Carpe Diem: Rockport, Mass.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0CccQaClPUFIbFIMZwggJPlNX-dgYGgrYqTPTZbMWs4KI_1X1BJKq4Unt1KQq0BaT7ZBe5neuBxuAzcg7wq7M0YLgzR2zL9Xce2fmvap_QM2Ca4sSkmA3D6gj-m7bzQNGaJT132D5EI/s1600/P1030075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0CccQaClPUFIbFIMZwggJPlNX-dgYGgrYqTPTZbMWs4KI_1X1BJKq4Unt1KQq0BaT7ZBe5neuBxuAzcg7wq7M0YLgzR2zL9Xce2fmvap_QM2Ca4sSkmA3D6gj-m7bzQNGaJT132D5EI/s640/P1030075.jpg" width="443" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I felt like I needed a day to clear my head so I cleared my schedule and decided to head up to Rockport and Essex, Massachusetts today.  Two days of rain yielded to a sunny morning on land but the stubborn fog held on to the harbor.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAOcyITGLuKAxo3o-1VAX2j0kuM2-4NN84lqUhtnEKkl5N3IOOlWwMkUxQAsL_YgJeL7AhTmsP4AVOfp1Azmn4Jwq6fkKA-eBM1mJMwM75lfimvo70r_ydQiqhi0VwqUJHwUZ5I3Y_D0/s1600/P1030076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAOcyITGLuKAxo3o-1VAX2j0kuM2-4NN84lqUhtnEKkl5N3IOOlWwMkUxQAsL_YgJeL7AhTmsP4AVOfp1Azmn4Jwq6fkKA-eBM1mJMwM75lfimvo70r_ydQiqhi0VwqUJHwUZ5I3Y_D0/s640/P1030076.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rockport is an old fishing village and artist community.  This old red fishing shack, purported to be the most painted building in America, has become affectionately known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motif_Number_1">Motif #1</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PGOZs1yzH2cdN4nK-DdK6I-NeiL7VOo7JnHljJM4PB9PdNdTilgMQxW1o8QSsgp-PwfyuWKb_hbt2BzwJJ-gj6NJeZIkaCF-UTrzzzYo-rZtmx00WWWlpL1RcOEh_aV0E0DdLB2hHgw/s1600/thieme_motif_small+1938.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PGOZs1yzH2cdN4nK-DdK6I-NeiL7VOo7JnHljJM4PB9PdNdTilgMQxW1o8QSsgp-PwfyuWKb_hbt2BzwJJ-gj6NJeZIkaCF-UTrzzzYo-rZtmx00WWWlpL1RcOEh_aV0E0DdLB2hHgw/s640/thieme_motif_small+1938.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paintings and photographs bearing the "Motif #1" title can be found all over town and probably in galleries all over the world.  I see them on ebay all the time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Anthony Thieme oil painting dates to 1938.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1qeLE_EUe3bIGTGSheYuLLSMNiMlA-kofxGxLCzVcq6pNmMioDUmD8NFIyXEhv9Naghn3ObFOvWwNzwzWoT-O24aTi5F2IAsYJZ9ejlKS3sqgoLXJacRy2U-HE_A38QcsACWUHoRInM/s1600/P1030085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1qeLE_EUe3bIGTGSheYuLLSMNiMlA-kofxGxLCzVcq6pNmMioDUmD8NFIyXEhv9Naghn3ObFOvWwNzwzWoT-O24aTi5F2IAsYJZ9ejlKS3sqgoLXJacRy2U-HE_A38QcsACWUHoRInM/s640/P1030085.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although I'm sure locals will roll their eyes, its position at the end of a pier makes it charming from almost every angle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNe3A7DSVPXD4K7XWR8wFjT-tiegxROU3Yk8iEdbP8-2Nf02xZF5rffXx1ozaXhtxs_nLmBBDrX3MJ2H0KjhGcD5CnwJh9jTi8en6qVXLAdgF81teDK-zXvrOGQaRlNdBYk2CLdJEGZ00/s1600/P1030091_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNe3A7DSVPXD4K7XWR8wFjT-tiegxROU3Yk8iEdbP8-2Nf02xZF5rffXx1ozaXhtxs_nLmBBDrX3MJ2H0KjhGcD5CnwJh9jTi8en6qVXLAdgF81teDK-zXvrOGQaRlNdBYk2CLdJEGZ00/s640/P1030091_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tall ship "Formidable" was docked at the end of Tuna Wharf and the sun was illuminating the water from behind.  