My View of Life on the Dock
An Autumn dawn on Main St., Rockport MA. I love the title of this pic — "New Dawn On Main" — because it has a two-fold meaning. Firstly, this photo compliments an earlier image of mine called "Dawn On Main" — pre-Shalin Liu. And secondly it eludes to the neighborhood prosperity many are hopeful for with the advent of the new Performance Center. Fingers crossed.
Hey Joey.
We just heard about a great snow man on School street in Rockport….also heard the snowman’s neighbor created an alligator in snow….perhaps this is happening everywhere and we’re just clueless.
Just did a drive by and the snowman is about 12-14 feet tall -it’s wonderful….amazing….
So…what about a contest in Rockport/Gloucester for the best snowman or snow sculpture? It’s the perfect winter for this – we all need a diversion! Or a snow festival? Perhaps we should take baby steps…with a snowman contest. Maybe a restaurant or two want to get involved and throw in a humble incentive?
Who knows? All I know is anyone who builds a 12 or 14 foot snowman should get some sort of recognition…OK – thinking of a name for this…the 2011 SNOW-DOWN….????
JoAnn S.
Rockport
Enjoy your blog…
Thomas Philbrook sent in a pic of said Snowman-
Picture From “Joanie”
Elizabeth Enfield displays her Vintage Stocking Collection at Rockport Library.
Her collection includes the wedding stockings for Daniel Webster from the Bartlett Estate, also check out the article in the Gloucester Daily Times
THE EXHIBIT HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY.
Click on Photo below to see some of her stockings. and also enjoy the video with Elizabeth talking about her collection.
ENJOY Video Below
Did you know that Halibut Point is made of sheets of 440 million year-old granite that now descend from rocky headland to the tidal pools below. Beginning in the 1840s, granite was quarried from this area, first on a small scale and primarily along the coast, and then on a much larger scale when the Rockport Granite Company acquired the Babson Farm quarry and expanded its operation. Shortly after the Cape Ann granite industry collapsed in 1929, 17 acres on the eastern side of the quarry were purchased and given to the Trustees of Reservations who manages Halibut Point State Park for scenic, historic and conservation purposes. This is a painting of a tidal pool and some of those 440 million year-old rocks. Makes me feel really young.
The North Shore Christian Men’s Choir and the Lighthouse Brass Quintet
will host a Christmas Concert on Saturday, December 18th at 3:00 p.m.
at the First Baptist Church, Four High Street at Harvey Park, Rockport.
Free admission. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome and
invited to attend.
This concert is part of Rockport’s Annual Christmas Pageant that
will be held at 5 p.m. Don’t miss Christmas in Rockport; like the town
and the season, it is special!
Did you know:
That this is a Photo-shopped photo of the blue gate on Main Street in Rockport, sent to all my Cape Ann neighbors as a special Christmas greeting. Hope everyone’s holidays are as special and wonderful as this time of year is meant to be.
E.J. Lefavour- Khan Studio
www.khanstudiointernational.com
The Flip Flop Points The Way. Paul left the rock this morning at 7:07AM 12/5/10
As if it was a tradition that went back centuries Santa Claus came to visit Rockport today.
On the way to the harbor:
Time’s a wasting. Santa will be there at 3:45PM
The crowd packs the wharfs in the harbor as Santa’s arrival is just moments away:
Harbormasters Rosemary Lesch and Scott Story lead the way, the Freemantle Doctor with Santa, and the Coast Guard protecting the rear:
It’s SANTA!!! It’s SANTA!! It’s SANTA!!!
The crowd goes wild as Santa pulls into Bradley Wharf:
Santa thanks the skipper Mike Tupper of the Freemantle Doctor for the smooth ride while his mother-in-law Nancy McDowell looks on. (Nancy was the one who convinced us that Rockport was the best place on earth to live.) :
Low tide so Santa needs a bit of a goose up the ladder:
Carolers warm up the crowd as Santa makes his way down Bearskin Neck:
Dock Square is cheek to jowl of children all of which swore they had been nice and not naughty:
Santa’s ride is a vintage 1941 Fire Truck. Why buy new when used will do?
The countdown 3, 2, 1
A burst of light as the tree is lit.
Time to refill the hot toddy mug.
