IT WAS A KNOCK OUT!

Gorgeous sunset over Gloucester Harbor and Rocky Neck, with the colors of the sky flowing from red hot reds and oranges to soothing shades of violet pinks and blues. Within moments, the sky hues changed from orange to violet.

LAST NIGHT’S SUNSET WAS A SHOW STOPPER!

Last night’s show stopping sunset over Gloucester City Hall and skyline.

MACKEREL SKY SUNSET FROM THE JODREY FISH PIER

Don’t you just love the mackerel clouds!

Same sunset, looking towards the Paint Factory.

Twilight

MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION

Last night’s wild and windy March sky over Rocky Neck.windy-rocky-neck-sunset-copyright-kim-smith

Followed by this morning’s whitecaps in the Harbor. gloucester-harbor-cape-pond-ice-unitarian-church-copyright-kim-smithCape Pond Ice and UU Church

GLOUCESTER HARBOR IN THE GLOW OF LATE DAY (OR JUST ONE OF THE 101 MILLION REASONS WHY WE LOVE OUR HOOD)

Gloucester Harbor aglow on a warm winter’s early evening.fv-black-pearl-heading-home-copyright-kim-smith

dredgers-gloucester-harbor-2-copyright-kim-smithoakes-cove-beach-sunsetGloucester Harbor from the landing at Oakes Cove Beach

NIGHTFALL

Beautiful from every vantage point all around the harbor last evening. Click panoramic images to see full size.gloucester-harbor-sunset-copyright-kim-smithgloucesterskyline-nightfall-1-copyright-kim-smithgloucester-skyline-nightfall-copyright-kim-smith

For breast cancer awareness month, Gloucester City Hall tower is lit in pink

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Fluorescent Sunset

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Ran down and caught the tail end of a fluorescent sunset last night at Plum Cove.   I’m not sure when taps started again but it was a sure sign of summer when the horn started to play!   Have a great Sunday!

EASTER SUNSET GLOUCESTER

Easter Sunset Gloucester Harbor. 

Last night’s saturated sunset from East Gloucester was arresting, becoming even more so after the sun set. The colors on the water momentarily reflected the voluptuous hues of the twilight sky, when very quickly the horizon turned glowing coral-pink-peach before extinguishing itself in purple.

Gloucester Harbor Smiths Cove sunset Kim Smith

The violet-orange on the water’s glass-like surface in the foreground looked as though it had been applied by paint.

Gloucester Harbor UU Church sunset Kim Smith

Gloucester’s Unitarian Universalist Church beautiful steeple

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SUNDOG AND DUCKS OVER PEBBLE BEACH

I took my cousin Jimmy on a mini tour of Cape Ann’s Back Shore yesterday afternoon. What a treat for us both to see the sundog over Pebble Beach!
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Eastern Point Before and After Thunderstorm Photos AND WHIMSICAL WHIMBRELS!

Gloucester storm 2015On my way home from work several days ago. I stopped to take a photo of the fast and furious oncoming storm. To my utter delight I spotted a pair of whimbrels feeding alongside the mallards at the water’s edge however, to my dismay, I only had my still camera. They didn’t allow for close-up photography and flew off in the direction of Brace Rock as soon as this human was noticed. Returning with movie camera after the storm to see if they were still in the neighborhood, they were not, and have not been spotted since.

Whimbrels East Gloucester Massachusetts july 25 ©Kim Smith 2015The only other time I have seen a pair of whimbrels, or any whimbrels for that matter, was at Good Harbor Beach several years ago, in mid-September. Whimbrels breed in the Arctic, departing in July for parts further south. It seems early in the season for them to have begun their southward migration, or perhaps they have been here all along. I wonder if any of our readers have spotted whimbrels?

Gloucester storm ©Kim Smith 2015