Gloucester Smiles – with their dogs
Schooner Roseway
The Schooner Roseway has arrived for this weekend’s Schooner Festival and is hanging out in the harbor. Hoping the weather cooperates this weekend so we can have a great Parade of Sails. Check out the Gloucester Schooner Festival site for up to date schedules and a list of participating schooners!
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YETI…Well Thank Goodness
I took a three-day camping trip with four other “grown-ups” and 24 students a few weeks back. Campers’ parents were kind enough to supply us with tons of gear to make the trip a success. The 29 of us had 13 tents, 14 kayaks, 4 paddle boards, 3 grills, and several assorted coolers. The YETI cooler shown below….did its job…and then some. Don’t get me wrong….for the price these coolers better be game changers…but I was super impressed nonetheless.
In the days prior to the actual trip the children formed cooking groups, planned menus, and went shopping for all supplies and provisions. Pretty cool. While we had some larger 10 gallon jugs of water with purifiers, we also bought some small bottles of water. Those bottles went into the YETI warm….straight off the shelf of the grocery store….early Wednesday morning. Just before midnight, Thursday night, we fished some completely frozen bottles of water out of the YETI.
Joey loves the Kenley brand Double Insulated Beer Can Cooler-Insulator and the RTIC brand double-walled stainless tumblers. I wonder if there is a cooler out there as powerfully cold as the YETI…in a more affordable price? Thoughts?
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Pork Ribs On The @WeberGrills Performer
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Nasya Oil ~
The benefits of Nasya Oil….
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Back to School Time!
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Move over Joe Fish Tuna Tail, I might just have to Make this 40 x 60 and hang it in the living room. Oh Ma Gawdddddd #Patriots
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PASSIONFLOWERS FROM SCOTT MEMHARD
Scott Memhard share his gorgeous Passionflower, which he grew from seed! I asked how hardy is his vine because our Maypop died out after a very bad winter several years ago.
“Kim – I hadn’t heard them called Maypop before. They’re hard to winter over around here, even in a sheltered location with heavy mulch. I started several varieties of these, Passionflower vines and Cup & Saucer vines, from seed last fall inside, and they’ve been doing well this summer. My grandmother always had a Passionflower vine that she’d brought from Bermuda, where they’re grown for perfume, in her little greenhouse. As kids we were very impressed by their incredible delicate structure and colors, especially when she preserved the flowers by dipping in hot melted wax!”
Scott’s photos are of the North American native species Passiflora incarnata. We here on Cape Ann are located in the tippy most northern range of this beautiful vine. All the rest (500 species) are more tropical. Maypop grows prolifically in the southeastern US and the foliage is the caterpillar food plant of FOUR species of butterflies: Gulf Fritillary, Julia, Zebra Longwing, and Variegated Fritillary. One of numerous common names, it is called Maypop because in the southeast the vine has a habit of popping up in May, in a location where you did not plant. Maypop spreads by root suckers. Other common name include Wild Passionflower, Apricot Vine, Old Field Apricot, Holy-Trinity Flower, Molly-pop, Passion Vine, Popapple, Granadilla, Maycock, Maracoc, Maracock, White Sarsaparilla, and Purple Passion Vine.
Scott Memhard Photos
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FAWN AND MAMA DEER AT EASTERN POINT
Longtime Eastern Point resident Elli shares this lovely scene of a doe and fawn foraging in her backyard. I have seen lots of bucks in the marsh at the EP Lighthouse and we’ve had a few single deer in our yard on Plum Street, but never a fawn and doe. I sure would love to photograph/film a fawn and mom on Cape Ann. Thanks so much to Elli for sharing!
White-tailed doe and fawn, Eastern Point, Gloucester
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GALA BENEFIT PARTY AND FREE OPEN HOUSE AT THE PAINT FACTORY THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND!
The Second Annual Ocean Alliance Labor Day weekend art exhibition and fundraiser gala in partnership with Trident Gallery and the Trident Live Art Series celebrates contemporary viewpoints of the sea and maritime history at the Ocean Alliance Headquarters, the historic Tarr & Wonson Paint Factory.
Trident Gallery Director Matthew Swift is curating the art installation Edge for Ocean Alliance, which will be on view, free and open to the public, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Hours to be announced.
