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Newsletter

Volume VIII, Issue 2

MARCH 2010

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Winter Releases Are On Their Way! Harbour Lights Arrives at Cape Annie's and Is Immediately Sent Packing! . . . . . . . .As you read the March newsletter, many of you will be in the process of unpacking your Harbour Lights shipment that we sent out on February 26th. Seven of the eight new releases arrived at our store, with only the Fastnet Lens (HL806) being delayed until the next container arrives at Harbour Lights (late May). Congratulations to our customers who won piece #9 of each new release. The highlight of the set has to be the "interlocking feature" with Stratford Shoals, CT and the Lighthouse Tender Narcissus, although the May arrival of the lens may blow that away. Due to a flurry of last-minute orders that gave us nine pre-ordered Egg Rock, ME pieces, we were able to keep our "standing order" with Harbour Lights at nine 2-digit pieces of every new "limited edition." This means that all nine of the 2-digit Egg Rocks have been sold, but we still have a few 2-digit pieces available amongst the other new releases. ST PATRICK'S DAY and BEYOND! . . . . . . . .Although we don't have a large selection of gifts to celebrate St. Patrick's day, our latest "Holiday Buoy" will put you in the spirit. We received our sample St. Patrick's Day Buoy (0317) this week and have photographed it for the catalog pages below. Our supply is expected to arrive on March 8th. . . . We had hoped to have samples of an "Easter Buoy" and an "Opening Day (baseball) Buoy" to picture in this newsletter, but they are still "tentative" as to whether they will be produced this spring. The next one in line after that would be the Patriotic Buoy (0704), and although dated for the 4th of July, it can be displayed for Memorial Day, Flag Day, and Veterans Day as well. WHAT'S NEW? . . . . . . . .Other than the Harbour Lights arrival and our new Holiday Buoy, we have again received a few more shipments of our new Cape Shore items. Highlighting this month will be NEW selections of Christmas ornaments and Christmas cards, plus new mugs and stationery products. The best way to see them all is to go to our "WHAT'S NEW page" on our shopping site. All new items will be pictured here for at least 30 days after they arrive at our store. YOU, YEAH YOU! SELECT OUR NEW SPRING FLAG DESIGNS! . . . . . . . .If you remember from 2009, we allow our customers to become "Special Buyers" for our new spring flag, garden flag and mailbox cover designs. To become a "Special Buyer," all you have to do is to be the first person (starting NOW!) to order any "NEW DESIGN" that is pictured on our web site. One of the "NEW DESIGNS" is pictured below, in our catalog, with a link to the web site pages. It's always a surprise to us as to which designs sell first. ODDS AND ENDS . . . . . . . .The catalog gets a "little" bigger this month as we've added a few more of our best-sellers, plus a few more NEW items. There are lots more "top-sellers" to add, but at this time of year, many of them are out-of-stock. June, July and August are when the catalog should really "thicken" up as we restock those items. . . . . March is usually a big month for retailers to attend "new product shows," so we may be closed on an occasional SUN/MON in the next few weeks (other than our normal TUESDAY CLOSED). If you're headed to the Cape, be sure to give us a call (508-398-9790) to be sure we're here. If you're buried in snow, come see us. The Cape has been relatively snow-free since December. . . . . See you next month! JIM, ANN and ANDY 55 FREE GIFTS IN FEBRUARY! FREE GIFT WITH ANY $25 PURCHASE $11.95 VALUE!!! Glass and Beaded Earrings Sterling silver earwires, gold-filled or vermeil posts! Style/design can NOT be requested by customer; free pairs are randomly chosen by Cape Annie's shipping department. In the "Comment" portion of your checkout pages, you may add that you would prefer "drop" or "stud" style earrings and we will accommodate you if available! FREE PAIR WITH ANY $25 PURCHASE!! NO LIMIT ON NUMBER OF TIMES YOU MAY ORDER! 3 1/2 years old and moving on! . . . . . . . which you would see if Dad would ever part with this old picture! C'MON SPRING! This quarterly newsletter would not be possible without the help of our entire production staff here at Cape Annie's Lighthouse. Newsletter Production Staff Editor-In-Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Coombs Executive Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Coombs Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Coombs Deputy Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann F. Coombs Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Coombs Senior Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim and Ann Coombs Copy Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James R. Coombs Associate Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Fitzgibbon Coombs Online Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Rhoderic Coombs Online Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Rhoderic Coombs Editorial Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Coombs Assistant Photo Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann F. Coombs Senior Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Coombs, Ann Coombs * Special Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Coombs, Jim Coombs Technical Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann and Jim Coombs Contributing Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Coombs, A. Coombs Advisory Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Coombs, A. Coombs, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann F. Coombs, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim and James Coombs Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Coombs Associate Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Coombs Contributing Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim and Ann Senior Director - Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James R. Coombs Group Research Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann F. Coombs Group Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Coombs * We regret to say that due to the current economic difficulties, we had to close the staff position of "Special Contributors." We would like to thank Ann and Jim for their years of great service, and wish them the best in their future endeavors!

