Cape Ann Photos...

[Say_What]

Since we're sharing photos, here's some of mine taken around Cape Ann.

Essex salt marsh house


Gloucester Harbor


Derby Summer House at Glen Magna Farms, Danvers--not Cape Ann, but beautiful anyway


Lobster gear


Pigeon Cove Dinghys


Annisquam Harbor Light

[FloridaPat]

1. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing them

[VPStoltz]

2. All have wonderful compostion...

a little cloud action would have made the sky more interesting. Don't you just hate it when the weather won't cooperate with your creative urge?

[Say_What]

7. Particularly when it rained 5 days out of 7 :-)

There ain't nothing like a sparkly day in New England after a lot of rain.

[unhappycamper]

3. Great pics. Thanks. n/t

[rox63]

4. Thanks for posting

Those are beautiful pics. Thanks for posting them. Scenes like these are part of the many reasons why New England will always be my home.

[Say_What]

8. I lived there from 1972 - 1992 and I've been on the Left Coast

since then. I was fortunate enough to be in Gloucester for six weeks during April and May and realized that I wanna be in New England more than I wanna be in CA, so I'm selling my stuff and moving back. Won't be able to live in Gloucester because of work, but I'll be on the North Shore. I can hardly wait.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

5. you have a great eye!

or are you really like me- with the advent of the digitalcam
everyonce in a while you just get lucky?

I'm guessing you are an artist

[Say_What]

6. Graduated from art school in Boston, but photography

is the one hobby I have never lost interest in. I've had a camera in my hand since I was about 10 or 12 years old. Here's more if you're interested.

http://www.travelphotos.4t.com/index.html

Peace!!

[TayTay]

9. Thanks for these

I grew up on the North Shore (Danvers) and these lovely pics just breathe home for me.

[Say_What]

10. Hope to be living there when I return....

Salem, where I previously lived, is way too congested. Here's a couple more for a trip down memory lane. :-) The Rebecca Nurse farm and a great painting of the library. Do you know the history of the library? Was it designed after the WH?

[TaleWgnDg]

13. Hhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . .

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The Danvers Public Library (Georgian Revival architecture) on Sylvan Street, Danvers, Massachusetts, was completed in 1878. The architects were Little, Brown & Moore, of Boston, Massachusetts, with local (Danvers) architect, Lester Couch.

FYI, the two-storied semi-circular "porches" (porticoes) on the Whitehouse facade were added by Harry S Truman during his administration (1945-1953) -- much to the chagrin of architectural purists and historians. Today, we cannot imagine the people's Whitehouse without the "Truman Balconies."

So, could it be possible that the Danvers Library was build to mimic the Whitehouse? I doubt it. The dates are off.

Here's another (colonial revival) example of Lester Couch's architecture in Danvers, Massachusetts. This, too, has the circular portico overhangings affixed to the front facade of the building. This property, it seems, is for sale. http://www.treg.com/view_listing.php?id=3030838 (I wonder how long this listing will remain?)

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edited to add: Here's info (and url) of the Danvers Assessor's Office (regarding the library) which may be of interest as well: http://danvers.patriotproperties.com/Summary.asp?AccountNumber=6018

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[Say_What]

18. I guess then it's appropriate to say

that the WH certainly does resemble the Danvers Public Library :-)

I didn't know about Harry adding the porticos either--learn something new everyday. Thanks!! :bounce:

[TayTay]

16. I know a little

The George Peabody Library was named for one of the most famous citizens of the Town of Danvers. I have a link to a nice biography: http://www.peabodyhistorical.org/gpeabody.htm This gentleman was renowed on both sides of the Atlantic for is generosity to the poor.

The Library is one of the world's largest storehouses of info and documents on the Witchcraft Hysteria which began in Salem Village in the winter of 1692. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/Collection.html You have been to the Rebecca Nurse House. The Parsonage for the Rev. Samuel Parris, in whose home the hysteria began, was across the street from what is now the Tapleyville School. The Town of Danvers, after much debate, finally decided to put up a memorial to the victims of the Hysteria in 1992. (The debate was extremely contentious, a lot of people do not want to acknowledge that this happened in little Danvers. If you stop a Danvers citizen and ask them about this, a lot of them will refer you to the city of Salem.)

At any rate, there is a great deal more info on the Town of Danvers here: http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/salem/danvers2.html

Love that Puritan logo. Is that the most depressing thing ever or what?
If you require more info on the history of Danvers or the North Shore in general, I suggest you get in touch with Richard Trask. His family dates back over 300 years in the town and he is a nationally known authority on the town, the Witchcraft Hysteria and the history of the area.

[Say_What]

17. Richard Trask....

I believe I saw him on a documentary about the witchcraft histeria. I noticed that memorial on Centre Street when I was there. Now they're going to add Samantha from 'Bewitched' to Salem--what an insult to those who died.

Thanks for the links. I added them to my growing Danvers bookmarks.

[midnight armadillo]

11. Where's Motif #1?

Just kidding, the pictures are beautiful :-) The colors are so vibrant! Are you using a film or a digital camera? If it's film, what are you scanning with?

[Say_What]

12. Got countless Mortif #1s including one before the Blizzard of '78

when it was destroyed and the present one built. This is from Christmas 2003.

Love the digital--gave most of my film cams to my brother. It helps that I use a polarizer and tweak them in PhotoShop.

[TaleWgnDg]

14. Aahhhhhh, the north shore is my home . . . I love it here . . .

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Aahhhhhh, the north shore is my home . . . on the ocean . . . I love it here. I look out the windows to see ocean; I open a window to smell ocean, to feel the mist of ocean, and to hear ocean. How good can it get?

Many times do I sit on the outside benches at the clam place in Essex just opposite that "salt marsh house" (above) and nibble on clams and suck on some great beer from a micro-brewery in Ipswich. The geese and ducks love fried clams too! Damn, what fun.

However, this year the clams are a no-no. Red tide all up and down the shoreline -- from Maine to Cape Cod and beyond, the state and feds have shut down all clam digging. We, Bay-Staters, are damn upset. It's the worst red tide in memory. I refuse to eat out-of-state (West Coast) or foreign (Prince Edward Island) clams! No way!

I miss it so. The eating as well as digging clams for my family.

http://www.whoi.edu/redtide/notedevents/Northeast/northeast6_2_05b.html

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[Say_What]

19. Farnham's Famous Clams

I stop there when I'm around in season and lobster rolls and clams are now out of sight pricewise. They wanted $13 for a lobster roll. Ordered Haddock instead and got my lobster fix at the Starboard Galley in Newburyport. Not sure but I think Farnham's has new ownership--maybe for quite a number of years--but I think it's changed hands since I lived there. I also enjoy Tom Shea's in Essex.

I know what you mean about the North Shore. I've been away nearly 14 years and miss it terribly. Can hardly wait to move back. July can't come quick enough.

:woohoo:

[paineinthearse]

15. Lobster gear

That's "lobsta geah".

Nice pics :-)

[whalerider55]

20. Still...

i look the view from here in Newburyport...

but I was married on Cape Ann...

wonderful pix.

whalerider