tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53756632304221242672024-03-05T16:37:49.355-05:00Today's Fun PhotoEvery day I look for fun, and when I find it, I post a photo of it. Sometimes it's an adventure, sometimes it's just a curious moment. Comments are welcome!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375663230422124267.post-66422474400567950912022-01-26T14:13:00.001-05:002022-01-26T14:21:22.924-05:00Frozen River in Motion<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tides + Temperature + Rocks</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmK51sXH-wvqlk3C5l3PMijQSI7U7F6IFhPVacKv_psUdnl1ksEhOXmHNyIwEbULMHnSBpXH1Ial8LyZYjvvwJPsjsL_CzAE5whd51MM4jwjaBZb8NOCfsyIs7bKbGVnI16yyY4uJ8ZKc6/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2258" data-original-width="4032" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmK51sXH-wvqlk3C5l3PMijQSI7U7F6IFhPVacKv_psUdnl1ksEhOXmHNyIwEbULMHnSBpXH1Ial8LyZYjvvwJPsjsL_CzAE5whd51MM4jwjaBZb8NOCfsyIs7bKbGVnI16yyY4uJ8ZKc6/w640-h358/IMG-6188.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rivers are always moving- flowing towards the sea.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Near the coast, the tides add extra action. Twice a day the tides change the level of the water in the river dramatically. Twice a day the river's level rises by several inches to a foot, and twice a day it falls again, as the volume of water is pulled and pushed by the moon's gravity. </span> </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTMaM7Etkj1YTcO4HGs2fm14Mm7BtSiLdY0u_otX5I_bsZ7S8AnCalhYMRn3ewU8S1hbJm3AtCXQiPNPYw7kp6tml-ksYkjCsSBj6N601iuNHsv24EAqPDIB28OBPWeVYX0NO_wNBzltduYMsEQR-wvluGRHaZxaG3IkF6rx_T2EOelO-v8AClmCWbXg=s4032" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTMaM7Etkj1YTcO4HGs2fm14Mm7BtSiLdY0u_otX5I_bsZ7S8AnCalhYMRn3ewU8S1hbJm3AtCXQiPNPYw7kp6tml-ksYkjCsSBj6N601iuNHsv24EAqPDIB28OBPWeVYX0NO_wNBzltduYMsEQR-wvluGRHaZxaG3IkF6rx_T2EOelO-v8AClmCWbXg=s320" width="320" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDQb908aZjUddykBz9uXK6NZAwbyw6GyuMYTjQVgXlS1Y2eqrsz6-9DITYzBEEFMNRIl6ys3IJfei-cdeW1KE-brSwrEK_kmxIyfChOvcmbF8eJCSGdRSRidd5mnALh0kn6OaOw0E61vQYKEikdcZsrgxtkJGjlFTZVxnw3dlfZ7BfhM8Qg4WNvewEOA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDQb908aZjUddykBz9uXK6NZAwbyw6GyuMYTjQVgXlS1Y2eqrsz6-9DITYzBEEFMNRIl6ys3IJfei-cdeW1KE-brSwrEK_kmxIyfChOvcmbF8eJCSGdRSRidd5mnALh0kn6OaOw0E61vQYKEikdcZsrgxtkJGjlFTZVxnw3dlfZ7BfhM8Qg4WNvewEOA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWO70x3wdVZgx1rvfihiub1f5n4dF8pBOGjEMn6q2ESaIgLoZNDMHNFDOPCFpZO-M88x-Lvqo_iBS78eJavcDUv3V9LxKi_wcdGcbP0Yuv8t9GRGmCceAR4uNzy7axI8eoGEj5X2jQFUOd_gVL0-X195_rkg8dTD9YuLGZEOx1TQsULrLhMUi2MX4Ilg=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="3024" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWO70x3wdVZgx1rvfihiub1f5n4dF8pBOGjEMn6q2ESaIgLoZNDMHNFDOPCFpZO-M88x-Lvqo_iBS78eJavcDUv3V9LxKi_wcdGcbP0Yuv8t9GRGmCceAR4uNzy7axI8eoGEj5X2jQFUOd_gVL0-X195_rkg8dTD9YuLGZEOx1TQsULrLhMUi2MX4Ilg=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiinfZxHuRf1XrS8UwY-qMspzeKjjw3PNkkLiYLP3RaMZguTUq-7eI5f6qaBhcCjdoFmch8w5_E7IaWfsHBooFq_PTJXROaVcF3Rj9hgWruyogedfiKqeaNZZUFnnq_mgPPmSd_GVnfmMxWOMxI6JaSJ2xyYsOX47rtNXE4ipWJ3vjnFIcRY5WBTBay-g=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiinfZxHuRf1XrS8UwY-qMspzeKjjw3PNkkLiYLP3RaMZguTUq-7eI5f6qaBhcCjdoFmch8w5_E7IaWfsHBooFq_PTJXROaVcF3Rj9hgWruyogedfiKqeaNZZUFnnq_mgPPmSd_GVnfmMxWOMxI6JaSJ2xyYsOX47rtNXE4ipWJ3vjnFIcRY5WBTBay-g=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">When it's cold enough, it gets really interesting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">A few inches at the surface may freeze during a lull at high tide, while the river keeps rushing below it. When the tide goes back out, the water underneath can abandon the frozen sections it had been supporting, forcing them to be lowered onto rocky surfaces. Or the moving river can drag frozen sheets with it, like panes of glass cracking and crashing against rocks and frozen banks. