The reflection of the Memorial Bridge can be seen in the Piscataqua River with some fiery trees appearing behind Harbor Place and some trees in the light of the sunset with some very cool clouds.
Entries Tagged as ‘Fall’
March 6, 2010
The Fish Pier & Strawbery Banke in the Fall
Today’s post is dedicated to my very special mother and father. Birthdays usually revolve around people getting gifts or wishing you congrats on being another year older, but I’d like to take the opportunity to thank Mom and Dad for getting together 28 years and 9 months ago today and deciding to have me. Ever since then they have both been nothing but 1,000% supportive, caring, loving, thoughtful, insightful, funny, smart, willing to teach, willing to listen (all of this unconditionally) – and I always joke every year about making a point to thank them for going to such expense to make me – but I truly want them to know how incredible they are and how much it means to me that they’ve been the perfect parents for me in every way. Thanks for the birthday – I love you guys!
Today’s shots are of the Commercial Fish Pier as seen from Prescott Park and Strawbery Banke during the fall with some lovely foliage.
March 4, 2010
Portsmouth Tugboats | The Moran Towing Fleet
Only once in a blue moon are there FIVE (yes, count them – five) of the Moran Towing tugboats docked in Portsmouth Harbor. I’m told from one of my seafaring friends that the taller tugs are to help navigate larger vessels in adverse conditions…the Jennifer Turecamo (a 4,300 HP vessel – second from the left) and the Lois Ann L. Moran (a 5,100 HP vessel – farthest left) both qualify as bigger than your average tug. Visit the previous post with more shots of the tugboats five-deep HERE.
This shot was taken earlier this fall on October 24th…and the massive guest tugs weren’t in town any longer than a couple days… I’m hoping we have more guest tugs visiting in warmer months this spring/summer.
Many thanks to Hugh Ware of the Tugboat Enthusiasts Society for this excellent summary of the guest tugs: “The JENNIFER TURECAMO and LOIS MORAN are coastwise movers of tank barges and their barges are probably unloading elsewhere on the Piscataqua. Note the elevated wheelhouses that enable a helmsman to see over an empty barge. The JENNIFER pushes in a notch in her barge’s stern or on on the end of a long wire hawser when conditions worsen. The LOIS is pinned to her barge so she can pitch and but cannot move in any other axes. The combination of a connected tug and barge makes them into what is called an Articulated Tug/Barge.”
March 2, 2010
The Creole Miss
The Creole Miss is a tugboat not often affiliated with Portsmouth, NH, but it’s a Portsmouth, NH tugboat nonetheless. The 55′ tugboat belongs to Riverside and Pickering Marina of Eliot, ME. If you’re lucky enough, you’ll catch it cruising along the Piscataqua and you’ll probably wonder why the maroon tugboat isn’t maroon (like me)…but I’d love to see this docked with the Moran Towing tugs. It certainly helps bring more color to the working waterfront.
Be sure to see another angle of this sunrise shot HERE – featuring the Harbor Place dock and the Middle and Piscataqua River bridges in the distance.
February 26, 2010
The Bow Street Waterfront | Portsmouth, NH
Two views of the Portsmouth Waterfront both depict the buildings of Bow Street earlier this year during the fall. In both shots the former Martingale Wharf building can be seen in between the steel beams of the new structures built up around it. The building has since come down, and is in the process of being rebuilt. I’ve always enjoyed the changing colors of the water and the sky and how the beautiful & varied brick buildings on Bow Street always stand out. In the shot below, you can see the North Church glowing next to the St. John’s tower.
In other news, my camera should be fixed and returned within a week – and I hope everyone survived the insane winds and rain of last night! My basement is a little worse for the wear…
