Shot during my vacation in Paris. We should get one of these in Gloucester.
Joey! The Real Santa!
Fred Bodin writes-
Tonight Santa visited my gallery. Guests (L-R) Singer Annette Dion, Janet Crary (checking to make sure Santa’s beard is real), Saint Nick himself, and gallery artist Laureen Maher (she just loves Santa). We were jammed tonight, as I’m sure most shops on Main Street were too. See you all Saturday night for the GMG Holiday Party. Do not miss this party!
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It’s A Barbie Christmas At Daphne Papp’s Gloucester Home
Sista Felicia Captures The Magnificence Of Barbie At Daphne Papp’s Home
Video Coming
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Community Photos 12/7/12
Lanes Cove, Lanesville / Gloucester photos by Anthony Marks
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Community Stuff 12/7/12
Hey Joey:
Just wanted to send out this invitation to the pottery show in Rockport this weekend. If it has already been sent to you I apologize.
Thanks
PS….GMG is such an asset to Gloucester. You have done an amazing job! Good for you…who would have thought that little boy I used to ride the school bus with , would be such a huge presence in the city. And not because of his business, but because he has made the citizens of the city his business. Take care. Nina(Testaverde)Goodick J
Hi Joey
We are hoping you can add us in for the show we are doing at The Saunders House
at Sawyer Free Library for the Middle Street Walk
Friday night 5-8:30 (please stop in and have some refreshments and listen to part of the Cape Ann Big Band!!)
Saturday 9-5
with a BIG raffle that benefits the Library!!
Thanks
Jo-Anne Crawford
(and Jackie)
Adult Learning Initiative at Wellspring House to hold Information Sessions
The Adult Learning Initiative (ALI) at Wellspring House in Gloucester will be holding Information and Registration Sessions on Thursday, Dec. 13 and Thursday, Dec. 20, from 9-11 a.m. ALI provides free classes in Computers, English, Basic Math and Career Development, for men and women in transition who need a boost to get into a new and better job or back to school. Income eligibility may apply.
The overall goal of ALI is to help individuals move toward personal and financial self-reliance by helping them gain the self-confidence, direction, motivation, workplace skills, and training necessary to move toward further education and careers. Whether your goal is to go back to school or into the workforce, come to an Information Session to see what the program is all about.
Call Program Coordinator Mary Scofield for more information or to RSVP at 978-281-3558, ext. 304.
Wellspring House is located at 302 Essex Ave., Gloucester.
Hi Joey!
The Sarah Elizabeth Shop is having Storewide sale!
People who purchase 10 or more handmade cards from the shop will receive 15% off when they bring in this ad
Linen table runners and wall hangings are 50% off!
T shirts and Tote Bags are 20% off!
We are now open Thursday-Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 12-6.
Thanks to everyone for shopping local this Christmas!
Julia
The Sarah Elizabeth Shop
5 Whistlestop Mall
Rockport, MA
www.sarah-elizabeth-shop.com
I am having an open studio sale at my home art studio Sat 12/8/12. My studio is at 2 Straitsmouth Way in Rockport . The show/sale is from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. I paint in oils. I have many paintings of Gloucester and Cape Ann. I also make prints and cards from my paintings. All are welcome.
If you could mention this in your blog
tomorrow, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you,
Jean Byrd
hi joey,
will you please post the attached flier about our shop in Lanesville? we sell clothing and handknits, all made right here in our Lanesville shop!! a great opportunity to "shop local" and get some high quality, one-of-a- kind gifts. besides, it’s a fun place to visit…
thanks, kathy powers
wulla 1074 washington street gloucester, ma 01930 978-515-7432
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2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Village Silversmith
The fourth year of the GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Video Series where we walk up and down Main Street and try to capture as many retailers as we can and highlight their best gift ideas one a day every day leading up to Christmas.
