A new freighter arrived in town recently, the Jin Qiang of Panama. The ship closely resembles another that I featured not long ago in a shot taken from the Memorial Bridge (see post HERE). With the sand & salt piles lower recently, a few ships were due to arrive to increase the stockpiles as the winter winds down. In the shot above you can see how empty the hull is getting as the vessel is standing tall out of the water. Enjoyed snapping a couple quick shots on my way home to eat lunch today.
It was so warm out after work on Monday evening that I decided to watch a freighter come up the river and enjoy the sights of the waterfront for a while (and I wasn’t even wearing any gloves). Quite a beautiful night. I was particularly digging the reflection of the Eugenia Moran in the Piscataqua. This 3-exposure composition had a nice long exposure for the third shot so I was able to get some nice tones in the reflective water. The Decks were looking pretty sharp in preparation for their opening next month! More to follow on that later in the week.
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.
Here’s some fresh content for everyone to enjoy! A new scene, a newly fixed camera, and some rainy snow. The alley you see here is actually the brick walkway off of Church Street in between the North Church and 10 Pleasant Street (the building where Me & Ollie’s and Stonewall Kitchen are located) – with the entrance to Bank of America in the distance. I’ve always enjoyed this little alley right around the corner from work – where some trash & recycling bins are tucked and where the ventilation system blasts warm air (which is particularly nice on a cold wintry day). I decided to get a fresh cup of coffee in the afternoon and take advantage of having the camera back after its absence for the week. It’s looking to be a sunny & moderate weekend…so get out and enjoy it!
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.”