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes frozen white chunks are just left politely on a lawn next to the river as the tide travels out to sea. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguf-j4zpjNWuK0FKeFTutcDpzwxlVmh55fg4zS2pUP7wD9pfXR19hxInuTE74eMUk6BYmT_0NZyeyVMGMzYqhKQ6IQxhC5LR_R0xQfGRh0VM8_UhpXodXSqcEaLk2ZZjMJB0VhvMbdApV/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="2102" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguf-j4zpjNWuK0FKeFTutcDpzwxlVmh55fg4zS2pUP7wD9pfXR19hxInuTE74eMUk6BYmT_0NZyeyVMGMzYqhKQ6IQxhC5LR_R0xQfGRh0VM8_UhpXodXSqcEaLk2ZZjMJB0VhvMbdApV/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">The sound can be surprising! Sometimes creaking, or tinkling ethereally, sometimes booming. Always beautiful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCqpb5ti1NmedUTH7RafAzEKRBGq7nDawxfLuRKPmQAEyoIh6e9mPIw04UjNEe0V-S9nT3Y6zJssvCt4rHhjRWisHpTIxUyV9MjJtDaG2lnG7nyLCmGQlZyuDyUESynbGnLuDTMJCwoCzP/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1991" data-original-width="2258" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCqpb5ti1NmedUTH7RafAzEKRBGq7nDawxfLuRKPmQAEyoIh6e9mPIw04UjNEe0V-S9nT3Y6zJssvCt4rHhjRWisHpTIxUyV9MjJtDaG2lnG7nyLCmGQlZyuDyUESynbGnLuDTMJCwoCzP/w400-h353/IMG-6185.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpdsvUEsWq2YFXNR7EVFJy4ypVVgVOs_VeqG5n1oLFvuKJATmIdgbtg-xxE2YlYCujEIOQq6o_UOBxtlc5MPDO9qfwYUin8gFTdz6fwZYbmvCSkVG3UWH7zSaiNLco5acIsFmKI_3cEvt/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1307" data-original-width="3024" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpdsvUEsWq2YFXNR7EVFJy4ypVVgVOs_VeqG5n1oLFvuKJATmIdgbtg-xxE2YlYCujEIOQq6o_UOBxtlc5MPDO9qfwYUin8gFTdz6fwZYbmvCSkVG3UWH7zSaiNLco5acIsFmKI_3cEvt/w640-h276/IMG-6186.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375663230422124267.post-26923929192448392592021-11-21T14:14:00.005-05:002021-11-21T14:14:55.279-05:00Naked Trees<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2Ojvvn7vXnAeXg_WENnzDuclgcJJoX7nCI8DtNYaMzWgp089SWhBAoeRlPQni0i7qo2wMX2LauU76Pa_HPH21SIitoxAuxMORRG-AULbQ0N2eSnLLrFFdPzqE38PiKe2XAejEvOeFqDF/s2048/IMG-5688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2Ojvvn7vXnAeXg_WENnzDuclgcJJoX7nCI8DtNYaMzWgp089SWhBAoeRlPQni0i7qo2wMX2LauU76Pa_HPH21SIitoxAuxMORRG-AULbQ0N2eSnLLrFFdPzqE38PiKe2XAejEvOeFqDF/w490-h367/IMG-5688.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I don't even miss the leaves.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Turkey Shore Road, Ipswich, MA</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375663230422124267.post-77838697882228186072021-10-05T12:13:00.000-04:002021-10-05T12:13:21.664-04:00Berry Nice Colors<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVG6nFiWGxoVxDxEL20AT16IGeBNBBPKJtqyuHoGEAxE38zmQJkON89OHA9f0Vz_6Ug8cTxHJw0gT295gQKVEtHEnX-tqmbkndb1uPiEfChfkMv3-WY9BQmEyNqBeDn3HVjnP-MlcA9T-q/s2048/IMG-5407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVG6nFiWGxoVxDxEL20AT16IGeBNBBPKJtqyuHoGEAxE38zmQJkON89OHA9f0Vz_6Ug8cTxHJw0gT295gQKVEtHEnX-tqmbkndb1uPiEfChfkMv3-WY9BQmEyNqBeDn3HVjnP-MlcA9T-q/s320/IMG-5407.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRf7yPFs47-Zlo1IPCU0eCNVFy4T2ZzUWbUU337S8zd-erLBIENtrnCoJveUI5K-HOLKweuzKeJpvk66rqlIaOPktj1XVqTCitPbKzM9iEhuDHmpSlflLlkphmSDAYjJWfEVclrJn3jGnP/s2048/IMG-5411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRf7yPFs47-Zlo1IPCU0eCNVFy4T2ZzUWbUU337S8zd-erLBIENtrnCoJveUI5K-HOLKweuzKeJpvk66rqlIaOPktj1XVqTCitPbKzM9iEhuDHmpSlflLlkphmSDAYjJWfEVclrJn3jGnP/s320/IMG-5411.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Crane's Castle, Ipswich, MA</div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375663230422124267.post-26017333364909044732020-10-18T17:28:00.000-04:002020-10-18T17:28:13.644-04:00You Never Know<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIHM79DAc-1bgw-0J8prk7Y2-tmloiwGMtjsY2GQ7LewZHqZlSagvSh5LThA6iqDgonkm0oHHGv71xjgmUerZ4c3zUiIsAUv_0jpZKU6tF-OkmEoRHcNKPGbBWYRxdNlKtie77TPYV2Jn/s2048/IMG-3646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIHM79DAc-1bgw-0J8prk7Y2-tmloiwGMtjsY2GQ7LewZHqZlSagvSh5LThA6iqDgonkm0oHHGv71xjgmUerZ4c3zUiIsAUv_0jpZKU6tF-OkmEoRHcNKPGbBWYRxdNlKtie77TPYV2Jn/s320/IMG-3646.