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Toodeloos
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Bananas
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Nelsons
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Alexandras Bread Co
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Lone Gull
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series Kids Unlimited
2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Harbor Loop Gifts
2012 Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Pleasant Street Tea and Coffee Co
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Ladies Night At Dog Bar
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Chickity Check It! What Causes A Sea Breeze From Sail Magazine
What Causes a Sea Breeze
By Teresa Carey • Posted: Dec 3, 2012
My first solo offshore passage began with sunshine, gentle breezes and easy sailing. But there was nothing gentle about my return to land at day’s end. Tempestuous headwinds opposed my progress as my little boat crashed through the waves in the gathering darkness. By the time I finally neared the harbor entrance, it was fully night and there was no light to guide me through the channel. I was tense as Daphne raced between the rows of channel markers, inconspicuous in the gloom.
for the entire article click here
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Lobsta Trap Tree Lightig for Lady”s Nite
Shop Main St. Tonight and Enjoy!!!
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Saint Anthony By The Sea Chapel
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On a Gray December Day
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could change a gray day into a beautiful sunny afternoon as easily as Photoshop can?
Which one would you prefer?
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Windmill over Gloucester
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All We Are Is Ducks in the Wind …
Multiple Exposure Fujifilm X-E1
To create a double exposure select the Multiple Exposure mode in the shooting menu. Take your first shot, and if acceptable, press ok. The first photo is now visible in both the viewfinder and the LCD monitor, which allows you to easily compose the finished photo. Take the second shot and press ok to exit. If you do not like the second shot, you have the option to retry.
Multiple Exposure mode allows you to change focal length, degree of focus, and aperture between shots. I absolutely adore this feature and can think of a hundred thousand images. Creating double exposures is always possible post production although I prefer the ephemerality of composing in the moment.
Over the past several months I have spent many mornings at Eastern Point trying to film the resident swans in their pre-dawn flight. My hope was to capture 20-30 seconds of swans silhouetted against the red rising sun. For the most part I have been unsuccessful and have only managed a mere snippet or two. The swans eye me warily and then head to the far side of the pond. Yesterday morning I went to my usual observation point to experiment with the Fujifilm X-E1 multiple exposure shooting mode. Perhaps because I was so focused on my exposure experiment and wasn’t paying a lick of attention to them or perhaps because I did not have my tripod with me (I am convinced now more than ever after today that the swans think my tripod is a rifle), but for whatever reason, two decided to groom themselves within arms reach.
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Ladies Night Stuff That Came In today
Cape Pond Ice – Solving Christmas present problems in a Cool way
Joey – I’m not big on Tweeting, and The Weathervane is covering us on Main Street for Ladies Night with our CPI shirts, sweats & caps, but we do like to say that Cape Pond Ice Company has stepped up to solving alot of local’s, or former local’s, Christmas present problems over the years. The best selection of our "coolest guys & gals" merchandise line is right here in our 104 Commercial Street ice company office shop, and we’re open this time of year 9 – 4 weekdays, and Saturday 9 – noon. If someone can’t make that, call us, and we’ll make arrangements to meet you/
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Article: Steve McCurry talks to WordPress.com about his work, and why he blogs
Steve McCurry talks to WordPress.com about his work, and why he blogs
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/12/06/steve-mccurry-interview-on-wordpress
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2012 Seacoast Holiday Fair Photos From David Cox
Hi Joey,
I have a couple of series of pictures taken by my Dad, David Cox at the Seacoast Holiday Baazar. They are great! We would love it if you would post them with the message below to the Friends of Seacoast.
The residents and staff of the Seacoast Nursing and Rehab facility would like to express our gratitude and give special thanks to the Friends of Seacoast for all they do to enhance the lives of the residents living at Seacoast.
The holiday fair sponsored by the Friends of Seacoast was a huge success and enjoyed by all!
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Christmas, 1000 Origami Fish, and You!
Help us decorate Gloucester’s first (annual?) origami Christmas (or “Fishmas”) tree with 1000 origami fish!
For years, people have been decorating Christmas trees with origami for public display in cities around the world. For example, New York City has two famous origami-decorated trees every year: one in the American Museum of Natural History, and another in the Japan Airlines offices on 5th Avenue. I met with David Brooks of Art Haven and The Hive, and he loved the idea of doing one here in Gloucester! The current plan is to display it in the front window of The Hive on Pleasant Street.
Our project has two special characteristics. First, we are making the whole thing – tree included – out of origami. It’s not the first time it’s been done, but it’s not so common! Secondly, we want it to be Gloucester-themed, so it will be decorated with origami fish. This honors both Gloucester’s spirit and history as a fishing port, and the ancient Christian tradition in which the fish is a symbol of Christ, whose birth we celebrate at Christmas.