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CATALOG

Navigating between our "catalog" and "online store" At Cape Annie's Lighthouse, we have two separate web sites. You are currently on "www.capeannieslighthouse.com," which is our original, home site. Our e-mail newsletter and BRAND NEW catalog are sub-pages on this web site. Our 2nd web site, which is our shopping, online store site, is part of the Yahoo Store network, and is at "www.capeannieslighthouses.com." In order to make your navigating as easy as possible, you will be able to click on any of the "Details. Order" links that you will see with every item in the catalog, which will take you to the corresponding pages of our online store site. Conversely, when you are on any page of our online store site, you will be able to scroll to the bottom and click on the link that says "Check out our latest newsletter and catalog". This will return you here, to these pages of our original web site. Use our "ORDER FORM" instead of shopping online" If you would prefer to mail/fax us an order form instead of shopping online, you may do so by first printing out one of our ORDER FORMS. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE - Before you send us the order form, please call (508-398-9790) or e-mail us to confirm that we have the item(s) in stock, in the amounts that you would like to order. This is especially true if you are paying by check, because we cannot adjust your check total if some items are out-of-stock, or discontinued. Once we have confirmed that we have your item(s) in stock, we will be happy to hold it for you until we receive your order form.

NORTH COUNTRY WIND BELLS - Made in Maine! All of our wind bells come with a black "lighthouse" windcatcher. Portsmouth Harbor - $39.95 Puget Sound - $41.95 Boothbay Harbor - $44.50 Boston Harbor - $49.95 Camden Reach - $52.95 Portland Head - $50.95 Door County - $50.95 Cape Cod - $54.95 Castine - $52.95 Bass Harbor - $54.95 Long Island - $54.95 Bar Harbor - $58.95 San Fransisco Bay - $60.95 Cape May - $64.95 Block Island - $64.95 Chesapeake - $63.95 Pemaquid - $88.50 Nantucket - $92.50 Details. Order

Nautical Belts - Made in Massachusetts! Leather and canvas belts in a variety of eye-catching designs. Choose between the four designs that are pictured - Nautical Code Flags, Four Sailboats, Cape Cod Map, Lighthouses - or three more designs that are not pictured - Rainbow Fleet, Green Whales, Red Lobster. - ONLY $19.95 ea. Details. Order

Convertible Bracelet Collection - Made in New England! Create several bracelets with just one band! Start your collection with a band in your wrist size, plus your favorite charm (Prices start at $159.95). Then, continue to create NEW bracelets just by purchasing other charms. - Charms ONLY, start at $39.95 ea. Our BEST-SELLING charms include the lighthouse, sea turtle, sand dollar, starfish, flip flops, scallop shell, sailboat and dolphin. Great "seasonal" charms include a sleigh, snowman, snowflake and Christmas tree. Details. Order

