My earliest photos this year, many published here, were taken from a hospital or nursing home bed. That was about as far as I could go. Last night I planned on photographing the massive Sycamore outside my bedroom window. At dawn, it was enshrouded in fog. I walked downstairs to grab my camera, ran back up and shot the tree from the open window while standing. A goal I’ve had from last summer was to capture the magnificence of this Sycamore. That done, I realized how far I had progressed beyond the “from the bed” photos.
Pet of the Week- Tootsie
Super Senior Tootsie here and I am sure ready to find someone to share my Golden Years with! While the rooms are comfortable, the staff caring and kind, the food top of the line, well it is not the same as having a place to call your own and after 6 months here at the Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter, I am ready for someone to make my Thanksgiving an extra special one. Do you have room at the table this year for one more member of the family? For more information on adoptable pets and upcoming events visit www.capeannanimalaid.org.
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Read The Globe: Future for fishermen bleak under cod ban By Laura Crimaldi | Globe Staff November 12, 2014
Future for fishermen bleak under cod ban
By Laura Crimaldi
GLOUCESTER — On the cusp of what is effectively a six-month ban on cod fishing, Russell Sherman could have spent Tuesday on the Gulf of Maine trying to catch what he could.
Instead, he never left Jodrey State Pier, opting to work on repairs to the 72-foot fishing vessel he wants to sell, rather than make a final run for cod. And he had harsh words for the federal officials who oversee the fishing industry.
“They say, ‘Oh, we’re so sorry, boys. We got to do this. We got to do it for the fish,’ ” Sherman, 66, said from the Lady Jane. “ ‘Now go out of business quietly, will you.’ ”
The death knell, Sherman and other fishermen said, was sounded Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which announced emergency measures intended to protect cod populations from further decline. The new rules go into effect Thursday.
For the entire story click here
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Veteran’s Day Parade and Ceremony
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Wednesday November 12th , 2014 Cape Ann Weather..
Marine Forecast :
Wed E winds around 5 kt…becoming SW in the afternoon. Seas 1 to 2 ft. Patchy fog. Patchy drizzle. Vsby 1 nm or less.
Wed Night NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Pod Cast Weather :
http://www.spreaker.com:80/episode/5198360
Hourly Forecast :
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Hop Along Homie
Hoppin and Poopin. That’s What I Do.
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Community Stuff 11/12/14
Texas Hold‘em Tournament
To support the 2015 Team Hoyt
Boston Marathon Team
Saturday November 29th, 2014
Registration begins at 5:30pm and the tournament starts promptly at 6pm.
Tickets are $75 in advance,
$100 at the door
St. Peter’s Club
10 Rogers St
Gloucester, MA 01930
Call Meghan at 978-302-8816 or
Mark at 978-423-1797 to get your tickets!
Proceeds to benefit
The Hoyt Foundation Inc.
Boston Marathon Team Hoyt Member 2013, 2014, 2015
To donate and learn more about the Hoyt Foundation please visit: https://www.crowdrise.com/TeamHoytBoston2015/fundraiser/meghancole1
YES YOU CAN
Hello J.Hilburn Friends!
Please join me this Friday at my house for a casual cocktail party.
Click on the attachment for details.
If you can’t make it, but would like to send to a friend, you are welcome to forward along.
This evening is meant for anyone making a Wish List for himself…
Shopping for family and friends…
Discovering what J.Hilburn is and how we can help each man…
Thank you for your business throughout the year!
I hope you can join me Friday!
Best, Caroline
Essex Shipbuilding Museum photo show
Open weekends till Dec. 13.
Photographers and volunteers extraordinaire Len Burgess and Dave Delorey are showing photographs in the Little Gallery adjoining the Orientation Center at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum. Come by and take a look! Yes, the images make great presents. Weekends 10-5.
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Foggy Wednesday Morning @CaptJoeLobster #GloucesterMA
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Robert Frost Quote of the Week from Greg Bover
“The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.”