Trident Live Art Series Director Sarah Slifer Swift has invited Composer Robert J. Bradshaw and the Beauport Chamber Players, lighting designer Michael Friedman, and dancer Nina Brindamour to create a site-specific staging of Bradshaw’s musical work “Down to the Sea in Ships” for the Paint Factory.
“Down to the Sea in Ships” is a piece for strings and narrator about ill-fated whaling captain George Pollard Jr., whose story inspired Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick.
In addition to this unique inter-media staging of “Down to the Sea in Ships,” the Gala event includes delicious food and drink, the art exhibition, and the Parade of Lights and fireworks of the Gloucester Schooner Festival.
Tickets are $100/person, a contribution toward the continuing restoration of the paint factory complex, one of the last standing icons of Gloucester’s maritime history. More information and tickets will be available soon!
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7th Annual Overdose Vigil
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Late Summer Magnolia Harbor
This view is what the runners of the Magnolia Road Race saw as they were running the race. Just beautiful.
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Perfect night on the harbor and the dock for Kay Ellis Fundraiser.
Could not have been a more perfect night for a sail on Lannon and Ardelle, dinner, and the great mystery raffle with new and old friends that came out to celebrate Kay Ellis’s legacy to Gloucester’s tourism and hospitality business. She would have loved it to the “Eat Dessert First Bags” and
the scholarships given in her name. Thanks to all that donated terrific raffle prizes and the committee that pull off this great event. Thanks to the Gloucester House who always makes every evening special. Thanks to Fly Amero and Allen for Queen of the Harbor.
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BEAUTIFUL GLOUCESTER HARBOR FOGGY MORNING AND CRUSIE SHIP AMERICAN CONSTELLATION DOCKED IN HARBOR
Foggy early morning scenes around the Harbor.
Castle in the Fog
City Hall and the Paint Factory
UU Church 
Cruise Ship American Constellation with Ten Pound Island and the Greasy Pole
The American Constellation is a 175-guest room cruise ship from American Cruise Lines. From the company’s website, “Designed to navigate the inland waterways of the East Coast, American Constellation brings guests to beautiful ports the larger ships can’t access. In the intimate atmosphere onboard, guests will find the largest staterooms in the industry, spacious lounges, as well as observation decks and private balconies that offer spectacular views of the passing landscapes.”
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Visitors from Methuen Mass on a Bus Tour
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Gloucester Smiles-715 (ABCD)
Watching his wife Stand Up Paddleboard (for first time) on a windy day on the harbor.
Others just enjoy the Boulevard
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Kay Ellis Memorial Scholarship Fund Raiser
A scholarship fund to benefit local students of the tourism and hospitality industry has been set up in memory of Kay Ellis, who worked diligently for many years on many tourism ideas and issues and helped elevate Gloucester as a tourism destination. She loved the maritime and hospitality business and she put her heart and soul into it, working with the Chamber of Commerce and Discover Gloucester, all the while promoting Schooner Lannon. We hope to share her vision through the scholarships
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This morning’s visitor
The American Constellation out of Connecticut is gracing our harbor this morning as it makes its way up the coast to Maine.
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L.A.-based singer/songwriter Brad Byrd returns to Katrina’s Wednesday night
Indie-rock/alt-country musician Brad Byrd returns to Cape Ann for a show at Katrina’s, 14 Rogers Street, Gloucester, Wednesday, at 9 p.m. Formerly of Rockport, Byrd in June released his critically acclaimed, third studio album, “Highest Mountain.” Many of the songs on “Highest Mountain” were written, composed, and recorded on Cape Ann and in Los Angeles.
Byrd’s music has been featured on film and TV, most recently on FOX’s “New Girl” and ABC’s “American Housewife,” along with radio stations across the country.
On Wednesday night, Byrd will be performing with a nationally recognized backing band of NYC- and Boston-based musicians. Opening for Byrd at 8 p.m. will be James Vassallo of “Above Water,” who lives in Rockport. Admission is free. Copies of “Highest Mountain” on both CD and vinyl will be available at the show, as will other merchandise.
For more details about Byrd, “Highest Mountain,” and his 2017 U.S. tour, visit http://www.bradbyrdofficial.com.
Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to experience a nationally recognized artist with deep Cape Ann roots. 
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Essex Shipbuilding Museum
I spent such a wonderful morning at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum a couple of week’s ago. It had been far too long since I had taken advantage of that particular gem of maritime history and I am so glad that I did!
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Good Morning Gloucester 