My View of Life on the Dock
Taking Photos on Cape Ann
Like the hummingbird, I flit from one bright spot
to another, sucking the nectar from deep within.
Like the hummingbird, I appear motionless
just before I take my sustenance from the flower.
Like the hummingbird, I am gone before you see me;
I leave – sated with the fullness of my life.
Like the hummingbird, I know my way
and revisit my favorite places.
Like the hummingbird, I am nurtured by
the colors, perfume and sweetness of this garden.
© Marty Luster 2012
Two of the most colorful places on Rocky Neck – Kiss on the Neck Ice Cream (the most delicious place to be on a hot August day), and Imagine Gallery, the most positive and cool vibe with Brenda Malloy.
Cynthia Kennedy Sam from Annisquam and Cambridge represents with Edwardo Cuenca and Margarita Navarro visiting for three months from Grenada, Spain.
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E.J. Lefavour
I stopped by Captain Joe’s to pick up my lobster order this morning and Frankie says, “You here to pick up your little slice of heaven?”
That’s right Frankie!–I only get my lobsters from Captain Joe and Sons–the sweetest, freshest, most delicious lobster–bar none, without a doubt, BOOM!, no contest, we got that!
What’s your “summer slice of heaven?”
Great news!
Here are a couple of pics of our new gallery, and the way we plan to make money to pay for it.
The sign is getting plenty of laughs around Lanesville. So far we’ve made $1.05, but somebody stole the dollar.
Greg Gibson
Chris Frontiero Representin’
I love the colors and textures!
I am going away for a spiritual retreat for the week, so my posts will be a series of photos from the street bazaar last week. I have a bunch more to process (including some cool taekwondo shots), but I sprained my wrist and really can’t do much work on the computer for now…
Hi Joey___ That was a nice piece in the GD Times today about Amazing Ed Boynton and SUGAR BABE. Here she is footing along smartly next to us in GREEN DRAGON in the 2011 Gloucester Schooner Race.
Moon Row From Janet Rice
Hey Joey,
I took this shot during a commercial break while watching the Olympics (August 2, 2012) and thought your GMG fans would enjoy it as well.
I believe the night before was the official "full moon", but thought last nights looked great too!
John Nasser
Flatrocks Gallery Opening
PAINT ESSEX WET PAINT DAY AND AUCTION
The Essex Merchants Group and Eventide Gallery of Essex, Massachusetts will be sponsoring their First Annual Paint Essex Day and Wet Paint Auction, on Saturday, August 18, 2012 (Rain date August 19th). On that day scores of artists from near and far will be arriving in Essex to artistically capture the Town’s limitless variety of local scenes and its magnificent landscape.
The event is two-fold: Registered painters will Paint Essex from
9 AM – 3 PM followed by a Wet Paint Auction and Reception from
5 PM – 9 PM at the Essex County Greenbelt’s Cox Reservation, 82 Eastern Avenue (Rte 133) in Essex. A wine reception, hors d’oeuvres and live music will accompany a silent and live auction of the days’ paintings.
Painters of all levels are welcome to paint at various outdoor locations including the Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Cogswell’s Grant, the Cox Reservation and along Main Street, as well as the interiors of participating local antique shops and other businesses (one painter per interior, must sign-up in advance). The split for paintings sold will be 50/50.
Bob Coviello, Chair of the Essex Merchants Group, says Essex is a perfect fit for this event. There are innumerable natural views, historical settings and enough quirky locations and artifacts to fill a thousand canvases. The Merchants Group is excited to add this unique event to its repertoire of town activities.
Advance registration is suggested. Registration the morning of the event will be at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum on Main Street beginning at
8 AM. Cost is $5 per painter. Tickets for the Wet Paint Auction and Reception are $25 per person (ticket includes one beverage) – $10 for registered painters. Tickets to the Auction and Reception will be available for purchase August 1st from various merchants throughout Essex including Eventide Gallery, Main Street Antiques, Bider’s Antiques and the Essex Shipbuilding Museum.
Proceeds from this event will be utilized by the Essex Merchants Group to promote the Town as a destination for shopping, dining, recreation, historic sightseeing and the enjoyment of open space.
For information and advance registration, please contact Teri Canelle Eramo of Eventide Gallery, 63 Main Street, Essex, MA at 978-890-7198, or email Teri.eventide@gmail.com or Kimberly Brennan at kimberlyabrennan@aol.com . In addition, visit the Essex Merchant Group website at www.VisitEssexMA.com to learn more about what to see and do in Essex.
Adam Bolonsky submits:
Only one day left to respond to the RFP from the city asking for a professional art restorer to return city hall’s wonderful WPA murals to their deserved glory!
Read the RFP.
With minutes left for weigh-in Dominic S unveils the wining fish 42″ @ 30.9 pounds, 2nd place John M 38″ @ 20.2 pounds & 3rd place Michael L. 39″ 19.5 pounds and the winner of the kids Division was Michael Shatford!
The Bill Rose Striper is an annual event sponsored by the Magnolia Lions, donations go to eye research. This great event ends with a BBQ. What a great event, hope you can all join in next year!
Fred Bodin submits-
The hard copy print version of the Gloucester HarborWalk was delivered to my gallery late this afternoon — hot off the presses. If I were a visitor, I’d be psyched to check this out first thing. As a 30+ year resident, I can’t wait to WALK THE WALK here in Glosta. This may force me to buy a cell phone! You can access the QR multimedia info on your computer: http://ghwalk.org/
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Hi Joey…The 28th Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival will soon be upon us. I wonder how many remember The Annual Great Gloucester Schooner Races of the late 60’s. This is GREEN DRAGON after the circa 1969 race where we were decked out as fishermen.
Here was the deal for those races. They handed you a little piece of paper with an “X” on it, a black & copy of a section of Gloucester Harbor. Go anchor on that spot and when the boatload of old schoonermen comes by, hoist your sails and get underway ‘like fishermen.’ They would judge you for up to 25% of your score. When everyone got underway we gathered by the breakwater where we got the gun to race up to Newcombs and back, boat-for-boat, no handicap as I recall. Another 25% of your score. Keep on going and anchor on your X. No GPS or other instruments. You found it with landmarks. Only one try. Eventually the old timers came back, a captain came aboard, stood at your foremast and figured out how close you were to X by shooting bearings with a sextant. 50% of your score. Tough luck if the tide changed and you swung off it before the judges got to you. First place boat went to Lunenburg to face the speediest schooner they had at the time. These were all small schooners of 30 to 50 feet.
As for the crew in the photo. All but one are still walking. That’s my kid with the yellow hair. First one to ID the lot gets a beer on me at the Cape Ann Brewery or the Gloucester House or wherever he can find me during the festival this year.
Al Bezanson
Day 2
Good Morning Gloucester 