My View of Life on the Dock
“‘Music on Meetinghouse Green’ tomorrow evening, August 4th, starting at 6:00pm. It looks like it will be a sultry summer evening to enjoy an unforgettable performance by celebrated singer Gordon Michaels doing Broadway, Blues, Jazz and Soul favorites. Gordon is a baritone powerhouse who entertains with great humor, passion and stunning musicianship.” Fun Fact: He was in the original FAME movie
Let’s shake and quake this week with Ms. Lisa Marie.Ya never know what’s gonna happen when she walks thru the door. Usually, when there’s enough medicine to go around, things are spectacular!
She’s draggin’ in Mr. Johnny Juxo, keybored millipede,with his piano and accordion (and vocals) as well as Mr. Jeff Giacomelli, bariform sexophonist (and vocals), to squeeze the wheeze and raise the stakes.
Dave Sag
40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
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This Legendary gentleman from Northborough Mass celebrated his 77th Birthday, August 2nd in Gloucester.
Friends enjoying a walk on Main Street
Launching a Gloucester Smile
Visitor Fishing on the Breakwater
Also see GMG Post “Dinghy Rescue”
What a beautiful evening. Much thanks to Paul and Betsey Horovitz for this photo!
ROTARY CLUB OF ROCKPORT PRESENTS LOBSTERFEST 2017!
The LOBSTERFEST will be followed by the Town of Rockport’s annual fireworks show, and the town will be illuminated for the occasion. Come for the day and enjoy the fun!
It’s Thursday and that means it’s time for the Cape Ann Farmers Market!
The market will run from 3:00-6:30 at Stage Fort Park, and as always, vendors will be there rain or shine.
**Don’t forget, The Cape Ann Farmers’ Market accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC Coupons, Senior Farmers’ Market Coupons, and cash.**
AND SNAP users can now earn an additional $40-$80 SNAP dollars a month when you buy fresh fruits and veggies from participating farmers! Learn more on our website or visit the CAFM info booth/merch tent at the market!
Join Cape Ann Animal Aid at Captain Carlo’s on Saturday, August 12th from 11am until 3pm to enjoy a delicious lunch for a great cause! Meet and greet shelter dogs and enter to win the 50/50 raffle. 10% of all sales between 11am-3pm will be donated to Cape Ann Animal Aid. To view a menu please visit www.captaincarlos.com
Why is Little Chick “missing” a leg? That is a question I am often asked when filming Little Chick and an interested person stops by to visit our GHB Piping Plover. Or the comment, “Oh, no, he is one-legged!”
If you see Little Chick resting in the sand and he is standing on one leg, know that he is doing it very purposefully. The short answer is that for the simple reason that you put your hands in your pockets when cold, birds stand on one leg to conserve heat. Birds also stand on one leg to relax muscle fatigue in the retracted leg.
The long answer is that birds’ legs have a blood flow referred to as “rete mirabile” that minimizes heat loss. The arteries that transport warm blood into the legs are next to the veins that return colder blood to the bird’s heart. The arteries act as a heat exchanger and warm the veins. Because the veins also cool the arteries, the bird’s feet are closer to environmental temperature and thus don’t lose as much heat as they would if they were at body temperature. By standing on one leg, a bird reduces the amount of heat lost through unfeathered limbs.
Birds that have short legs, such as Mourning Doves, do not need to stand on one leg because they have fleshy feet and they can snuggle down so that their warm belly presses against their feet.
Forty-one-day old Piping Plover standing on one foot.
Our Little Chick is doing beautifully. I checked in on him briefly at day break and again at 9:30 this morning. Foraging, resting, flying (the longest distance yet, from the enclosure to the back of the Creek.) Both last night (thank you Heidi Wakeman) and this morning, I found him in the enclosure. I think our Little Chick is extra super smart to recognize the roped off area as his “safety” zone. We are grateful to the community and to Gloucester’s conservation agent Ken Whittaker for allowing the roping to remain in place. 
The light was very low and the photo is a little too softly focused, nonetheless I liked the image of Little Chick taking off.
Evocative light while filming this morning at daybreak.
Lantern lighting in the rising sun.
Bees and butterflies, as we all know, pollinate flowers, but did you know that bats, songbirds, hummingbirds, wasps, beetles, moths, flies, midges, and even nasty mosquitoes also deliver pollen from plant to plant?
Flower pollinating Green-eyed Wasp drinking nectar from Common Milkweed florets.
The eyes of the male Green-eyed Wasp are larger than the females, all the better to see her, and predators. Green-eyed Wasps are also known as sand wasps because females excavate burrowing nests in sand (as well as soil).
Male Monarch Butterfly flitting about our garden and drinking nectar from the Marsh Milkweed florets. 
Notice the mass of orange Milkweed Aphids in the background. Lady Beetles are another pollinator super hero because they help milkweed plants by eating aphids.
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From Danielle coordinator for the Gloucester Sidewalk Bazaar asked me to remind everyone about the parking ban along Main Street between Washington and Duncan for safety reasons.
Parking ban: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, August 3, 4, 5. From 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Remember to have fun.
American Classics presents a cabaret style “Salute to Broadway” concert on Sunday, August 6, 2017, at 7pm at the Antonio Gentile Bandstand, Stage Fort Park, Hough Avenue, Gloucester MA.
American Classics founders Benjamin Sears and Bradford Conner are joined by Cynthia Mork for a cabaret of songs from the Great American Songbook featuring beloved standards and some surprises, too! Critics have called American Classics concerts “pure delight” (Boston Phoenix) and hailed the as “people you want to hear” (Boston Globe).
The concert is free to the public. Parking is free and the venue and rest rooms are wheelchair-accessible. Bring a blanket or chair and perhaps picnic dinner. The rain date is Wednesday, August 9. For further information please visit DavidLBenjamin.com or call 978-281-0543
Good Morning Gloucester 