My View of Life on the Dock
The first of our amaryllis, planted about a month ago, are blooming, and just in time for the holidays! This variety is Amaryllis hippeastrum ‘Papillion,” and is one of the prettiest I think. ‘Papillion’ has three separate stalks, which means three bunches of flowerheads! 
Amaryllis hippeastrum ‘Papillion’
Chinese Paperwhites for fabulous fragrance
Before Gloucester lobster trap tree:After monumental public art with buoys hand painted by children from our communities
For all to enjoy and highly interactive. Families scramble to spot their buoy, people pose for selfies, smiles abound day into night
This what your car looks like when you love your grandchildren
Donna Ardizzoni / Circle Consulting Group 978-526-9222
Save the date!
This beautiful pup with a red collar was found in East Gloucester. Anyone know who might be missing her?
Dominic Nesta’s mini-trawler “Tide Skipper” decked out for the season.
These Alpacas are so friendly. You can go over and visit with them. What a fun thing to do with your little ones and the young at heart.
Some of you may know that I usually start my Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve at about noon. But this year, at our son John’s insistence, I started 24 hours earlier — mostly because the weather was nice today.
Just as we do every year, John and I went to downtown Gloucester for most of our gifts. You can get a sense of how pleased we are in the picture with our loot atop the car.
We can’t tell you exactly where we went because Vickie is likely to see this post. But I can say that I was surprised at how nice everybody was in downtown Gloucester.
You see, I thought people were nice to me when I shopped on Christmas Eve out of pity for the nutcase who leaves shopping to the last minute. Turns out they’re just as nice on Dec 23 as they are on Dec 24. Are they always this nice?
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Submitted by: Lucy Gillard via FB
Christmas spirit was in full swing last night as Cape Ann families gathered in a donated space (thanks Gloucester Fraternity Club) to wrap gifts and assemble 40 gift bags for our local shelter guests. Thanks to donations of toiletries, candy, DD gift cards and money for socks and underwear, each Action Shelter guest will have 15 little gifts to unwrap on Christmas morning. And the kids made snowflake cards for each shelter guest. Thank you to all who supported this effort. You added something special for this holiday to those who need it the most. YOU ARE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT! – I’m already looking forward to doing this with all of them next year, they are an awesome group!)
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To all our Friends of the Blog and my GMG Family, I want to wish everyone a Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Enjoy your time with family and friends.
Sending lots of hugs and loves.
Willow Rest is open until 6pm today, until 3pm Saturday, closed 24th-26th.
Spot the fresh mozzarella, fresh basil, tomato skewer app tray from this Holiday Delights photograph? The mozzarella makes this festive appetizer delicious and great for little hands. (Don’t judge the prep–mine not Pastaio via Corta.)
Pastaio Corta is closing at 1pm today and will be closed December 24th-26th, December 31st-January 1st, and January 7th-24th. Follow them on Instagram for daily pasta updates @pastaioviacorta in February.
I have to give this guy (or gal) the 2016 Christmas Spirit award! I’ve seen this truck driving around town and everytime I see it, it makes me smile. I can’t even keep all my lights lit at my house and he’s got them all going right down to the toys under the tree! Well done!
Good Morning Gloucester 