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Don’t Overlook Me! I’m Pineapple Weed!
Pineapple Weed
You’ve probably walked over hardy pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea) often enough if you’ve walked at the boulevard, and never noticed it. An annual herb, this miniature plant with fern-like leaves thrives with full sun in roadside gravel or the disturbed, compacted earth along sidewalks.
When crushed the leaf or flower emits a scent of pineapple or chamomile, it’s cousin, though it’s funny green head lacks the pretty petals of chamomile.
It’s uses include:
- When bruised, it can be rubbed on skin to repel insects.
- Edible in salads, though it becomes somewhat bitter after blooming.
- Herbal tea, similar to chamomile, serves as a gastrointestinal aid for stomach upsets, gas, vermifuge, and irregularity.
- Seeds used as a salve for infected sores.
- Decoction for fever.
- Used to treat children’s colds and colic.
- Medicinally for postpartum anemia and to promote lactation.
- Can be used for muscle spasm and as a sleep aid.
Some caution is advisable as some individuals are allergic to this plant.
Native to northwestern North American but found in northeastern America, northeast Asia, and Europe. A ruderal species.
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Cripple Cove Bouy
From Deb Clarke;
I received a request from a reader of gmg to my email for info on the plaques attached to the Cripple Cove buoy. Here are pics of the four sides
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Take a Bow
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Beginning Painting 1 by Deb Clarke
“Painters who are not colorists produce illumination and not painting….color gives the appearance of life.”
Monday, February 23, 1852 from the Journals of Eugene Delacroix, French Painter
Beginning Painting
The Equipment
a portable easel
for beginners I recommend 3 colors: cad yellow medium, grumbacher red, cobalt blue and white, a small jar of oil painting medium and some gessoed boards, a few brushes (boar bristle is fine)
if you try painting and want to continue, you will want to invest in more colors, brushes, medium and an easel for outdoor painting
Here is My Paint Box and supplies;
Here’s my french easel set-up for painting:
a few big brushes, a few rounds, maybe a filbert, a small brayer.
My colors:
cad yellow light
lemon yellow
cad yellow medium
yellow ochre
raw sienna
burnt sienna
grumbacher red (napthol red)
alizarin crimson
pthalo green
winsor blue (pthalo blue)
cobalt blue
ultramarine blue
grumbacher pre-test white, original formula (titanium white)
medium: 1 part stand oil, 1 part damar, 1 part turp
thinner for cleaning brushes
If you need more info on Painting supplies and where you can purchase them, or how to join the Sunday Morning Painting Class (7am Cripple Cove Parking Lot, weather permitting) contact me at: elli01930@yahoo.com
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The Adventure up for Repairs
After my Daily Meditating session I took these Photos of the Adventure at the Marine Railways.
In a few weeks I’ll have to find a quiet spot, because this parking lot will be filled.
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Painters of Cape Ann
Painters of Cape Ann
Nancy Motley Walton
I found Nancy Starting a Watercolor Painting of Smith’s Cove down at the North Shore Arts Assocations parking lot.
You Can Check out more of Nancy’s Beautiful Paintings by clicking the Link Below.
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1st Sunday Morning Painting Class
Due to weather conditions the class was held in Deb Clarke’s House. There were three students; Tom, Liz and myself.
Spot Color Painting was the assignment. Spot color painting is where you pick a color and relate that color to the rest of the painting. Debbie began by giving a spot color demonstration. Tom picked a scene outside one of Deb’s windows, Liz picked a hanging candle lamp and I picked a high shelf with three colored wine glasses and two silver pictures. Deb’s Knowledge of art, painting and color instincts are very inspiriring. The two hours flew by. I can’t wait for next week! Anyone whoever has thought about taking up painting should give it try. Twentyfive dollars is a great deal for the infomation you receive.
Contact Deb at; elli01930@yahoo.com OR http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/
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Thacher Island
Thacher Island
View from Loblolly
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Painters of Cape Ann
Here are more Paintings from Dennis Poirier
For More Information on Dennis’ Paintings and Workshops click the links below;
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Schooner Thomas Lannon
Schooner Thomas Lannon
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Gloucesters Royalty
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Rust Never Sleeps
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Maritime Center Sunrise
Maritime Center at Sunrise
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“Karen” by Deb Clarke
From: Deb Clarke
“Karen”
This is Karen, the completed work documented in my earlier ‘wip’ in the series “Faces I Remember”. It is finished. During the process that brought the work to this point I was continually critiquing the work. I kept trying to get the eyes above the one third, but my inclination was to keep cutting the ‘shape’ down. This morning I finally decided to find the center of my canvas. Wouldn’t you know it? French painter Pierre Bonnard’s words critiqued the work, he said: “There should be nothing in the center of a painting.” Then portrait artist Helen Van Wyck words critiqued the work: “In a portrait the eyes should be around the one third point.” then I said: The Hell you say! I’m still in training! This is Karen and this is the way I do it. I broke the rules, yet it works. why? because it is didactic and self referential. so, there.
ps: this is drawn from memory of a friend from Banana’s.
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Easter Morning Sunrise from Stage Fort Park
Easter Morning Sunrise from Stage Fort Park Video
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Sunrise Easter Morning 2010
Sunrise Easter Morning 2010 View from Stage Fort Park
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The Fort Wishes You A Happy Easter!
Easter Morning 2010 Down At The Fort
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GHS Chess Champ
I have to Brag a little. It’s my Blog time slot so I can do what I want.
My number 4 Son Chris is number 1 in the East Division of the North Shore Interscholastic Chess League, Board #2.
The GHS Chess Team had a great Year, had a lot of Fun and met some great Friends From other High Schools across the State.
Congrats Chris.
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Rocky Neck Windows
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Good Morning Gloucester 