My View of Life on the Dock
Toby Burnham, also known as The Seagull Whisperer, and his lobster boat the Jupiter II, spotted along the Back Shore.
Toby Burnham The Seagull Whisperer
and a couple of stand up paddle boarders enjoying the end of summer rollers. Nice waves out there.
The Columbia and the Roseway are already in. Went to the Maritime Gloucester Pier and could see The Columbia, Ardelle and The Schooner Adventure. When driving through Stage Fort Park, saw the Roseway coming into port.
The Roseway
Ardelle, Schooner Adventure and The Columbia
Masts
Thank you Darren Taylor for Magnolia Library’s new pop up library. Love the fact the pop up looks just like the Library.
Wednesday, August 30 – 7pm
THE RHUMB LINE
40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA
My Special Guests: DOWN HOME SWING!
Such a treat for us all to have Downhome Swing as our Rhumb Line music guests… for so many reasons. First off, the level of musicianship is totally off the charts. Marston by himself is a treasure. Add that Laurie and Ellen have such a natural vocal blend, you’d swear they were sisters! And… we of course must take full advantage of the limited time we have each year with the Keefes before they head back to St. John. Yes, we are lucky! ~ Fly
left to right: CHICK MARSTON, LAURIE KEEFE, ELLEN FORD, JAY KEEFE — with Laurie Keefe.
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This is the official North Shore ‘Highest Mountain’ album release party! It’ll be a full band show with some killer players and James Vassallo will be opening. Can’t wait to play the record for everyone!
Brad Byrd
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Columbia arrived in Gloucester Tuesday for Schooner Festival and is tied up beside Adventure at Maritime Gloucester. Welcome!
Some of the people that make Friends of Seacoast able to help the people of Seacoast.
Gloucester was a busy town for visitors yesterday, with the American Cruise line pulling into port, and the St Raphael School Staff Retreat taking a break on Stacy Boulevard.
On Retreat from St Raphael School
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!
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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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
Good Morning Gloucester 