The color was amazing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk9bVmcQKWSCcAS2vsJXMo7P0cMSOoWw5P7rMnBJGa4O1YK7Xq3GF2lHLJkO-YnaSgzYZvjebmsD-DHZvlFUjpc_S1rZqON9UaSFRkRpRwNJgfBA2aOfftsi3oeQYspw90tfgeVncRj4/s1600/P1030112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk9bVmcQKWSCcAS2vsJXMo7P0cMSOoWw5P7rMnBJGa4O1YK7Xq3GF2lHLJkO-YnaSgzYZvjebmsD-DHZvlFUjpc_S1rZqON9UaSFRkRpRwNJgfBA2aOfftsi3oeQYspw90tfgeVncRj4/s640/P1030112.jpg" width="598" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Study in Blue.  Does anyone know the shrub?  I don't.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02XyuF9GjcN98DLkXRjV7JuOLy1zU7POA8Ui9OrqvVP2g4dZJxgc_eUoy9lfEQspnjLhRIurME1aBfDugcwRjUy5YIfRTyDkPoy3LmKEGWta1HssGEOHkE6yqBN_bONAElHgnOTXgcbE/s1600/P1030145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02XyuF9GjcN98DLkXRjV7JuOLy1zU7POA8Ui9OrqvVP2g4dZJxgc_eUoy9lfEQspnjLhRIurME1aBfDugcwRjUy5YIfRTyDkPoy3LmKEGWta1HssGEOHkE6yqBN_bONAElHgnOTXgcbE/s640/P1030145.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Steps down to the water.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cmUu4e7swKZQi50zvkLXUUuuzQblWfiNYpH1v3B7CdgxC_x_u-PvCIiFZPaXLPe6jJKy4UdjE17lMD-5lgCxTr8IhjVOzSOMGfuy5fDHwxjN5jQmBEE_KCSx9hSFDpbKVjQp5Jcb3GE/s1600/P1030117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cmUu4e7swKZQi50zvkLXUUuuzQblWfiNYpH1v3B7CdgxC_x_u-PvCIiFZPaXLPe6jJKy4UdjE17lMD-5lgCxTr8IhjVOzSOMGfuy5fDHwxjN5jQmBEE_KCSx9hSFDpbKVjQp5Jcb3GE/s640/P1030117.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Roy Moore Lobster Co. on Bearskin Neck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfysZ_V1YVeYghaay5GzOGn85Qsnrp84lYIK8vp8qoyfpmNDoT_gRVxaKwwGS5pUIYi9pDiphpfWxzzJjBChnJJBT-00jifyLY2wKY4Pmu_Hp2caD9sg-pDMupYIdyhZkvaWaYmDg3ROo/s1600/P1030126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfysZ_V1YVeYghaay5GzOGn85Qsnrp84lYIK8vp8qoyfpmNDoT_gRVxaKwwGS5pUIYi9pDiphpfWxzzJjBChnJJBT-00jifyLY2wKY4Pmu_Hp2caD9sg-pDMupYIdyhZkvaWaYmDg3ROo/s640/P1030126.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I asked the shop if I could take a photo of the inside and they yanked this big boy out for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eight pounds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOmJ8-OHf37pRdK6XakZApMLit_u-fAF_pl01S44SV7n43RePrnEm0MiH-CmWbCnh18E4CgjmPbZ9SH3KNwGzqz-jGlbDzQDe_VpL_vOKX8JpRZJfVmQaxV2qkjUmMbv6L0njne2R8IY/s1600/P1030123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOmJ8-OHf37pRdK6XakZApMLit_u-fAF_pl01S44SV7n43RePrnEm0MiH-CmWbCnh18E4CgjmPbZ9SH3KNwGzqz-jGlbDzQDe_VpL_vOKX8JpRZJfVmQaxV2qkjUmMbv6L0njne2R8IY/s1600/P1030123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOmJ8-OHf37pRdK6XakZApMLit_u-fAF_pl01S44SV7n43RePrnEm0MiH-CmWbCnh18E4CgjmPbZ9SH3KNwGzqz-jGlbDzQDe_VpL_vOKX8JpRZJfVmQaxV2qkjUmMbv6L0njne2R8IY/s400/P1030123.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lunch.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Sorry little guy.)