Tag: Beth Swan

Farmers Market!

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View a slideshow of all the wonders of the Gloucester Farmer’s Market including the Seafood Throwdown, vendors, food, and musicians!

Farmers Mkt

Paul Morrison Eaten By A Shark Photoshop Contest Poll

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Itā€™s rather unfortunate that Paul didnā€™t get eaten by a Great White as that would have made some great Blog material and Iā€™m sure our viewership would have greatly increased.Ā  But I guess the sharks werenā€™t all about eating the monkeybread lined intestines as I thought they would have been.

Vote for your fave in the poll below.

Beth Swanā€™s entry-

Paul, a Kitten, and a Shark

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Our Chum Paul Sent In By Jim Hughs

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Old Hippieā€™s Submission-

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My Submission- Oh Shit!

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Summer Concert Series

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Stage Fort Park Summer Concert Series. Last Sunday was the Northsore Concert Band and there are six more upcoming! Click here to view the schedule.

Summer Concert

Summer Concert

Summer Concert

Summer Concert

ā€¦No coddled cape, no sandbar

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…”Waves break on outcrop rock: granite,
fire-formed and hard, headland granite –
no coddled cape, no sandbar,
and nothing soft in her city, no knickknack,
Gloucester-by-God, attitude granite.
The beaches are broken by wetland, woods of oak
and pine, grace in paintscape chasms, coves,
the harbor of ships, sailboats, a fishing fleet”… Continue reading

Good Harbor, Home
(Gloucester inaugural poem, January 1, 2002)
JOHN J. RONAN, Poet Laureate of Gloucester, MA

Stage Fort Park Concert

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Came upon an unexpected free concert at the Stage Fort ParkĀ bandstand Friday evening. The 195th Army Band from Belfast. Maine. Cheif Warrant Officer/Conductor, Brady Harris lead the group and we enjoyed some great jazz music and lovely lighting. A fish sandwich at the Cupboard made for a neat little impromptu picnic.

Concert

Click for more upcoming concerts, (including one tonight!) at the bandstand.

Lobster Pool Restaurant

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Delicious lobster bisque at the Lobster Pool Restaurant in Rockport! I ate everything else up before I could document it. What a delicious view relaxing in the swing too! They have Homie greeting cards and a lobster etched in the cement sidewalk. Click for the slideshow:

Interior

http://www.lobsterpoolrestaurant.com

Powder House Hill Reservation

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Powder House Hill Reservation in Manchester has a restored powder house from 1810, a nice view, lovely nature, and walking trails.

I loved the story that Manchester Historical Society Curator, John Huss, told about the day that the British came into the harbor and everyone trekked out to meet them with their one new shiny cannon. It was so exciting that all the towns-people came too see from all around. The British saw a swarm of people and feeling out-numbered rowed back to the boat. The townspeople rejoiced and trooped back into town in victory using the only ammunition they had that day in celebration. On the route back, they found their one shiny cannon-ball left behind at the side of the road. True of not, it’s a great story and even better with John’s embellishments and excellent story-telling abilities.

Click the photos for a larger slideshow or scroll for more photos:

Powder House and John Huss

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Plaque

Woods

Walking Trails

Vernal Pool

Compass

Fantasmagorical Fireworks!

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A fantasmagorical show of fireworks over Stage Fort park! Did we witness controlled fires exploding in a multitude of colors and shapes projected high up into the sky with cascading sparkles trickling overhead for the pure act of enjoyment? Why yes we did!

Click for a slideshow of oohs and ahhs:

Fireworks