The Japanese defense forces couldn't stop Godzilla.....I captured the beast!

The Japanese defense forces couldn't stop Godzilla.....I captured the beast!
Spied this over Route 128 on my way home from work. Dirty windshield and strong sun glare I had to darken the image and crop out the sun. That's the only edit to what's probably my worse quality image. I figured some would get a kick out of it so I posted the pic on facebook. A few shares later it's gone world wide! Who would of thunk it?

Why I created this......

Born and raised in Gloucester, Ma fishing gets in your blood. Surrounded by the sea, kids here have a boat almost as much as kids elsewhere have bicycles! As I grew older my fishing ambitions gave way to what's around me. Although I still "drop a line" every so often, my attention wanders to the majesty of the natural light that make this place so special. Never is each day the same. The subjects may be the same but the light from the sea & sky will morph the subject into a form of art. For that reason artists have been drawn to these shores for several hundred years, they followed the light painting and sketching these surroundings. What artists capture with paint on canvas, I attempt to capture with a click.....if I'm lucky!

I guess that's a sort of Fish'n!

Jay Albert

Jay Albert 2023 all rights reserved


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My Views of Gloucester !

Monday, June 27, 2016

2016 Saint Peter's Fiesta!

You couldn't ask for better weather for the 2016 St. Peter's Fiesta! Blue skies with hardly a passing cloud brought out record crowds. With over 300 pictures taken (much lower than previous years) I had my hands full trying to figure out which ones to post. So here it goes.

Saint Peter
 Upside down!
 Greasy Pole walkers.....What else could they be?
 Trying to part the sea!
 Heading out
 Schooner Adventure sails by.
 Winning Friday Seine boat crew.
 Just out of reach!
 Papal plunge!
 Friday Greasy Pole Champ Mike Sanfilippo!
 A closer look.
 Hitting the water.
 Raising the flag.
 Up on the shoulders.
 Heading down Commercial Street.
 Getting the seine boats ready for Saturdays race.
 National Anthem
 Heading to the beach.
 Saturday winners.
 Butt fail!
 Lots of kayaks!
 Feet first, feet fail!
 A flag too far!
 Saturday Greasy pole Champ Lenny Taromina!
 A closer look.
 Getting a shower of beer!
 Soaked with beer!
 Huge crowd for Sunday.
 MC "Big Tom" Brancaleone.
 Heading out.
 Wave action!
 Approaching the beach.
 Victory!
 Sunday Greasy Pole Champ Kyle Barry!
 Getting the high fives!
 The beer is flying!
 Barry at the wall of Champions!
 This shirt sums it up!

Monday, June 20, 2016

2016 International Dory Races!

Saturday was a picture perfect morning as the 54th annual International Dory races between the USA and Canada.

The first race, the Mixed Double's was won by the USA crew of Alex Pizzamenti and John Francis over their Canadian counterparts of Gladys Collicutt and Morgan Smith.

The Junior Division was won by the Canadian crew of John Ernst and Josh Bell over the USA crew of Tyler Edmonds and Thomas Beaton.

The Women's Division was won by Canadians Gail Atkinson and Kathryn Moore over USA crew of Jaclyn Innis and Malarie McGilvrey.

The Master's Division was won by the USA crew of John Scola and Mike Harmon over Canada's John Anderson and Keith Merrell.

The Senior Division went to the USA crew of Joe Cominelli and Jimmy Tarantino over their Canadian rivals Robert Fox and Joel George.

National Anthems being played
 The dories.
 Gloucester Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken, international diplomacy!
 Mixed Double's start
 
Canadians pull out.
 USA getting up to speed.
Home stretch!
 
 Crossing the finish line.
 Junior Division start.
 Canadian juniors head out.
 USA juniors.
 USA juniors getting up to speed.
 Canadian juniors cross the finish line.
 Women's Division start.
 USA women
 USA women "fly by"!
 Canadian women working hard.
 Canadian women cross the finish line.
 Master's Division start.
 Canadian Master's head out.
 Canadian Master's correcting course!
 USA Master's cross finish line.
 Senior Division start.
 Canadian seniors pull out.
 USA seniors bending oars!
 Canadian Joel George collapses. Info at the time said he was alert and sitting up.
 USA seniors head to the finish line.
 Senator Bruce Tarr with microphone.


"Glosta Logic"

It's not "soda" and not "pop" or even "soda pop" it's "tonic"!
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It's a "rotary" not a "roundabout"!
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"Going up the line" is a term used when leaving the island!
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A "jigga"is a homemade powerless go-cart!
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It's not "Break Time or Coffee Break" it's "Mug-up"!
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It's not a "water fountain" it's a "Bubbla"!
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Angels in Disguise

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Unloading Haddock !

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25th Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival Slideshow !

SailGloucester 2009 Slideshow !

Allie Hates Soccer!