Week 1 opener Awesome parody of Hamilton– Garoppolo A Second String Musical
My View of Life on the Dock

Gray vistas spanned the beat of life and death in nature and prompted basic questions about shelter and what do you think happened here? We stepped over a seagull’s still and headless body and a fury of feathers. Seagulls were fighting over the remains of a sting ray we thought was a horseshoe crab. They didn’t want to see the dead seal. Was it the same seal we saw resting yesterday, the seal my son was relieved to report he saw dip back into the sea? Maybe, I said. A passerby asked if I reported it to a wildlife agency. Enough nature for one morning, my sons turned home to shoot hoops. We heard the sweet sounds from piping plovers, someone raking seaweed, and joyous chatter from a family of 4 swimming before the coming storm.







To commemorate that awful day. Be kind to one another today.
The New York City Fire Department’s 5-5-5-5 bell calls will sound around Cape Ann on Sunday morning.
Fifteen years after hijacked jets crashed into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C., and into a field in western Pennsylvania, fire departments around Cape Ann will host ceremonies commemorating the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. And New York’s 5-5-5-5 signal — the call sounded there as a firefighter’s final bell, said Gloucester Deputy Fire Chief Barry Aptt — will be part of the services.
All the Cape Ann services will be Sunday morning, loosely in line with the time line of the attacks, which killed 2,996 people, left more than 6,000 injured, and led to an undetermined number of later deaths of responders who sustained lung damage from air pollution at the World Trade Center site in New York City.
On that clear Tuesday morning, the hijacked United Airlines Flight 11 out of Boston’s Logan International Airport and bound for Los Angeles crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. A second plane, United Flight 175, also out of Boston and bound for Los Angeles, then slammed into the WTC’s south tower at 9:03, while united Flight 77 out of Dulles International Airport in Virginia crashed into the Pentagon outside Washington at 9:37.
United Flight 93 out of Newark International Airport in New Jersey crashed into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after passengers who had contacted family members and friends mounted an effort to overtake the hijackers.
The schedule of Cape Ann events commemorating the 15th anniversary of the attacks Sunday is as follows:
GLOUCESTER: Gloucester Fire Chief Eric Smith will open ceremonies at Central Fire Station at 9:55 a.m., with announcements over the Fire Department’s radio channel calling for a moment of silence to remember those lost in the 2011 attacks.
The brief ceremony will include the sounding of the bells, with the full department at attention in dress uniforms. The dismissal from the ceremony is targeted for 10 a.m.
ROCKPORT: Rockport’s 9/11 memorial service will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Central Station on Broadway.
Members of the town Fire Department, in full dress uniform, will then march to T-Wharf for a memorial service slated to begin at 9 a.m.
ESSEX: The Essex Fire Department will host a 9/11 memorial service beginning at 9:55 a.m. in front of Memorial Fire Station at 24 Martin St.
Fire Chief Daniel Doucette said all retired firefighters and members of the public are are welcome to attend the brief program.
MANCHESTER: The Manchester Fire Department will hold its 9/11 memorial program starting at 9:45 at the fire station, 12 School St.
Chaplain David Forsythe will serve as the primary speaker, and, as with the other Cape Ann services, residents are encouraged to attend.

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The bid book is out now through October 3- Come and see all of the art by local artists!

Here’s the link to the original post with the rare yellow lobster Geno Mondello landed at our dock Captain Joe and Sons-
And here’s the final Mutant Lobster art Picture to round out the four piece collection THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE-
Remember her request to share horseshoe crab reports and memories


National Academies of Sciences press release: “The winning entries represent science communication at its finest and exemplify the ability of science writers to engage, inform, and inspire the public.”
15th Annual awards for reporting on the environment press release excerpt:
Judges were impressed by the painful beauty and eloquence of Deborah Cramer’s writing; one saw “The Narrow Edge” as a story of loss and hopeful restoration while another said the book “represents everything about Rachel Carson’s legacy that the book award stands for.” In her book, Cramer follows the 19,000-mile migration of an endangered shorebird called the red knot, which depends on horseshoe crab eggs for survival. So do humans:
You are cordially invited to attend the most fabulous fairytale wedding, ever! Susan Parent and Don Boyé of Toodeloos! and Island Art will be tying the knot on Good Harbor Beach at 1:30 on Saturday September 17th. Come as you are, come as you might- Fairy wings, Mermaid tails, Superhero capes and Pirate attire are strongly encouraged. Shoes are optional. Toodeloos! and Island Art will be closed for the day, reopening on Sunday at noon. Please plan accordingly and thank you for your support! We kindly ask that you understand that this invitation is for our public beach ceremony only. Our reception is private. See you on the beach and don’t forget to wave to the drone! Love, Susan and Don ♥
Everyone is staying far away from the seal and it blends in with the sand from a distance.
This morning there were scores of busy shore birds. (And more bounding dogs off leash.)



On Saturday, September 10, 2016 the NF Coast to the Cure was at Stage Fort Park, another great cause. For more information please to the following link.
http://nfincne.org/events/event/coast-to-the-cure-bike-ride/
Best Italian ice. Yesterday’s treat to beat the heat. Virgilios FB https://m.facebook.com/Virgilios-Bakery-333299483409677/

Headed down to Good Harbor after work last night to have dinner with some cousins and we were in good company! Lots of people out enjoying the warm breezes and ocean.
Playing in the surf
The Devlin/Lafata clan 
The clouds were gorgeous!
..and made for a beautiful sunset

Got to see the Zuiderdam leaving port with her lights on