Clearing his mind
"Walking Morris'' (limited-edition AluminArte print), by Bobby Baker. (Copyright Bobby Baker Fine Art Photography). He refers to Morris Island Beach, in Chatham on Cape Cod.
Splendid isolation on Mt. Guano
"Observation,'' by Bobby Baker (copyright Bobby Baker Photography). Mr. Baker is based on Cape Cod.
The Mayflower is moved to Mystic
-- Photo and text by Bobby Baker. Copyright Bobby Baker Photography.
On a beautiful afternoon, the Mayflower II, the full-size reproduction of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to Massachusetts in 1620, passed through the Cape Cod Canal on Tuesday, Nov. 1. In this photo, pulled by the tug Jaguar, it's entering the canal's eastern entrance on its way from Plymouth, Mass., to retrofitting and restoration at Mystic Seaport, in Connecticut.
Once at Mystic Seaport, the vessel will undergo a 30-month restoration. The ship is expected to return to Plymouth in 2019, in time for the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims' arrival in America.
Where the continent fades away
"Off Chatharbor Lane, Chatham, Cape Cod,'' by Bobby Baker. Copyright Bobby Baker Photography.
38 Studios Memorial Stadium
"Down the Drain (sublimated metal with float backing), copyright BOBBY BAKER PHOTOGRAPHY
The plan to put up a stadium for the Red Sox farm team now known as the Pawtucket Red Sox on redevelopment land in the middle of Providence makes n0 economic sense, except perhaps for a few insiders.
For a few mostly minimum-wage jobs from April to October, land that could be used for enterprises that could employ hundreds of well paid people in such fields as bio-tech and even light assembly would be taken out of use. This project is a plaything and ego trip for a few rich politically connected operators who want to wrap themselves tighter in the macho world of baseball and send much of the bill to taxpayers with much less money than them.
Readers can research just how macro-economically over-rated are stadium projects for rich professional sports teams, even for the Major League teams, let alone Minor League teams such as the soon-to-be-late-lamented PawSox.
Another thing to remember is the remarkable ability 0f businesses to abandon their followers without warning. The entity that would like to call itself the "Rhode Island Red Sox'' could decide to close up shop and move to greener pastures, or just close up shop, period. That would then leave an empty stadium taking up space that could have been taken up by offices, labs or even a small factory where at least some people could continue to work. What would we do with an empty stadium in such a place?
After the strategic use of tax credits, the local (or Floridians six months a year plus a day) could have this stadium built at no cost to themselves, and then rake in some moolah until they bail out.
-- Robert Whitcomb
North Shore architecture
Enough of that
"Time to Go" (Gloucester, Mass.), by BOBBY BAKER (copyright Bobby Baker Photography).
Seal of approval
"Chatham Seal'' (Chatham, Mass.,) photo by BOBBY BAKER (copyright Bobby Baker Photography).
Why do people like seals so much? Presumably because they look so much like dogs.
Harbor in waiting
"A Saturday in March: Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts,'' by BOBBY BAKER (copyright Bobby Baker Photography).
You must like gray and brown in these weeks just before the spring greening.