Robert Frost (1864-1963)
Often cast as the quintessential New England rural poet, Frost was a San Francisco native, who then spent the majority of his youth in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He attended Dartmouth and Harvard Colleges, but graduated from neither, ultimately settling in Derry, New Hampshire, where he wrote many of the poems for which he is most famous including “Mending Wall.” He taught English at Pinkerton Academy, (my alma mater) and at Middlebury College for many years. Frost’s gift was to be able to take the doings of everyday people and express them in the vernacular while teasing out the deeper meanings that we are often too busy to see. Although he was recognized and honored in his lifetime, winning four Pulitzer prizes, receiving more than forty honorary degrees, and reading “The Gift Outright” at John Kennedy’s inaugural, he was no stranger to grief and depression, losing both his parents at an early age and outliving all but two of his six children.
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GMG FOBs Write In Their Doggie Wellness Tips Plus the 10 Foods Most Toxic to Dogs
After posting yesterday that I gave our dog Rosie chicken soup for her cold, Lise Breen thoughtfully wrote in the comment section that onions and garlic are known to be toxic to dogs and in large quantities can damage a dog’s red blood cells. I don’t make chicken soup with tons of garlic and onions, but am very glad to know for future reference.
The following is a list from the MSPCA on the ten most hazardous foods to dogs. You can visit the MSPCA website here for additional information.
Avocado
Bread Dough
Chocolate
Ethanol (Grain Alcohol)
Grapes and Raisins
Hops
Macadamia Nuts
Moldy Foods
Garlic and Onions
Xylitol
Winter’s Coming ~ Time to Bundle Up!
Nat Johnson writes that he keeps his elderly Basset warm with a quilted cotton coat from Orvis. Here’s a link to the Orvis Quilted Waxed-Cotton Dog Coat. Nat suggests that it is better to spend money on the more substantial coat. This coat from the Company Store looks toasty warm and think it would be so charming on our little black Scotty. If you have a moment Nat, we’d love to see a photo of your Basset hound wearing his coat.
Thanks so much Nat and Lise for sharing your tips and suggestions!
Hmmmmm, Rosie was none too pleased when I asked her to model this bow for a GMG holiday post several Christmas’s ago. I wonder how she is going respond to wearing a cute little red and black plaid winter coat…
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Veterans Day 2014
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Sunset At The Dock. Handheld. No filter. Cell phone snap. 11/11/14
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So much love
Rick and I had the kids last weekend, they love coming to Gloucester with so much to do. Here they are on Shore Road loving the Ocean.
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Cape Ann Tool Company Refurb in Pigeon Cove
Click the photo for a larger Panorama. (The roof is not tilted, that is my iPhone 6+ panorama stitching the photo.)
So the renovation seems a little weird but now I think I got it. Ream out the inside and put in nice new windows and redo the stucco on the stone end of the Cape Ann Tool Company. I would have thought those would be done last but I think they are aiming to get businesses in there quickly.
I could see a coffee shop, a little market selling fish, bread, and coffee, maybe even some light tackle so a kid could go catch a flounder over on the right. If I was dreaming I couple picture Plum Cove Grind moving into the front and a restaurant moving into the back overlooking Pigeon Cove.
No law against dreaming. An Indian Seafood Restaurant! Anmol II. Be still my heart. If you did that Anmol I promise to bring my family dining at least once a week.
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Honoring Veterans From A Grateful City
Mayor Kirk and Sefatia Romeo Theken Councilor At Large honor Veterans.
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Information
BOSTON —The Massachusetts Air National Guard is advising residents that there will be a flyover of five F-15 fighter jets from Barnes Air National Guard Base over eastern and southeastern Massachusetts on Wednesday.
The flyover is part of a planned media event, the National Guard said.
The jets will pass over Bedford, Salem, Boston, Norwood, Foxboro, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard at the following times and altitudes:
•8:10 a.m. Hanscom AFB, Bedford (1,000 feet)
•8:13 a.m. Salem (1,000 feet)
•8:16 a.m. Boston, Massachusetts State House (1,000 feet)
•8:18 a.m Fenway Park (1,000 feet)
•8:21 a.m. Norwood Airport (5,000 feet)
•8:23 a.m. Gillette Stadium (1,000 feet)
•8:32 a.m. Cape Cod (5,000 feet)
•8:42 a.m. Nantucket (5,000 feet)
•8:47 a.m. Martha’s Vineyard (5,000 feet)
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Lost Lobster gear
Sarah “Tee” Wall submits-
Good Morning Joey,
As you are tied into the lobstering community, I am hoping you can help.
