That’s one dead tired bee Eloise.
Day 11 The Bean and Her Sleepy Bee, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Day 11- The Bean and Her Sleepy Bee
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Lobster Cove 4:46AM 5/25/08
Lobster Cove 4:46AM 5/25/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Tulip After Soaking Rain
Tulip After Soaking Rain, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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State Fish Pier
State Fish Pier, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
This Building on The State Fish Pier houses the herring plant and freezers for Cape Seafoods. This enormous building which you can barely see the end of in the picture because it is so big employs I think less than 20 full time employees. There have been incredible innovations in automation that move fish from boat to plant to freezer using very little labor.
Between Transvac herring pumps, herring conveyors and innovations in automation in the plant it all operates efficiently and flawlessly with a fraction of the dock workers that used to work on this site 20-30 years ago. The State Fish pier used to house many different seafood companies before the highly efficient Gloucester Seafood Display Auction and Cape Seafoods came to town.
When this new building was built it was shopped as a place to relocate fish businesses around the harbor to. Without financially viable alternative uses that would be allowed with the current zoning there was no incentive for waterfront business owners to relocate to this building and pay huge rent when their own property would be sold for pennies on the dollar because of the restrictive marine industrial zoning. Cape Seafoods stepped up and currently rents out the entire building.
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Leo D Allen Art
Leo D Allen Art, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Grilled Sea Breem At Ithaki
Grilled Sea Breem From Ithaki, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
I’ve never even heard of Sea Breem. The Mrs liked it but she’s never been a fan of working around bones when eating fish.
The company, food and service was great at Ithaki. I know the Mrs given the opportunity, would have ordered something else though.
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Fishing Industry Innovations -Herring Hopper
Fishing Industry Inovations -Herring Hopper, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Herring gets dumped into the main hopper from huge vats on rotating forklift forks. The Herring travels up the conveyor and dumps into totes to be packed for lobstermen. The entire plant is operated by two men. Years ago this property employed hundreds of people, now two people work this plant through innovations like transvac herring pumps and herring conveyor hoppers.
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Annisquam Yacht Club 4:46AM 5/25/08
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Where the Locals Go Coupon Spotlight- Lone Gull Coffeehouse
In light of my coffee tipping rant yesterday I thought I’d share some love to another local coffee shop in todays Where The Locals Go coupon spotlight.
The Lone Gull Coffeehouse offers a free refill with the purchase of a travel mug. So there’s another $2 or more in savings from the $10 Where The Locals Go coupon book.
Just like The Pleasant Street Tea Co and Coffee Bar, The Lone Gull offers free Wi-Fi for your laptop.
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Leo D Allen Art
Another of Leo D Allen’s ocean inspired pieces.
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The Old Mill At Stone Bridge 4:50AM 5/25/08
The Old Mill At Stone Bridge 4:50AM 5/25/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Challenger Sits High Without A Load On
Challenger Sits High Without A Load On, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
When the boat is loaded with herring those numbers on the stern won’t be visible. She’ll be sitting right down in the water.
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Herring Boat Challenger
Herring Boat Challenger, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Leo D Allen Gallery 2 Beach Street, Rockport
How many of you take advantage of all the incredible galleries that are in our community?
They are free to visit and and a great way to spend an afternoon.
Leo D Allen Gallery 2 Beach Street, Rockport, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Goose Cove 4:50AM 5/25/08
Goose Cove 4:50AM 5/25/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Leo D Allen Art
Leo loves the sea and it shows in his work.
Leo D Allen Art, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Furniture Find -Mt Pleasant Ave
Furniture Find -Mt Pleasant Ave, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Driving through East Gloucester I came across this antique dresser on the side of the road. It has wooden wheels and all it’s hardware is still there.
It’s a beautiful piece. Could anyone with knowledge of antiques tell me what style it is from the design on the front?
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NATL, H. FURNI, CO., GLOUCESTER MASS,
NATL, H. FURNI, CO., GLOUCESTER MASS,, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
NATL, H. FURNI, CO.,
GLOUCESTER MASS,
Speaking as someone who is an improper punctuation repeat offender, I wonder if the spelling and punctuation on the back of this piece is intentional or just messed up.
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Dirt Murray’s Houseboat 4:50AM 5/25/08
Dirt Murray’s Houseboat 4:50AM 5/25/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Herring Boat Challenger Wheelhouse
Herring Boat Challenger Wheelhouse, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Note the number of computer screens and steering by joystick. Wild.
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