The "Big Z" is Back, But Not My Computer!

The MS Zuiderdam made a return trip to Gloucester and it was early. I was ending my shift at the hotel when I saw her round the Breakwater. After I clocked out a quick trip to the roof for a few clicks then from the garage a few more. I'm still without my computer so I'm using an ancient, slow and very difficult to edit Toshiba laptop. And this old laptop makes it impossible to see the quality of the images I'm posting due to the small size and poor quality of the screen. So here it goes.....

Fog at the top!

 WWII B-17 flies over my house!

 Moon over the pool!

 Pink Elephant with Cape Pond Ice in the background!

 MS Zuiderdam arriving.

 Deploying her shuttle craft before a complete stop!

 Bow on.

 Woman checks out the visitor.

 From the foul line!

 A closer look at this 955' behemoth!

 Good Harbor Beach

 Bird activity on the Creek.

 Two cormorants and a gull.

 One flying one watching one spreading and one yaking!

 Gull flies above.

Computer Meltdown!

It was bound to happen, my XP computer died and all of my original photos with it! Ever since Windows stopped supporting the XP platform I couldn't update my anti virus program. Windows didn't even allow me to upgrade! So here I am using another ancient XP Toshiba laptop which does a poor job allowing me to properly edit my photos. But there's hope, I gave the tower to my niece's husband who's an IT tech. He thinks he can rescue my original photos. And luckily I saved most of my processed photos on an external drive and a thumb drive.
This week I'm posting photos from August and September of 2015 and a few from this week. The ones from this past week. I did my best to make them presentable using this dinosaur!

Note: Due to this laptop I'm posting them in sort of random order.
A foggy walk on the Boulevard.

 Looking the other way.

 Foggy Good Harbor Beach.

 Lightning off Good Harbor Beach.

 Bass Rocks getting rocked!

 Four surfers.

 Blood Moon over the beach!

 Last week from the Beauport Hotel.

 Dawn over the city last week.

 Going home Saturday morning and I thought I saw a pink elephant!

 Rainbow and lightning 2015.

 St. Ann's and Our Lady of Good Voyage churches 2015

 Ten Pound Island 2015

 And this Sunday my grand niece Imari during Baptism!

From Schooners to a Cruise Ship!

I had taken 202 shots during the Gloucester Schooner Festival and had a few more to post here. In the meantime we had a big visitor to Gloucester Harbor. The 955' MS Zuiderdam, the largest ship ever to enter the harbor making its first of three visits this year.

Schooner Lattie G. Howard through the entrance of the Beauport Hotel!

 At anchor.

 Roseway bow.

 Thomas E. Lannon, Adventure and lobster boat Stanley Thomas.

 Lattie G.Howard and Adventure

 Adventure sailing through.

 Adventure passes by.

 Coming and going!

 Thomas E. Lannon and Ardelle

 Lannon passes by as Captain Tom Ellis waves his cap.

 A gathering of schooners.

 A mini trawler.

 City Hall peeks above the Beauport Hotel.

 Ten Pound Island in the morning.

 

Kids playing on the Greasy Pole.

 Hard Merchandise of Wicked Tuna fame passes Ten Pound Island.

 Hard Merchandise and MS Zuiderdam!

 From the pool deck!

 From the bar.

 From the terrace.

 MS Zuiderdam framed!

 From the Boulevard.

 A lobster boat speeds by!

 A closer look.

 Fishermen's Memorial