The Last Jeter Autograph at Fenway

Jesse Dawaileebe from Rochester, New York scored the last autograph from Derek Jeter as he walked back into the dugout after his final farewell from baseball. Congratulations to him!

Warm Water Alert ~ Good Harbor Beach at 4:44 Today!

Good Harbor Beach ©Kim Smith 2014Still time to enjoy one more swim of the 2014 season. I did, and it was Fabulous and Fantastic!

Good Harbor Beach September ©Kim Smith 2014

The crowd today was more typical of a day in mid-summer, not the end of September.

 

Today’s Gran Prix Of Gloucester CycloCross Races From Stage Fort Park Will be Broadcast Live at 3 & 4PM

Click the picture below between 3-5PM to watch the action live at livestream

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Spectator Info

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What is the Gran Prix of Gloucester? Take a dramatic harborfront park at the height of fall foliage season. Set up a twisting grass, dirt and asphalt racecourse with challenging obstacles. Unleash a crowd of world class cyclists to charge through the sharp curves and jump the barriers. Add screaming, cowbell ringing fans incited by a dynamic announcers. What do you have? One of the premier bicycle races in the country, right here in Gloucester.
The Gran Prix of Gloucester is two days of international caliber races where competitors from all over the US, Canada & Europe converge to race on the most beautiful race course in North America.
The 2014 dates are 27 & 28 September.
Amateur Races: 8:00am-2:30pm (both days)
Kids 5-12 race 2:20pm (Sunday only)
Elite Women: 3:00pm (both days)
Elite Men: 4:00pm (both days)

Live From Niles Beach!

September 28 th feels and looks like a summer afternoon at Niles Beach. Thank you Mother Nature! keep them coming!

Elbert Hubbard Quote of the Week from Greg Bover

“I would rather be able to appreciate things I can’t have, than have things I am not able to appreciate.”

Elbert Green Hubbard (1856-1915)

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An Illinois native, Hubbard enjoyed early wealth as a successful salesman for the Larkin Soap Company. Inspired by John Ruskin and William Morris, the self-described socialist founded the Roycroft Press and later the Roycroft Community in East Aurora, New York, whose shops produced furniture and printing that had a profound influence on the Arts and Crafts Movement. During the First World War he was fined and had his passport revoked for printing anti-war commentary. He successfully appealed directly to President Woodrow Wilson for it to be reinstated and traveled to Europe to report on the war. Hubbard and his wife were returning to the States on the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed by a U-boat and sank off Ireland, both died. Another Hubbard quote: “Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive.”

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Sunday Football Lunch!

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Sunday Football Lunch

Captains Joe & Sons Lobster and Hot Dogs & Beans are on todays menu at Sista Felicia’s… What are you serving today?

Stunning Siphonophore

E/V Nautilus, the current ship of exploration of Titanic discoverer Dr. Robert Ballard, is exploring the ocean studying biology, geology, archeology, and more. Watch http://www.nautiluslive.org for LIVE video from the ocean floor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KZsrDGLUJQ

This is Not a Bee

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Halibut Point: Bees Bees I’m covered in Bees. A hundred shots of bees and the bees are all out of focus. I think they were all bumble bees and they were bumbling so much they were fuzzy. This bug was in focus.
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One fuzzy bee in focus! Click on the photos to get up close and personal with my fuzzy bee and bug. Click one more time to see the fuzzy head. How does this thing fly? The wings are attached to her head and her ass is humongous compared to the wings. It did fly away.

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What’s Mysterious About this Good Harbor Beach Sunrise Photo?

Good Harbor Beach ©Kim Smith 2014JPGGood Harbor Beach, September 2014

Three Ocean Sunfish in one day?

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Ocean Sunfish #3

Not one, not two, but three ocean sunfish basking on the surface from Thachers to Halibut Point. The last time I saw more than one sunfish in a day was 1972. I didn’t see a striped bass for the next 12 years. And it was also wall to wall jelly fish. Very clear water, nothing but jellyfish.

Super Cross Saturday

What a great day to volunteer and enjoy this fun event. As always had a great time and these bikers get me motivated.

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ON SALE ALERT: Tickets for The Marshall Tucker Band at Beverly’s Larcom Theatre just went on sale to the public

The Marshall Tucker Band will sell out quickly, so you’d better get your tickets now (right here)

This is The Marshall Tucker Band’s ONLY Boston Area show this year!