Our "newest" arrivals in the huge selection of lighthouse and nautical Christmas cards, these NEW Cape Shore selections are in stock and sure to become some of 2010's favorite designs! ONLY $8.95/bx. Details. Order

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Lighthouse Measuring Spoons Fine Pewter Set of 4 A top-selling item at Cape Annie's, year after year. ONLY $22.95 set. ALSO! - Set of four lighthouse mini-measuring spoons - $14.95 PLUS! - Set of four lighthouse measuring cups - $46.00 DECORATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL TOO! Details. Order

"PATRIOTIC BEACH" NEW design of flags, garden flags and magnetic mailbox covers As we did in 2009, we're allowing YOU, the customer, to select our outdoor home decor designs for the season. The first person to order a flag, garden flag or mailbox cover in any of the new designs posted on our web site (through 3/31/10), becomes the "Special Buyer" for that item, and will remain so for as long as the item remains in our store. Flags and Garden Flags - Details. Order Magnetic Mailbox Covers - Details. Order

Cape Cod Wave Jewelry "Jewelry for those who have come to love Cape Cod." Sterling Silver Bracelet Vermeil Bracelet Sterling Silver Necklace Vermeil Necklace Sterling Silver Earrings Vermeil Earrings Sterling Silver Anklet Vermeil Anklet Hoopla Wave Earrings Hoopla Wave Necklace $62.95 $69.95 $62.95 $69.95 $39.95 $47.95 $49.95 $59.95 $47.95 $67.95 Details. Order

Cape Cod Wind and Weather Instruments MADE ON CAPE COD SINCE 1939! Choose from three "Weather" designs AND three "Time and Tide" designs. Weather Series Wind Speed Indicator - $249 (-fitted with Peak Gust Indicator - $339) Wind Direction Indicator - $229 Marine Barometer - $159 Time and Tide Series Cape Codder Clock - $125 Clock with Tide Hand - $139 Cape Cod Tide Keeper - $99 Hand-crafted on Cape Cod, with a 10-year limited warranty! Details. Order

Lighthouse Lace Curtains by Heritage Lace Lighthouse Lace Valance 60"W x 15"L - $12.95 Lighthouse Lace Tier 60"W x 24"L - $16.95 Lighthouse Lace Tier 60"W x 30"L - $19.95 Lighthouse Lace Tier 60"W x 36"L - $21.95 Lighthouse Lace Swag Pair 72"W x 32"L - $26.95 Lighthouse Lace Shower Curtain 72"W x 72"L - $33.95 Home decor with a maritime motif and a shoreline view -- no matter where you live! Each component of the "Lighthouse Collection" features well-known maritime sentinels on each coast, and the Great Lakes. Mashine wash. Available in white ONLY. MADE IN USA. Details. Order

Nautical Kitchen Sink Strainers Add a little fun to your kitchen sink! Choose from these designs PLUS many more! Most Popular! Lighthouse Turtle Starfish Scallop Shell Mermaid Lobster Dolphin Seahorse Sand Dollar $14.95 ea. More Great Designs! Blue Flip Flops Penguin Beach Scene Lime Flip Flops Clown Fish Blue Fish Yellow Flip Flops Lime Slice Details. Order

Cape Annie's Lighthouse - Our Cape Cod store! Come and visit us! 807 Route 28, South Yarmouth, MA 02664 508-398-9790 CURRENT HOURS OPEN 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Daily CLOSED TUESDAYS

GOING, GOING, GONE!!" Many of you have visited Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, and seen many of the lighthouses from the area. Harbour Lights has created some great replicas of these lights, but 2010 could be your last year to purchase most of them. Nauset Light is still available from any Harbour Lights dealer, but all of the others have been "retired" or "discontinued" and may only be available at Cape Annie's Lighthouse. For Race Point, MA - Details. Order For all other lighthouses pictured here - Details. Order For our Harbour Lights "Main Page" - Details. Order

