Photo Enhacement

As is always the case with the photos I display on this blog, they are fully enlargable for easier viewing and to optimize detail recognition. To enlarge any image on this site, hover over the photo with your mouse pointer until a hand appears in the place of the pointer. This hand is like a magic wand that will, when clicked, enlarge the photo you are viewing.
Once the photo is enlarged on your PC, you will notice a popup display in the upper right of the photo - ignore it, and, if you hover the pointer over the enlarged photo, an icon appears in the lower right of the photo that resembles a cheesburger with arrows pointing in four different directions. Don't ask me what the icon is supposed to signify, or resemble, just clik on it, and bingo - (presto?) the photo will enlarge to the largest scale, in most cases covering your screen. Use it as a desktop background, or just to get a closer look, whatever. JUST DO IT!

Earth Moving

click on all images to enlarge

The machine you see is a back hoe, operated by Joe Listrade, Joe has a brother living in Magnolia, Massachusetts, an itsy bitsy town sandwiched in the Cape Anne town of Gloucester, the oldest fishing port in New England. My ancestors came ashore in Gloucester, in 1846 or so, originally from England and Ireland.