We want to get as many people involved as possible. In the spirit of the Japanese tradition of folding 1000 origami cranes, we are aiming for 1000 fish, so, we need a lot of help! Come to The Hive on Saturday, starting at 10AM, to help us fold origami
fish! We are folding a specific origami fish model – the “Twist Fish” by Gay Merrill Gross (from her book Minigami). It’s very easy to fold. I will be there teaching for a few hours, and I will teach a few other people so they can teach others when I’m not there. We will have plain paper at The Hive that you can use, but you can bring your own paper too if you want to use fancier origami paper. (You can get paper at Island Art and Hobby on Main Street, or at other art and craft stores.) Also, you can decorate the fish after you fold it – draw a face or scales, paint it bright colors, or whatever!
The tree itself is already in production. I spent several hours yesterday folding with David Brooks and Mary Ann DeLouise to get our origami conifer off the ground:
Plus, next week I will be teaching two classes on origami holiday decorations! We will fold Christmas and Hanukkah themed models and geometric decorations (the variety of models depends on how we do for time). Folding materials will be supplied.
- Here are the dates:
- Friday Dec. 14, 6:30-8PM at the Hive, for teens and adults ($15)
- Tuesday Dec. 18, 6:30-8PM at Art Haven, for children ($10)
I will try to post a more detailed menu of models I hope we can fold.
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OMG- Outstanding Cartoon Based Off Our Exit Interview With Lobsterman Wannabe Ben Grenon From North Carolina
From YouTube User EKAJ13
We taped this interview two days ago and I posted it last night. I have no idea how you could turn this around in a full animation in less than 24 hours.
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The Infamous One Has The Answers To The Mysteries of The 19th Century Gloucester Windmill and It’s Photographer (Natch)
hey joey – this is the photo al mentions in gordon thomas’ ‘wharf & fleet’, shot by martha harvey (not hovey), one of gloucester’s photographer legends. she grew up on prospect court as martha rogers, married the artist george harvey and they set up shop in annisquam on river road. she stood about 4’10" in her socks and wandered all over the cape with a mammoth box camera and a suitcase of unexposed glass plates, some of them 11×14! she deserves an honorary chair in the lumpers’ lounge.
gordon thomas’ caption for this photo reads: "Winter Quarters on Five Pound Island, 1893. This fine Martha Harvey shot shows several schooners hauled up for the winter on the eastern end of Five Pound Island. Many vessels for various reasons were hauled up during the winter months and as most of the wharves around the harbor were busy, vessels were laid up at the Island until spring. In this photo, the inner harbor is frozen solid. The schooner, bow on with flying jib boom, is the beautifully names ‘Herald of the Morning,’ owned by John Pew and built in 1875. The clipper bowed schooner to the right is the ‘Columbia’, built in 1891 for Parmenter and Co. (not to be confused with the racing ‘Columbia’ of 1923.)"
Cape Ann Museum has a large collection of Harvey plates, as does the Annisquam Historical. CAM’s brilliant photo archivist has arranged a set of binders with inkjet prints from scans of the Harvey plates, available for browsing during regular library hours.
-infamous (and brilliant) fred buck
The infamous one is responding to yesterday’s post from Al Bezanson-
19th Century Gloucester Windmills From Al Bezanson
Posted on December 5, 2012 by Joey C
This illustration appears in History of the town and city of Gloucester, Cape Ann Massachusetts, 1892, by James R. Pringle, who wrote,
“A sketch of the town in 1817 was drawn by Capt. John Beach, from a point in the harbor opposite Ten Pound island, off Pavilion Beach. Standing out prominently in the foreground was an eight-sided wooden windmill erected on the site now occupied by the Pavilion Hotel. This had been built in 1814 by Ignatius Webber, and its long arms, fitted with sails, made it a conspicuous object, and gave the town quite a foreign aspect. It was subsequently removed to a position on Fort Square, where it became a familiar landmark, being destroyed by fire a few years ago.”
Another windmill, of more modern design, is prominent on Five Pound Island in an 1893 photograph by Martha Hovey, reproduced in Wharf and Fleet, by Gordon W. Thomas.
Al Bezanson
Good Morning Gloucester 