The attached photos show a number of traps and buoys that washed up on the beach at Diamond Cove (Davis Neck end) during the first big storm (10/23/14). They can only be accessed at low tide as they are so heavy that they don’t float or show during high tide. One of the names on the traps is Bob Beloff, I believe of Rockport. If anyone knows these lobstermen, we would very much appreciate it if they retrieve the traps before they are buried further in the sand.
Many thanks for your help!
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Tourist From Framingham Enjoy in Gloucester
Chris and Carol enjoy a day in Gloucester, Plans to visit Cape Ann Museum and enjoy lunch at Cruiseport Grille.
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Happy Veterans Day From Crystal Daley
I’d like to take this Veterans Day to honor some of the Veterans we have found through our Clark Cemetery restoration project. This is from personally researched information I have done on my own.
First is
Richard Powers was born on May 7, 1827 in Gloucester. He served in the Union Army Company D, 32nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was killed in action on August 21, 1864 at Weldon Railroad in Petersburg, VA.
James Hicks was born in 1816. He lived In Gloucester as a Fisherman until he enlisted into the army on Feb 20, 1863 as a Private at the age of 43. He enlisted in Company l, Massachusetts 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment and Mustered out on Jan 9, 1865. He died in Gloucester Feb 12 1890. He was widowed by Georgianna Hicks.
Edward H Staten was born in 1838. He lived in Salem with wife Caroline and son Edward B. He enlisted in Company A, Massachusetts 5th Infantry Regiment on May 1, 1861. He was promoted to Full Captain on July 6, 1861. He commissioned as an officer in Company B, Massachusetts Co B 7th Infantry Company on July 6, 1861. He mustered out on July 31, 1861 at Boston, MA. He then commissioned as an officer in Company I, Massachusetts 6th Infantry Regiment on July 15, 1864 and mustering out on October 27, 1864 at Readville, MA.
James Wilson was born 1817 and lived in Gloucester as a farmer. He enlisted as a Private on December 20, 1861 at the age of 44 in Company A, 30th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts. He was disability discharged from Company A, 30th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on April 4, 1862 at Ship Island, MS.
Joseph Green was born August 5, 1843. At the age of 21 on April 15, 1864 he enlisted in the US Navy where he served aboard the USS Jamestown as a Landsman. He joined the ship after it had departed for the pacific to protect American commerce from Confederate Privateers and the ship remain on that duty until after the end of the war. She decommissioned at Mare Island and September 17 1865 and Joseph Green mustered out of the Navy on October 25, 1865.
You can find pictures of the headstones for these men and more here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.756751767728123.1073741828.755631984506768&type=1.
Happy Veterans Day!
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Wednesdays with Fly Amero @ The Rhumb Line ~ This weeks guest is Sasquatch 8pm 11.12.2014
This Wednesday Only:
Roast Sirloin “French Dip” $10.95!
Wednesday, November 12th
Special Guest: SASQUATCH!
For the love of Gloucester. Paul Cohan (a.k.a. Sasquatch)
takes center stage this week at the Rhumb with poignant – and
often hilarious – tales of every day life, not just here on Cape
Ann, but around the world as well. ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Roast Sirloin “French Dip” $10.95!
Plus – Check out Fred’s rockin’ wine menu!
takes center stage this week at the Rhumb with poignant – and
often hilarious – tales of every day life, not just here on Cape
Ann, but around the world as well. ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Roast Sirloin “French Dip” $10.95!
Plus – Check out Fred’s rockin’ wine menu!
Upcoming…
Andy Pratt
John Rockwell
Andy Pratt
John Rockwell
Fozzie Returns
2015
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward…
Looking forward…
Good Morning Gloucester 