaintiff cases were not enough; the Attorney General’s office filed an emergency motion DURING yesterday’s two hour hearing. There was a large audience. More than one observer felt that the courtroom scene looked like a Norman Rockwell painting. Judge Agostini said he will make his decision soon.
Here’s the conclusion from The Berkshire Eagle article by Larry Parnass (they’ll be getting awards for their coverage):
Trustees acted unreasonably, she said, by treating the art collection as “fungible.”
The term refers to a commodity that can be traded for something else, such as cash.
Instead, Aladro said, the board turned away from its “core legacy” as a museum and took steps that will sever its connection to cultural institutions it needs to hold future exhibitions. “You ask what the museum did wrong,” Keating said to the judge. “They violated their own written policies.” Briefs filed in the case show that trustees voted to sign a contract with Sotheby’s weeks before removing provisions from policies that prohibited selling art in the way it intends. Keating also accused trustees of secrecy. “They knew there would be pushback. They didn’t want to face this.” He pointed to an email sent last May by the trustees president, Elizabeth McGraw, that asked fellow trustees to keep quiet. The subject line of the email read, “Loose lips sink ships.” “They didn’t want this ship sunk,” Keating said.
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Creating The Ultimate Sandwich On The @WeberGrills Weber Q 200
The Mrs wanted a gas grill to cook outdoors. After a search on Craigslist I picked up a Weber Q 200 that had great bones but needed a good amount of douching. A couple of hours or elbow grease, a rubber scraper and a scotch brite pad she was ready to cook on.
I can see why a Weber charcoal BBQ guy would like the Q series as a gas grill. They are very simple to put together, the parts are readily available (thank you Boots at Foster’s Grill Store), and they have some great features like the way the grate is designed to prevent flare-ups and grease drippings from clogging your burner tube.
I’d recommend a Weber Q over any Sears bought $100-$800 gas grill that will disintegrate in a year or two’s time.
Here’s a fantastic sandwich I made yesterday on the Weber Q 200 at the…
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Treetop Yoga Costa Rican Retreat
Treetop Yoga Presents a Costa Rican Yoga Retreat in Playa Guiones, Nosara, March 18-24, 2018. $100 discount if participants register by Friday, November 3Join Susan Himml at Olas Verdes Boutique Hotel, and explore your Wanderlust in surf and yoga Mecca, Nosara. Take time for rest, relaxation, and self-discovery, as you take your yoga practice to the next level.
Retreat Includes:
7 nights accommodation in luxury suites, breakfast each morning, morning vinyasa and afternoon workshop or restorative yoga, optional sunrise meditation, 2 group dinners including first night “welcome dinner”, round-trip transfers from Liberia International to Olas Verde in Nosara. Price does not include airfare to Costa Rica.Accommodations include luxury suites, all with A/C and private baths. Saltwater swimming pool, complimentary bicycles, and complimentary laundry services are all on site.
Luxury Suites feature a living room with a sofa (first level suites have a sofa-bed), mini-fridge, coffee maker, toaster oven or microwave oven, wet…
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Around town #6
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MONARCH BUTTERFLY FILM SCREENING OFFER!
ANNOUNCING A SPECIAL FILM SCREENING OFFER!
Donors contributing $20.00 or more will be invited to a very special screening preview party of the documentary Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly.
Consider the cost of a movie ticket, beverage, and popcorn is $20.00. By contributing to the film’s online fundraising campaign, you will help bring it to theaters and classrooms. Contributors will be invited to the film’s preview screening party and be amongst the first to see this stunning film!
One of the many ways that you will find Beauty on the Wing to be unique is that it was filmed entirely on location, outdoors, and in nature. There are absolutely no computer generated graphics. The life cycle scenes were filmed on Cape Ann, in meadows, dunes, and gardens (not laboratories). Flight scenes are not simulated, but filmed on location, predominantly on Cape Ann, some in Angangueo, and also Santa Barbara, Westport, Cape May, and Stone Harbor Point.
Mostly though, through story telling and cinematography, the film shines a beautiful light on the Monarch migration as it unfolds on the shores of Cape Ann, portraying our community and the natural world of Cape Ann as we would hope to be revealed to the world at large.
Friends of the Monarch Butterfly: If you would like to help towards the completion of the documentary film Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly, please consider making a tax deductible donation here:
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Donors contributing over $5,000. will be listed in the credits as a film producer.
For more information, visit the film’s website here: Monarch Butterfly Film
For an overview of the film’s budget, please go here: Budget
Thank you so very much for your help.
With gratitude,
Kim
Many folks assume when viewing the trailer that the scene of the single Monarch floating towards the Eastern Point Lighthouse was computer generated. It was not. The scene is the result of the filmmaker standing on the Lighthouse lawn, waiting for just the perfect fleeting moment. Every aspect of the film is genuine and true to the nature of Cape Ann, and to all the locations where filmed. Another example is the film’s ambient soundtrack–of songbirds, crickets, foghorns, train whistles, boat engines, roosters crowing, et. al.,– every sound was captured live on location.
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Monarchs in New Jersey and a migration update will be posted tomorrow! The above photos shows a roost of Monarchs at Stone Harbor Point in the golden light of late day.
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Fun time Trick or Treating on Main Street Gloucester
Lots of kids dressed up along with the parents. Fun time
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Wednesdays with Fly Amero @ The Rhumb Line…This weeks special guest: Bill Gleason! 7-10pm 11.1.2017
Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, November 1st – 7pm
My Musical Guest: BILL GLEASON!
Blues like nobody’s business. Last time Bill Gleason took the
Rhumb Line Wednesday stage, he tore the place down! It’s
simply the real thing! ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen……now features Janet Brown with some new and healthy ideas!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!
Upcoming…
11/08 – Ron Schrank
11/15 – Honkytonk Women
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward……to seeing you there 🙂
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Do you remember How much is that doggie in the window?
When I had a street level gallery with two big display windows, we’d change the art out nightly; it was a bit of fun competition. At least once weekly, a passerby or interested buyer would joke, “How much is that doggie in the window?” This little doggie wagging it’s tale at Schlichte on Pleasant was so cute! (Patti Page video helped explain the reference to my kids.)
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Gentleman from New York finds Café Brew and Spirits at 3 Main Street
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Lobstah haul
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Best of Halloween
These light up stick figure people were my favorite Halloween costume of the night. And then of course there’s a photo of my own boys for good measure.
Good Morning Gloucester 