</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTKBGQnAAIGMz-yMjyE51Qwrhl25hK8OAnYGdxqG6RFloDzGu-UdH2z9bkr3oGnL7M-Iy97RSUpKNAOFCDElhNnWr-mHXp10oZwtFaqg-2xUooyTZvjcsNurq0D40XCwyjBbeWPI4ADo/s1600/P1030122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bearskin Neck cottages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTg4nX1vQfS-Nw9jBf7cfOuVB949Y4gegtl32CviCo7ecL0ESxTfRbKaE6bvi5ah_qF8smleoGouFw2tWozECND04KEyAW9raaTVkEPnAFU-0o1LhvcPBwfZBNaN5bigFpYurXg3BpO5M/s1600/P1030121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTg4nX1vQfS-Nw9jBf7cfOuVB949Y4gegtl32CviCo7ecL0ESxTfRbKaE6bvi5ah_qF8smleoGouFw2tWozECND04KEyAW9raaTVkEPnAFU-0o1LhvcPBwfZBNaN5bigFpYurXg3BpO5M/s640/P1030121.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cottage detail.  Can you see the carved face in the beam in the upper left?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlEt1WrJxnJ0-A8cKizKo7Xizgb2A0jacUdlywceJsE9nJMQwgNlqt_40zcOGYsM98ZW-fTBkCaaadlyZyPNqCQz-hQf1qoacSWtqN_82TjpX-1D4t8K7zrR70_HZi8dn3of69z_RoJiM/s1600/P1030106_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlEt1WrJxnJ0-A8cKizKo7Xizgb2A0jacUdlywceJsE9nJMQwgNlqt_40zcOGYsM98ZW-fTBkCaaadlyZyPNqCQz-hQf1qoacSWtqN_82TjpX-1D4t8K7zrR70_HZi8dn3of69z_RoJiM/s640/P1030106_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More cottages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXu6ZDF_OV9CPwpsVaeS9ZPbRUnBIfrkqX6Hl-d0D3Ljhr13WNi7aY0nlPt7ZkZ3iUAVUDMz4yKhsCTVsgSj05d-qNOewO81WktZ1C4XIGJS-0N0A8opUsYOo56x_B0fiVt_P3yXWAyEg/s1600/P1030144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXu6ZDF_OV9CPwpsVaeS9ZPbRUnBIfrkqX6Hl-d0D3Ljhr13WNi7aY0nlPt7ZkZ3iUAVUDMz4yKhsCTVsgSj05d-qNOewO81WktZ1C4XIGJS-0N0A8opUsYOo56x_B0fiVt_P3yXWAyEg/s640/P1030144.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little afternoon fog bank moving in off the back harbor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5IL1JlwuLNzMFc1eKFEjEMJAdzIclyapXYiUcqtfEqLNllT3i0xJt_Zrb766XT2R497T_M5dEFCUV0nRCj9DMIDnpWLoJPzfoda2YSuYn-g5JaEGnFUR3vxsQq_LgDoQRAVjIsd7oyU/s1600/P1030146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5IL1JlwuLNzMFc1eKFEjEMJAdzIclyapXYiUcqtfEqLNllT3i0xJt_Zrb766XT2R497T_M5dEFCUV0nRCj9DMIDnpWLoJPzfoda2YSuYn-g5JaEGnFUR3vxsQq_LgDoQRAVjIsd7oyU/s640/P1030146.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A sweet little quiet spot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGqQBmkZPSh7TLZZnd9C1BsqGW_gIhLvQEDGDMSug4dJpzI-6llgM96FJ-i_KQlM0sx8EX0EzejYp2XAmLcP8Mb7VRLTBpR6jOkCSCPuAmhNRoQWlesn3mOGOahCV7RUJK-j9pKiT8v4/s1600/P1030164.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGqQBmkZPSh7TLZZnd9C1BsqGW_gIhLvQEDGDMSug4dJpzI-6llgM96FJ-i_KQlM0sx8EX0EzejYp2XAmLcP8Mb7VRLTBpR6jOkCSCPuAmhNRoQWlesn3mOGOahCV7RUJK-j9pKiT8v4/s640/P1030164.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a freshly planted window box announces the arrival of our planting season.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have more to show you of Rockport and Essex, Massachusetts but it was a wonderful long day and that's all I got for now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoy.</div><br /></div>

Carpe Diem: Rockport, Mass.

I felt like I needed a day to clear my head so I cleared my schedule and decided to head up to Rockport and Essex, Massachusetts today.  Two...

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