My View of Life on the Dock
Much thanks to Paul Horovitz for this crisp fall photo from Lighthouse Beach. Extra happy to use it as my blog post today since in addition to giving me this photo….he also gave me some “homework” to work on for a meeting tomorrow. I had fun adding some water color filters to it. Blog post done. Homework about to begin.
Just nominate a Donut Shop if you would please in the comment section on this post. Nomination period ends Satuday morning at 5AM. Top four nominations will go head to head in a taste off Sunday morning at the GloucesterCast podcast taping.
If you’re a loyal long time GMG reader you remember the Steak Bomb Challenge-
Also the Italian Sub Challenge-
This post will be stickied for a week. The top four vote getting Donut Shops will go head to head in a blind taste /presentation test. Blind meaning that the judges will not know where each donut came from.
To nominate, please place a comment on this post or on the Facebook post.
Nomination totals as of 7:03PM 11/17/17 (I’ll update these each day)-
I wandered down to Rocky Neck on a dreary day. Still intriguing. Wasn’t that long ago that it looked very different.
Happy Belly will be switching over to traditional cafe hours for the winter months; but don’t fret, they’ll still be open in the evening for special events like Star Wars Trivia on Thursday, December 7th at 6 PM!
Happy Belly’s Kitchen will be open 7 AM – 4 PM daily, with Beverages, Prepared Foods and the Bakery open till 5 PM.
Happy Belly’s next round of themed trivia (following an awesome night of Harry Potter Trivia earlier this month) will be Star Wars Trivia on Thursday, December 7th at 6 PM — mark your calendar!
Today, November 13th, a Monarch will emerge from its chrysalis in a garden 2,800 miles north of its winter sanctuary. The thing is, Monarchs typically arrive in Mexico at harvest time and around Day of the Dead celebrations, or when Americans celebrate Halloween. In the language of the indigenous Purépecha peoples, the name for the Monarch is “Harvester” butterfly. Under the most ideal conditions, this Monarch won’t arrive until Christmastime.
Along the northern leg of his journey, he will find little or no nectar plants as we have had several nights of freezing temperatures. All the wildflowers and garden plants have finished blooming for the season. With little fortification, is it possible for Monarchs to fly great distances? Biologists look for this type of climate change mismatch to track how global warming is affecting wildlife. Butterflies can survive rain. The water beads up and drips off its wings, but snow and below freezing temperatures are fatal to Monarchs.
With a hope and a prayer, fair winds and good weather, perhaps our little intrepid Monarch will make it to sunny Mexico, or possibly, shorten his journey, and at least make Florida his home for the winter. Here’s hoping.
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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:
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
Cannot stop myself from heading down to the Magnolia Pier at sunsets. They have been so beautiful.
Sun peeking through the top windows of the house on the point.
Sunset stroll on the pier
At the building for the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Statistics: this stairway to nowhere but an interesting painting. 
I like the whimsy of this, but this lady keeps looking at me
I hope the Stairway to Nowhere isn’t a precursor to my research results.
Please remember to shop locally always, but on Saturday, November 25, 2017 is the day to start holiday shopping locally.
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops -at all-
Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886)
Born to an Amherst Massachusetts family with deep Puritan roots, Dickinson was better known in her lifetime as a gardener and a baker than as a poet. Famously reclusive, she spent decades brooding on the mysteries of life and death, and became more and more preoccupied with the latter. A few of her poems were published in The Atlantic Monthly, but the vast majority of the more than 1,800 she wrote were not known to the public until after her death. A complete collection did not appear until the 1950’s.
Never get tired of looking at the beautiful views, that change daily. Life on the river is a good life!
Hundreds of buoys are primed every year.
Schedule for the annual lobster trap tree buoy ornament painting sessions held 3:30-5pm (except Sat Dec 2nd). This year includes O’Maley middle school kids!
Curator’s talk at the Cape Ann Museum SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2pmRESERVE YOUR TICKETS $10 for members ($20 for non members includes museum admission)
read about the talk from the Cape Ann Museum press release:
Curator Ron Diamond was on hand to open the week of showing the world’s best animated shorts!
Cape Ann Cinema & Stage, 21 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Gloucester, MA 01930
Annisquam Sewing Circle shares the 2017 Christmas Fair poster
Saturday morning, December 2, 2017
Web site: AnnisquamSewingCircle.org
Blog: http://www.annisquamsewingcircle.net
FaceBook: www.facebook.com/AnnisquamSewingCircle
Wenham Museum’s Annual Sleigh Bell Artisan Fair is November 17th & 18th. While there, don’t miss the Dig this and build that exhibit featuring Virginia Lee Burton originals and more!
Cindy is the author of The Luckiest Dog Not Alive, which has now been picked up by Barnes and Noble! Yes, her book is already on Amazon, but having Barnes & Noble pick it up is another proud moment in her writing career. The Luckiest Dog Not Alive is about one special dog and his adventures in the afterlife. Cindy is a resident of Gloucester and also the owner of Cape Ann Foodie Tours. Let’s support our local writers and entrepreneurs! If you would like to purchase a signed copy directly from Cindy, email chendr23@yahoo.com. To purchase online, visit www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com.
Good Morning Gloucester 