…I nearly passed out from excitement. Joey C called to ask me to be an Official Contributor to the blog of all blogs: Good Morning Gloucester.
So what qualifications do I bring to the virtual table? I can hear you asking. After all, I’m no expert on lobsters or fishing or boats (neither working boats nor waste-of-money boats) or much of anything at all. I’m just a regular citizen doing my thing on Cape Ann. Well, I may not know much but I do know this: we live in an amazing place that deserves to be celebrated every hour on the hour, in the spirit of Good Morning Gloucester. Since coming here, Cape Ann has pretty much become the center of the world for me, and while this may not make me a native of the place, it sure helps me think like one. My particular obsession is Rockport. I want to see all the great things about Rockport highlighted: our history with granite, the Scandinavian heritage (let’s hear it for Nisu and backyard saunas!), the working harbor, and Rockport’s arts scene – past, present and future. I live in Rockport with my family and have a blog and an online store featuring vintage items. I look forward to being a part of the GMG team, with an emphasis on Gloucester’s little sister to the north, the village of Rockport.
– Sarah Kelly a.k.a. The Roving Home
Santa arrives by lobster boat in Rockport Harbor on Saturday, December 4th this year. Jolly old Saint Nicholas has been very punctual the past few years keeping to his promise of rounding the jetty at 3:45 PM preceded by the harbormasters with sirens and flashers making way for the jolly large red suited dude.
I have been covering this story for GMG now for three years and if past movements of the rotund one follow past protocol he will land on Bradley Wharf (Motif #1), then make his way to the fire engine for a ride down Bearskin Neck before disembarking to light the Rockport Christmas Tree in Dock Square. Good viewing of the landing can be found around the harbor including the Tuna Wharf. Elves will be handing out hot chocolate and cookies in the square to children of all ages who have been nice and not naughty and Santa will lead the crowd in the singing of some Christmas tunes. Rumor has it that the Cape Ann Jazz Band will also be strolling about the downtown area. They may be able to score some hot chocolate too if they behave.
Hi Joey,
I just remembered these so went searching and thought you might like them. These are from The Library of Congress, American Memory. http://memory.loc.gov/
If you do a search for "Gor Svenson" you’ll find about 7 web pages of oral history. I copied down some excerpts below to give you an idea of the stories from the WPA era, living in Glouceter and Rockport. It is a record of a series of interviews with a Swedish-born American who was for most of his adult years a quarry-worker in Gloucester (Bay View and Lanesville) and Rockport, Massachusetts and who is now (then) engaged in lobstering. (1938) How much has changed since then? Stories are flavorfully Cape Ann.
Goes along with today’s events, Lookin’ For the Sunny Side of the Stree – America’s 1930’s in Gloucester.
Enjoy,Jo-
Also provided a link to the photography archives containing 503 records such as the one below.
There are images of,
On board the fishing boat Alden out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Vito Gioclone, fisherman of Gloucester
1943 June. | 1 negative | Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006
On board the fishing boat Alden out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Vito Gioclone. Gloucester, Massachusetts
1943 June. | 1 negative | Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006
Gloucester, Massachusetts. Gaspar Favozza, son of an Italian-American fisherman
1943 May. | 1 negative | Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=gloucester%2C%20massachusetts
Other images of Gloucester, MA search 844 results containing "gloucester" :
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=gloucester&sg=true
American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1940
From Paul Morrison
Filmed this morning off Andrews Point with an iPhone. Counted off 2 minutes, 36 seconds to match my audio of “Music For a Found Harmonium” by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. My fixation for this piece of music now seems fitting since there were three different types of Alcid arctic birds swimming about in these waves.
256 days until the 25th Blackburn Challenge paddlers and rowers will be going from left to right.
Never having used iMovie and with only an iPhone and some waves
Hmm, maybe a camera upgrade is needed. The Panasonic GF1 was just upgraded to a GF2
Just a sunrise I took off Andrews Point one year ago. My big one year anniversary of being the cub reporter from Rockport for Good Morning Gloucester is this Friday, 11/05/09-10
Working on that post.
I found this piece of glass on Good Harbor this weekend. It clearly says Rockport, but I can’t figure out what it is from. Anyone know? I was thinking maybe a twin lights soda bottle? It’s still sharp around the edges, so I think it must have been broken recently.
#gallery owi2001030379/PP 
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Good Morning Gloucester 