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>If I had it to do over again, I'd make the title of this blog <u>You Never Know</u>.<p></p><p><br /></p><p>Those are the words I find myself muttering most often. And since The Plague hit in March 2020, I'm the only person I talk to anymore- in person, anyway. So I'm always hearing myself say it. </p><p>You never know what might catch your eye, or make you wonder, or laugh out loud, or piss you off, once you get outside and start looking around. </p><p>Just about every day I put on my shoes at some point and open the door and walk for an hour or so, usually with no particular destination in mind. It's always the best part of my day, because, well- YOU NEVER KNOW.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7CBJbkc-JlT-l9lwvW1tqhF72Gzam6ENRyAtFmBkqlHbYpNXnksk7WvvZ79zGZfJmlcOxgmdm17p076PKPW3tY7xglYrPF0SomPPIAo96DiFiglL18nmDhm4C2GpgE1NsskW5YrLvUQC/s2048/IMG-3637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7CBJbkc-JlT-l9lwvW1tqhF72Gzam6ENRyAtFmBkqlHbYpNXnksk7WvvZ79zGZfJmlcOxgmdm17p076PKPW3tY7xglYrPF0SomPPIAo96DiFiglL18nmDhm4C2GpgE1NsskW5YrLvUQC/w480-h640/IMG-3637.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">October 18, 2020</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This wasp nest has been there for at least 6 months, which was the first time I noticed it. 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<a href="http://www.ipswichvisitorcenter.org/">http://www.ipswichvisitorcenter.org/</a><br /> </p><p> </p><p>UPDATE: June 12, 2022</p><p> </p><p>Good news: The little building is still there.</p><p>Bad news: Well, just look at it.<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuEfd5ipvKkEhQ1BHh_nhNNLbNumK5B58BIC-gz2APN55fdVn5IJXsJVHIUIjGF5oVfjO7rUb618OOl9SA2WSCyhUvFzqdNTNxKNA8QATjLV3qN7vysvpakQyhwl7u4yrBHQZD2pmXsrc/s1600/13244077_10209720075868358_688566602058432263_o.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> <br /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuEfd5ipvKkEhQ1BHh_nhNNLbNumK5B58BIC-gz2APN55fdVn5IJXsJVHIUIjGF5oVfjO7rUb618OOl9SA2WSCyhUvFzqdNTNxKNA8QATjLV3qN7vysvpakQyhwl7u4yrBHQZD2pmXsrc/s1600/13244077_10209720075868358_688566602058432263_o.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrvKRI7FSvEUl5R9N_ITAqSXbnseU7R72RT0IZqicpaFM6WDFsd5oMpxnfC5f0MH0uQEHCW08Ih7ulLonorAl4LQGIgW3IV7sZgy7Ndo6d1bog1areZqwbMK4Z8NoZc65YMT4UUqyZR7pHAv1fxSrw0-zoybaUOhzd_wus3U4BIiQ-un_uUWXl9QEQxQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrvKRI7FSvEUl5R9N_ITAqSXbnseU7R72RT0IZqicpaFM6WDFsd5oMpxnfC5f0MH0uQEHCW08Ih7ulLonorAl4LQGIgW3IV7sZgy7Ndo6d1bog1areZqwbMK4Z8NoZc65YMT4UUqyZR7pHAv1fxSrw0-zoybaUOhzd_wus3U4BIiQ-un_uUWXl9QEQxQ" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCbClVn4EKzZEtZ_UqDjKqOzloTO4kJFj0JkD1gc6MxX6hKZL5OqoktlYFSaaG7-6VDzX0ADOEtGmpGcHrA_8M35MuxwMiab-ojTFB42Udc4D2P-pbhyjLCLmhjuHjaMVkazKwKnqG6tSM9xia-NO1MJoHHJnKHbLWKz38f5oiQ4yhpdrt2L0_b8yHwQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCbClVn4EKzZEtZ_UqDjKqOzloTO4kJFj0JkD1gc6MxX6hKZL5OqoktlYFSaaG7-6VDzX0ADOEtGmpGcHrA_8M35MuxwMiab-ojTFB42Udc4D2P-pbhyjLCLmhjuHjaMVkazKwKnqG6tSM9xia-NO1MJoHHJnKHbLWKz38f5oiQ4yhpdrt2L0_b8yHwQ" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQZXU8_iTEI9CXmgJXPVycwN3H4BtKJcOSOhECHAtEBhVELOFUDfszHnSttlxBPaZQUZDXmJ7ds0e0oJxXM9rvHTYTK0yW3bvB9g9pXfLFhWJPdyl7e6rnpXmjPJKAyJNFuf3tl2_y8ulsVmNrVPvbOUfYWBbJGkcjQ0T5UVnKXGpA0SK4c66KjP73eA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQZXU8_iTEI9CXmgJXPVycwN3H4BtKJcOSOhECHAtEBhVELOFUDfszHnSttlxBPaZQUZDXmJ7ds0e0oJxXM9rvHTYTK0yW3bvB9g9pXfLFhWJPdyl7e6rnpXmjPJKAyJNFuf3tl2_y8ulsVmNrVPvbOUfYWBbJGkcjQ0T5UVnKXGpA0SK4c66KjP73eA" width="180" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375663230422124267.post-18474395414502075342016-03-26T15:19:00.003-04:002016-03-26T15:19:38.842-04:00Inside Out Art Gallery<span style="font-size: large;">Ordinary-looking house near downtown Ipswich, MA. But what's in those windows?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today's fun photo is a short video. It's the glimmering image of the water reflecting light up onto a brick wall on Gloucester Harbor. I think it makes the bricks come alive. I've been enjoying this for several seasons, but I've never captured it. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It only happens when the light is coming from the east, and you can only see it from the water. So several things have to happen all at once- a morning row, a sunny day, very little wind (a lot of wind pushes the dory around too much when I stop rowing,) and....... a charged camera battery. </span><br />
