The woods of Dogtown are lovely and deep

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

… but not dark!

Walking the straight and narrow (the “boardwalk”, apparently – but made of stone….)

 

We ended up taking the road less traveled (barely visible in this photo)

- Fr. Matthew Green

About Fr Matthew Green

Currently parochial vicar at Holy Family Parish, on Cape Ann (serving the churches of St. Ann, St. Joachim, and St. Anthony). I moved to the area in early August '11, and am very happy to be in such a welcoming community and beautiful location! One of my hobbies is photography. You can see my photos on Flickr and buy prints of some of them on Fine Art America. I am a daily contributor to GoodMorningGloucester (GMG for short), a blog by and about the community of Gloucester specifically and Cape Ann in general. The content is diverse, ranging from the beautiful and sublime to the earthy and occasionally offensive. I hope my contributions are of the former kind, not the latter. So, while I cannot endorse all the content that is posted there, I am grateful to Joey (the founder and admin of the blog) for giving me space to make my contribution. I also have my own blog, Perpetual Learner, which mostly includes my homilies and some re-posts from GMG, but also sometimes has other content, such as my personal reflections, videos I like, etc.
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8 Responses to The woods of Dogtown are lovely and deep

  1. Bob says:
    March 23, 2013 at 12:46 pm

    I’ve been up there in every season, but never in the snow. Beautiful!

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  3. Zefra says:
    March 23, 2013 at 8:02 pm

    The “boardwalk” goes through the swamp to the right of your first photo. Probably hidden under the snow.

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    • Fr Matthew Green says:
      March 24, 2013 at 5:17 pm

      That would make sense! We looked for it in the snow, and could not find it, or even a clearing where we thought it might be, but I guess it is just well camouflaged by the winter…

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  4. James Oliver says:
    March 24, 2013 at 9:34 am

    That wall that goes through the end of the swamp is actually the boarder line of Gloucester and Rockport. The large tree blueberries that run all along the wooden board walk in the swamp have had some of the largest berries I have ever seen, but in recent years, they’re gone! Same with most of the berry plants up there. I wonder if it’s an enviormental problem ???

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  5. jose smoothtrax says:
    March 24, 2013 at 11:43 am

    Is that wall, the Racoon Ledges Dam next to the Briar Swamp boardwalk?

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