It Doesn’t Suck

Eastern Point

It Doesn’t Suck, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Lobster Pool Fried Clams

I love it when they come out crispy and golden brown. Yum!

Lobster Pool Fried Clams, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Outdoor Seating at Latitude 43 with Harbor View

Joe and Jacki Mondello Head Out Lobstering

Again and Again Bag Made of Recycled Sail Cloth

Again and Again, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

One of the unique designs from Freida Grotjahn at Again and Again in East Gloucester Square

Sig Hansen- Rockstar!

Sig Hansen- Rockstar!, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Here is Sig walking past the throngs of fans at The Gloucester House Restaurant for the Plum Cove School benefit.

I couldn’t believe how gracious and unrattled he was in the face of so many people treating him like he was a rock star. In Gloucester, he is a Rock Star. He answered questions and then slipped outside to have a smoke and the throngs of people followed him wherever he went.
he rolled right along with it all with humor and humility. A real gentleman.

City Hall Tower Restoration Update 6/11/08

City Hall Tower Restoration Update 6/11/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

These guys must have nerves of steel.  My knees start knocking when I get up 2 feet off the ground.

City Hall Tower Restoration Update 6/11/08

City Hall Tower Restoration Update 6/11/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

That’s a long way to fall buddy.  This is an instance where union pay still wouldn’t be enough to do this type of job.

Pollen

Pollen, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Got to work at 5:00AM and the water was covered in pollen. It was everywhere.
Last night on our porch at the homestead The Bean was walking around barefoot.
Her feet were covered in pollen and when I noted it to her she exclaimed- “I’ve been pollinated”!

Bass Rocks Golf Club Renovations 6/7/08

I wonder if that metal railing was dictated by code? It seems out of place and does a disservice to the style of the building. It seems very industrial for what would seem to call for a more natural material.

Bass Rocks Renovation Update 6/10/08

HOW F@%KING HARD IS IT?

Excuse this little rant but I need to get it out.

I’m a little stressed out with all this harbor planning stuff and listening to idiots that have no vested interest in the harbor tell us what we should do with our property gets really old after a while. Especially when the so called “waterfront experts” haven’t worked on the waterfront but love to tell us whats wrong with “us”.

My specific problem this morning however came after reading a letter in the Times from one of these ‘waterfront experts” so I was already in a pissy mood.

You see no matter how hurried I am when driving I always acknowledge someone that lets me pull out in front of them in traffic. I always without exception give a head nod or wave to someone that lets me cross the street when they stop to let me by and I always trot across the street so not to hold that person up.

Where did these people come from that when you stop for them to cross they slowly traipse on across the street without so much as a simple wave? Is it that freaking hard to do? Does it require too much effort for that simple courtesy? FFS people get some f@%ing manners would you? The world would be a better place.

Mark Ring brought by a pamphlet for some place that will help you avoid getting a stroke and handed it to me. He keeps telling me he is worried beccause he thinks I’m taking the harbor planning stuff too personally. How could I not?

Toby With His Ladies

Toby With His Ladies, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Toby aboard the stern of his lobster boat the Jupiter II. Toby just re-fiberglassed the setting table and set some cut out playmates in under the clearcoat.

I guess Toby is never going to be lonely out at sea hauling his gear.

Destino’s Linguica Steak Bomb

Destino’s Linguica Steak Bomb, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Mug-Up

Mug-Up, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Anyone that used to pack fish in the 70s knows what the term Mug-Up means.

It is when the boss man hollers MUGGG UPPPP!!!! and all the workers get their coffee break and a chance to get off their feet for 15 minutes of so mid morning or afternoon.

Great Egret Sitting On A Camel

Great Egret Sitting On A Camel, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Thanks to Jim Barber for this-
The bird is a Great Egret (Casmerodius albus). Specifically it is an adult in alternate (breeding) plumage.

Gone Fishing and The Stanley Thomas Head Out Lobstering