My View of Life on the Dock
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Pam is this week’s winner by identifying the location as Westie’s Pond in Magnolia. We all skated and fished on this pond on Lake Rd.
Anyone have any great memories about Westie’s?
Congrats, Pam! Come to the Block Party Saturday night and get your t-shirt!
Ok- This is what the t-shirt means. It doesn’t mean that you’re afraid of Gloucester. It is a play on the word Claustrophobia (from Latin claustrum “a shut in place”) – the fear of having no escape, and being closed in.
So Glosta-phobia is that feeling you get when you have been on the island so long it feels like you’re being closed in, and you need to go over the Bridge for a little trip up the line or up the coast.
It’s not meant to be a slam against Gloucester. It’s just a fun way, for those of us who’ve been here for years, of saying “I’m bouncing off the walls of Gloucester, and I’ll be right back after a little R&R over the Bridge.”
Hope that clears up the ambiguity. 🙂
Despite Joey’s keen observation regarding my video skills, I humbly submit this week’s Where Zat? Have fun, and I hope no one get motion sickness!
The new order of t-shirts are in! Several people have asked how they can get them.
You buy one at the Block Party next Saturday night! The shirts are $15 and come in L and XL.
Anyone else who wants a shirt, click here to send me an email with your order.and how to contact you so we can meet up. If you need it mailed to you, it will be $2 more.
I only have 30 shirts so get yours ASAP!
Thanks! —-Sharon
I saw these at the motorcycle run last month. Very cool! They were done by a guy in NH. Maybe I’ll go up there when I’m ready for mine! 😉
This was a tough one. “Hedge” got them all. He’s a good reader:). Thanks for playing and we’ll see you next Monday with another Where Zat?
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“I found them all but they seemed to be in “reverse order” from your directions. Also, the date of the first one is not in chronological order since it is “sticky” to the top of the GMG blog. Anyway, here they are. No need to count my entry. I just like playing.” 1. participating : GMG Schooner Festival Photo Contest! – 9/3 (but stuck at top of page) 2. superbly : Schooner Bluenose II 4:45AM 9/6/09 – 9/7 3. bouncy : Schooner Festival – 9/6 4. bowsprit : Schooner Festival – 9/6 5. lovers : Dog Days Coming Up 9/13/09 – 9/6 6. enclaves : Posted on Cape Ann Online By User flutterby – 9/5 7. Association : Kat Valentine Posts Painter Schedules For Schooner Festival Weekend – 9/5 8. salting : Rick At Cape Seafoods Wears Protective Glasses To Guard From Salt In His Eyes – 9/5 9. Bugs : Eastern Point Lobster Dinner- It Didn’t Suck – 9/5 10. sport : Andy and John Hillstrand From The Deadliest Catch Sport Cape Pond Ice Gear – 9/5 |
1. Just because it’s less money doesn’t mean it’s a good deal i.e. the mess with Comcast. We went back to Verizon today. Yippee!
2. You can lower your cholesterol and blood pressure with fish oil, flax seed oil, and a little help from prescriptions. My cholesterol went from 256 to 146 and my BP went down 40 points.
3. Cycling ( I made it around the island yesterday), kayaking (Kylie and her dad’s first time out), and the beach are great ways to spend summer in Gloucester especially when you have grandkids who like to do the same things. Cooking baby beets from the Farmer’s Market when we only had bottled water to wash the “red” out was a tasty treat!
4. You don’t have to spend a cent to have fun here.
5. Summers in Gloucester are way too short.
6. I love Gloucester despite the fact that fall is coming.
7. I love Joey in spite of the fact that he pushes me almost to my limit.
8. I love Joey because of this.
9. I learned that I am a lousy videographer.
10. I learned that I keep meeting the “funnest” people right here in G-Town!!
Big hugs and kisses to all of you!
Okay, I just thought this one up as I was scrolling through the posts.
Find these words in the posts from September 5 through today. They’re not scrambled. Start with the top post and work your way back to Sept 5. More than one word may show up in the same post. So find the words and give a brief name of the post where you found it.
Hedgie just clarified my backwards directions from earlier today. Sorry for the confusion! 🙂
Good luck and have fun!
1. participating
2. superbly
3. bouncy
4. bowsprit
5. lovers
6. enclaves
7. Association
8. salting
9. Bugs
10. sport
Any sponsors for a prize this week?
I got an email from Sail Gloucester organizer and event planner extraordinaire Ally O’Connor inviting me to go out on the lead boat to cover the Schooner parade yesterday morning. I would have loved to have gone, picturing all the incredible footage that could be shot aboard the boat with the water cannons leading the schooners out of the harbor.
Being Labor Day weekend there was no way for me to get away from the dock so I asked if Sharon could go to cover it for GMG and Ally told us she would love to have her aboard.
Now for the back-back story.
For some reason I crave video. I think it’s because I know there’s going to be a lot of great photography out there and I like to get personal- especially when I can bring the viewers someplace that other people don’t have access to.
With my work schedule this time of year I can rarely get to the big events that Sharon covers so well. So I beg her to bring my video camera. She always is reluctant to take it but being the great teammate that she is, she will sometimes oblige.
So here it is- unedited. I didn’t change anything, only copied the video clips she took from the memory stick into the video. If nothing else you might be able to get some tips on how not to take video. As good as Sharon is with still photography, video is just not her thing.
Tip 1) hold the camera horizontal when taking video. Click pic to view-
Photos by Sharon Lowe
The Gateway Endeavor is a Boston- based boat that inspects the LNG lines every day of the year. It also assists in boat fires as you can read here.
Captain Sal lives here in Gloucester.
More photos of the schooners will be posted soon.
This video was taken about 15 minutes ago at 9:40AM
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How to Blur a Distracting Background
Armed Only With a Point and Shoot 
The mission: Take a great portrait in front of a distracting background.
The equipment: The crummiest point-and-shoot camera on the market.
Your task: Throw the background out of focus so you can emphasize the subject.
Mission Impossible? Hardly. Even with the simplest point and shoot, you can get the blurry background you crave. Here’s how:
That’s it! Try it for impromptu street portraits, vacation photos, or any time you need a great picture in a lousy location.
Click on through for the fine details and more clever photo tips!
How to Blur a Distracting Background (Plus More Handy Tips!)
| This is my favorite site for photo tips! —Sharon | |||
With the great weather last night, the hill on Harbor Loop was packed. The pizza and other food vendors stayed open after the Farmer’ Market closed. Kids were everywhere. The Megan McKenzie Band opened the concert and rocked the house. To hear the band, click here.
The sun set, and Phat Maxx took the stage. The kids accepted the band’s invitation to come onto the stage and little rockers danced the night away.
Next week is the last concert with Hoodoo Revelator who had to be rescheduled because of bad weather early this summer.
The new order of t-shirts are in! Several people have asked how they can get one.
Kathi, Carol, Kalesy and anyone else who wants a shirt, click here to send me an email with your order.and how to contact you so we can meet up. The shirts are $15 and come in L and XL. If you need it mailed to you, it will be $2 more.
I only have 30 shirts so get yours ASAP!
Thanks! —-Sharon
Will Bloombergh knew where it was – Ledge Rd where it intersects with Orchard in East Gloucester.
That was a tough one. This is how Will got it: 
“Did a land survey job out there a few years ago. Looked familiar.”
Congrats to the winner! And you can pick up your t-shirt at Capt. Joe’s.
Next week’s contest will be posted at noon on Monday. See you then!
Good Morning Gloucester 