{"id":9035,"date":"2015-09-28T16:58:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T21:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=9035"},"modified":"2015-10-07T16:21:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T21:21:45","slug":"gloucester-and-rockport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=9035","title":{"rendered":"Gloucester and Rockport"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Gloucester,<\/a>

Gloucester, Massachusetts from Stage Fort Park<\/p><\/div>\n

Today was our first full day in Massachusetts. We drove up yesterday, arriving in the early afternoon, and spent the rest of the afternoon getting settled. In the evening we went to the Catacombs service that Dorothy participates in and enjoyed it very much. Because it is a week day, Dorothy had classes today. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are her busy days with three classes ending at about 3:00 p.m. Cathy and I drove to Gloucester this morning and wandered around the downtown area. We might have visited the Cape Ann Museum but it’s closed on Mondays.<\/p>\n

\"Motif<\/a>

Motif No. 1, Rockport, Massachusetts<\/p><\/div>\n

We went south west of town to Stage Fort Park. The park is the historic site of Gloucester\u2019s first settlers in 1623. We we climbed onto the huge rock that is the most obvious feature of the park, after reading the plaque embedded in it’s front. The first picture posted here is from the top of that, looking down over Half Moon Beach and the old fortifications.<\/p>\n

We picked up Dorothy after her afternoon class and then drove back out through Gloucester to Rockport, northeast of Gloucester. We first went to the harbor and took in ‘Motif No. 1’ on Bradley Wharf. It is a “replica of a former fishing shack well known to students of art and art history as ‘the most often-painted building in America.’” I guess I see why it’s so often painted, but these things tend not to live up to their names. It was first called Motif No. 1 by the American painter Lester Hornby (1882\u20131956).<\/p>\n

\"Hermit<\/a>

Hermit Crab<\/p><\/div>\n

From the harbor we drove to the old burying ground on Beach Street. According to the nearby historical marker, the plot was given by the first settler, Richard Tarr, who was buried here in 1732. Cathy is a big fan of old cemeteries. We also walked out onto Front Beach. As the tide was out, we could walk a good way out, looking for shells and things among the rocks on the west end of the beach. Dorothy found this hermit crab, which I was able to photograph on a seaweed covered rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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