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T<span style="line-height: 1.38;">axi men of Dublin kicking people out of their cars who say they're a NO vote. A sounder chap I've never met.</span><span style="line-height: 1.38;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.38;">"Sure where would I be driving him? He can walk if he's so sure he knows where we're going."</span><span style="line-height: 1.38;"> </span></blockquote>
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Sarah has been working day and night canvassing Dublin neighborhoods for a YES vote on marriage equality for Ireland. If I could vote in Ireland I'd be with her. If it weren't for Sarah and her friend Tom Lawlor's generous hospitality, I wouldn't have the wonderful memories I do of the neighborhoods of Dublin...<br />
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recreationally, as a member of the Gloucester International Dory Racing Committee. I don't even race- I just cheer on those who do. It costs me only $77 a year- the cheapest way to "own" a boat in Gloucester! <a href="http://internationaldories.com/">http://internationaldories.com/</a><br />
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Every time I untie one of the dories and row it away from the dock, it's a new kind of fun. Here's another rower making his way around the famous Greasy Pole off Pavilion Beach yesterday, practicing for races next weekend.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was walking by the <a href="http://www.capeannmuseum.org/">Cape Ann Museum</a> when I realized it wouldn'</span><span style="font-size: large;">t be closing for another 15 minutes, so I ducked in for a quick visit with one of my favorites. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I learned today that, in 1817, more than 50 people in Gloucester, many of them "prominent members of the community," reported seeing a serpent in the sea off Pavilion Beach. The entire incident was written up in a pamphlet published that year by the Linnaean Society. <a href="http://www.awb.com/dailydose/?p=390">read it here</a> </span><br />
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These barely perceptible swells show how wild it got out there this morning. Flat calm.<br />
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The Paint Factory at Rocky Neck, which I love because it was NOT destroyed to make way for condos!<br />
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* April 22 is the day for the Americanized Earth Day , but I know that Earth Day was meant , by its founders at the United Nations in 1971, to be observed at the time of the Equinox which, this year in the Western Hemisphere, was March 20.<br />
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And just for some perspective- here's what the Grand Banks Dory was made for.....<br />
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Jay Gustaferro of Gloucester, captain of the Jean Elizabeth, has been catching lobsters and fighting nukes since the 1970s and he is nowhere near done.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">not in inches, but in time: How long will it take me to bail a dory before I can row it?</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After another few days of rain, I had company this morning when I went to the docks to see about bailing...Alex, a fellow member of the Gloucester International Dory Racing Committee, brought his hand pump.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since the dories are kept in the water year-round, the snow and slush has to be removed as well as the rainwater, so that they will be ready to row on a good winter day. </span></div>
