My View of Life on the Dock
Friendly octopus garden? Kraken Billy goats gruff? The tentacled creature crawling under the sea, amid the rosa rugosa seaweed coral, is sure to engender imaginative story walks on the Long Beach seawall. And this metal art is a playful calling card.
photos: I spy one rosy fog sunrise in May
Fog & sweet convivial snow buntings covered a lot of ground along the Long Beach seawall. After many weeks, I was happy to return to a morning walk Feb. 27, 2024.
photo and video clip images from my phone: A small flock of snow buntings traversed from lawns to roofs to the seawall railing and back again in response to walkers on the path and beach below. It was great fun watching them venture up and down especially when navigating the roof pitch on various cottages.
video clips- short few seconds each
photos: C. Ryan. Sunrise views from Gloucester looking out to Twin Lights and from Long Beach to the festive cottages ready for the 4th of July weekend. Below today’s for comparison: Sun rise Smoke Sky Last month. June 7, 2023.
little more yellow that morning. July 2, 2023 fog was in the mix.
Dog walkers and surfers crossed paths with Kevin and Gary from K & R Construction and Rockport Department of Public Works (DPW) on site setting up a new phase for Long Beach seawall repairs. Two roughly 500 feet lengths of rip rap extending out 15-18 feet (tapered) will be built up beginning just past the first stairs near red cottage 20 Long Beach. Sand will be added later as part of this phase. A steel road plate path was set in at the Gloucester Mass staging entrance so equipment won’t get stuck. Last year smaller forklifts and dump trucks shuttled boulders for patch rip rap.
Slow and steady– truck is LOADED (and another sets up straight away)
Gloucester pause – Merry Christmas!
ERIN LUMAN shelter | the cottages of Long Beach closes today at Jane Deering Gallery, 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester. Luman painted a handful more of the small intimate landscapes as all the work on display sold out. Available works are leaning atop the mantel. Clients will begin taking the work home tomorrow.
NEW available works
From the flat files – Ask to see her watercolor series “My Children’s Clothes”
Good Morning Gloucester 