Shot Week of December 20th 2009
Paint factory sunset, originally uploaded by CapeAnnPleinAir.
My View of Life on the Dock
George Recites A Poem-
The Plunge-
I forgot to post these with all the stuff going on during the Middle Street Walk- better late than never. Click the pics for the full sized versions.
Middle Street Walk Gingerbread House Competition, originally uploaded by captjoe06.









I love messing around with my photos. Here’s one with the exposure blown out.
Gloucester City Hall at Dusk, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Thom Falzorano Reports On The Gloucester/Ipswich Iron Rail Gymnastics vs North Andover-
Some photos of the GHS/Ipswich gymnastic team. What a performance put on by Meg (G10), Leah (G10), Kiley (G10), Mary (I11), Kelly (G11), Liana (I12) and Kate (G10) all coached by Helen Bess. The GHS/ISH is at home (Iron Rail) Jan 6th competing against N. Andover Watching these young ladies do what they do is amazing!







Well we helped Laurie Lufkin win, now its time to go to bat for Gloucester Running Back Conor Ressel
Fox News is running this poll
from the site-
(FOX25, myfoxboston) – High school football season has come to an end and now it’s time to name our “Team Player of the Year”. We’ve selected ten players from Eastern Massachusetts, who appeared on FOX 25 this season, and shined above the rest on the High School Gridirion.
It’s now up to you to vote for who you think should be the 2009 High School Friday “Team Player of the Year.”
Click here to vote for Conor Ressel
You can vote once a day. So Please Do.

You can check out Paulie’s Blog Here-
http://www.frontierogallery.com/
IMG_1668, originally uploaded by CapeAnnPleinAir.



Love it! Thanks Manuel!
For any of you that have relatives in warm climates you may want to send them a link to Good Morning Gloucester to show them what fun they are missing!
It was so cold that the plug which drains his lobster tank was frozen solid. He had to take a layer of lobsters out of the tank and then dip a five gallon bucket in to take out some water and then take more lobsters out followed by bailing out more water til the tank was empty. The extreme cold makes
Sean Burn’s Lobsterboat The Four Sisters Prepares To Offload, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Sean Burn’s Lobsterboat The Four Sisters Prepares To Offload, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Minimal Editing, Minimal Commentary, Just A Slice of Time On Gloucester Harbor
Here’s A picture of The Michael and Kristen which is the Gloucester offshore lobster boat which lost power 200 miles out.
Here the Michael and Kristen prepares to offload it’s catch. It’s an offshore lobster boat as opposed to the vast majority of our fleet which consists of inshore lobstermen.
Click the pic for the full sized version-
Offshore Lobster Boat The Michael And Kristen Prepares Top Offload, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Click the below link for the story from Richard Gaines at the Gloucester Daily Times-
Stranded 200 miles out at sea Coast Guard has lobster boat, five-man crew in tow
By Richard Gaines
Staff Writer
The 77-foot, Gloucester-based lobster boat, Michael & Kristen, which became disabled and was drifting in high seas about 200 miles southeast of Nantucket on Wednesday, was being towed home by a Coast Guard cutter last night, through wind gusts of some 40 mph.
There were five people aboard the boat, which is owned by the corporation, Fair Winds Inc., according to Coast Guard spokeswoman Lauren Jorgenson. The corporation is headed by Charlie Raymond of Beverly, and the ship captained by Ron Davis of Rochester, N.H.
Here’s just one of the number of incredible exhibits to see at the Cape Ann Museum. This is what the flake yards looked like. The cod would be split open , de-boned and laid out in triangle shapes flat on drying racks.
When I was about 12 years old at our dock we were splitting and salting cod for a Norwegian company. Frank and my job was to pull off any globules of blood or liver after the cod got split and de-boned. We had a big stainless steel tank and the triangular shaped cod would come down the conveyor to us and plop into the stainless tank. Usually up around the nape of the cod rack there would be a liver still attached that we would need to rip off and give the rack a good washing to get nice and white before salting.
After that we would lay the whale cod split flat onto pallets, pour the salt over them and stack them up. I can remember the whole cooler being stacked up with pallet upon pallet of salted cod waiting to dry and then for the trailer truck to pick them up.
Exhibit at Cape Ann Museum, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
While spending an awesome day at the Middle Street Walk events I had a great time chilling with my oldest -The Bean. We stopped off to warm up and enjoy a nice hot cup of Pleasant St Tea and Coffee Co hot chocolate (really delicious)
So I gave her the camera and she snapped this pic from our corner chair.
The Bean Takes A Pleasant Street Picture, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Pics and video coming momentarily
Bomb Scare At Gloucester City Hall Pics From Good Morning Gloucester, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

