Simply Deer!

Six deer came foraging for food on Valentine's Day.
The pictures are not very crisp being shot through
windows and screens so as not to startle the deer.

Simply Deer!

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Simply Got Snow!

Another two days of snow in West Gloucester and the snow
banks around the driveway are as tall as I have ever seen them.

Here's a picture of the snow on the deck.
There are 14 inches between each horizontal muntin.
You do the math!

Simply Got Snow!

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Simply Inner Views

Some of the most beautiful views of Gloucester's Harbor can be seen from Captain Solomon Jacobs Park beside the Coast Guard Station. From here you can see the old Paint Fatcory and out past the Dog Bar Breakwater.

You can also see the activity in the inner harbor.
Today, it was very quiet due to the winter weather.

Here's a closeup view of the Paint Factory.

Simply Inner Views

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Simply A Luge Track

Despite the appearance, we are not building a luge track.
Just the snow banks surrounding my driveway.

Here's the weather forecast for the next few days....

Tuesday...Snow. Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Cold with highs in the mid 20s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 90 percent.

Tuesday Night...Snow. Not as cool. Near steady temperature in the mid 20s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 90 percent.

Wednesday...Snow and sleet. Highs in the upper 20s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.

Wednesday Night...Snow. Lows 15 to 20. Chance of snow 90 percent.

Thursday...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Cold with highs in the mid 20s.

Key West, anyone?

Simply A Luge Track

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Simply Gloucester Winter Colors (continued)

More images of Gloucester's Winter Clothes.

The walk started with Simply Gloucester Winter Colors.

Looking down Middle Street towards City Hall.

A stately old tree found between two homes on Middle Street.

A look up Church Street.

The Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church.

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Simply Gloucester Winter Colors

The many colors of winter in Gloucester are missed by many as people zip along (okay, crawl along) in cars on the old city streets.

Walking the city gives you a whole different perspective.

These first two pictures are looking up Hancock Street.

The steeple of Saint Ann Church of the
Holy Family Parish is visible in the distance.

This picture was taken from Main Street just to the left of La Trattoria. The steeple of the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church is in the background. This is the oldest church building in Gloucester and was the first Universalist church in America.

The walk continues here.

Simply Gloucester Winter Colors

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Simply the Midnight Sun

The Midnight Sun slows and approaches her berth in
Gloucester Harbor early this morning.

The gulls arrive, waiting for a snack.

Almost there.....

Simply the Midnight Sun

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Simply Fishing

The snow storm has passed and the winds have died down.
Gloucester does what it does best.

Back to the sea.

My Girls II heads out.

Steaming past the Paint Factory.

Another fishing vessel also heads out.

Simply Fishing!

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Simply Winter

Winter came with full force over night. The snow started here in West Gloucester around 3 PM Sunday afternoon with very strong and building winds. On Monday morning, the snow and wind continue.

Look! There's still a little color on that tree. (Brown is a color, right?)

Simply Winter

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Simply Sparrow

Found this House Sparrow sitting in one of the lobster traps behind the "soon-to-open" Cape Ann Brewing pub (I know one of the cooks!) this morning. Given the snow coming in tonight, he should have taken a trap a little lower in the stack!

House Sparrows are a non-native species also known as English Sparrows. Some of them were brought over from England in the early 1850's. Bluebirds, purple martins, swallows and other passive hole-nesters are driven from their homes by these aggressive non-native birds.

Simply Sparrow

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Simply Lunar

The moon sets over West Gloucester on the morning of Christmas Eve.

On Christmas Eve
Written by William Wilfred Campbell

In byre and barn the mows are brim with sheaves,
Where stealeth in with phosphorescent tread
The glimmering moon, and, ’neath his wattled eaves,
The kennelled hound unto the darkness grieves
His chilly straw, and from his gloom-lit shed,
The wakeful cock proclaims the midnight dread.

With mullioned windows, ’mid its skeleton trees,
Beneath the moon the ancient manor stands,
Old gables rattle in the midnight breeze,
Old elms make answer to the moaning seas

Beyond the moorlands, on the wintry sands,
While drives the gust along the leafless lands.

Simply Lunar

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Simply Imagine

As the first winter storm rolls through and people are still trying to make it home safely, maybe these pictures will put a small smile on your face.

The winter solstice is nearly here and each day gets a little brighter.

Click on an image to enlarge it.

Simply Imagine (spring is coming!)

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Simply Quiet

The traps are all stacked for the winter ...

... and Lanes Cove is very quiet.

"Silence is praise to you, O God".
When words and thoughts come to an end,
God is praised in silent wonder and admiration.

Simply Quiet

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