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A warm day with calm seas and no wind can be the perfect time to go rowing, especially in winter, when there are few other boats in the harbor. <br />
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Kind and patient friends (Peter Parsons, James Tarantino and Hilary Frye) invite me to row with them as a "dory mate."<br />
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I'd much rather row than sit there as ballast in the boat. I'm slowly learning how to handle the two oars evenly and make the boat go where I want it to. <br />
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Maude is an old friend of mine who lives near the entrance to Maudslay State Park in Newburyport, MA. <a href="http://www.maudslayassociation.org/">http://www.maudslayassociation.org/</a><br />
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She called early this morning, while I was shoveling my car out and talking with neighbors. <br />
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A lot of houses don't have back yards, or even front yards, so people here tend to make the most of the space they have in the summer, when they want to be outside.<br />
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I love the way folks can create a little oasis for relaxing and socializing right on the sidewalk, with nothing but a couple of chairs and a potted plant. Some are fancier than others, but you get the idea......<br />
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This is where I love to paddle my kayak in the summer- Essex Bay, MA</div>
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This is the event in the spring which gets me excited about getting my boat into the water- the Essex River Race. A few years ago, I entered the race and finished. (Dead last! haha!)<br />
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.....like Jimmy Tarantino, of Gloucester, rowing his new dory.</div>
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I kept thinking- We are so lucky to live here!</div>
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Some people call it Black Gold. I like to think of it as Dirt Salad. <br />
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All year long I feed my backyard compost heap, little by little, with vegetable and fruit peels, eggshells, coffee grounds (lots of coffee grounds!) tea bags, floor sweepings, dryer lint.* <br />
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I throw in a shovelful of soil, and a handful of dead leaves once in a while, and let it get rained on. In the spring, I turn it over and dig into the center, where the earthworms live, and shovel out just enough rich, black, organic composted potting soil to fill my flower boxes- for free!<br />
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*To me, it's like recycling, only with "garbage." I'm already recycling paper, plastic, glass, aluminum, etc., so this is one more category of stuff I can keep out of the trashcan.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375663230422124267.post-24125001989699748862013-04-24T19:49:00.000-04:002013-04-24T19:49:36.649-04:00DublinThe most fun I've had in recent weeks was during the six days I was in Dublin. Walking around, talking with people, looking at things....<br />
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I've been driving by this sign on my way to and from work five days a week for more than two years, and today I stopped to take a few pictures.</div>
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I think it's the coolest place in the neighborhood, which now consists of places like this one, directly across the street: </div>
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It's all in the eye of the beholder.</div>
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