"Dancing Starfish" Nautical Jewelry "The most popular design in nautical jewelry!" Earrings (stud or drop) starting at ONLY $12.00/pr. Necklaces (with snake chain) starting at ONLY $34.95 Details. Order

"LUCKY" Lottery Scratchers With Nautical Brass Figurines Your personal, lucky, lottery scratcher is available in: ONLY $3.95 ea. Lobster Turtle Lighthouse Whale Details. Order

Nautical Socks Feet should have some fun too!! Choose from these nautical designs PLUS many more! Lighthouses Turtles Starfish Shells Sealife Penguins Seahorses Most designs: $7.50/pr. Recycled fiber socks: $8.50/pr. Details. Order

St. Patrick's Day Buoy (0317) Newest Arrival In the "Holiday Buoy" Series MADE ON CAPE COD! ONLY $14.95 ALSO, coming in 2010: Easter Buoy (tentative) Patriotic Buoy Halloween Buoy Opening Day (Baseball) Buoy (tentative) Thanksgiving Buoy Fall Foliage Buoy and many more! Details. Order

"Lighthouse Enamel Earrings" With Sterling Silver Earwires These lighthouse earrings have been in our store since we opened in 2001, and they're still going strong! $17.95/pr. Details. Order

BEST QUALITY! Cape Cod Sweatshirt Screenprinted on Cape Cod by AUSTIN'S Crew sweatshirts available in charcoal/green, poppy red or navy blue. ALL with that faded pigment-dyed look! $31.50 (XXL - $35.50) Details. Order

Nautical Teabag Holders Made of durable melamine Choice of 3 designs! These tea bag holders are a top seller at the front counter of our Cape Cod store. Noboby can resist them as they're checking out! Made by Keller Charles, the top-of-the-line manufacturer of melamine kitchen products. PLUS, the cutout in the handle makes it easy to hang them near your kitchen counter, for easy accessibility! ONLY $3.50 ea. Details. Order

The "earliest" arrivals in our huge selection of lighthouse and nautical Christmas cards, the Cape Shore selections begin arriving in February and will be kept "in-stock" until our final shipment arrives on October 1st. These four designs are just a few of the popular Cape Shore designs that will still be available through 2010. ONLY $8.95/bx. Details. Order

"TOOTSIE TURTLE" by Mary Meyer!! Part of their "Flip-Flops" Collection $18.95 - NOW IN STOCK! Details. Order

Family of Sea Turtles Stuffed Animals by Wish Pets Papa Turtle - 38" length - $89.95 Mama Turtle - 24" length - $32.50 Teenager Turtle - 18" length - $17.95 Toddler Turtle - 8.5" length - $7.50 Baby Turtle - 6.5" length - $5.50 Thinking about starting a family? Our stuffed turtle family needs no care, and takes up very little space, especially when you stack them!! Details. Order

Kitty Catnip Toys Handmade in New England Nautical-themed catnip toys for seaside kitty cats . . . well, there actually loved by ALL kitty cats! Just don't try to take this one away from Crosley Coombs. ONLY $3.95 ea. Details. Order

Just a few of the NEW Christmas ornaments from Cape Shore that have already arrived at our store. Most of these will NOT be re-ordered again in 2010, so don't delay on picking your favorites! Starting at $9.95/ea. Details. Order

Our Turtle Corner Mascots 2009 - Madeline, 2008 - Tommy, 2007 - Emma A NEW limited edition every year! Last year's "Turtle Corner Mascot" Madeline is flanked by the previous year's models, Emma and Tommy. Each comes with its own numbered nametag, and is available each in very limited quantities (36-60 pieces). Alternating boy/girl from year to year, what will 2010's name be? ONLY $14.95 ea. Details. Order

"SEASIDE SENTIMENT" NEW designs by Cape Shore Boxed Notecards - $5.25 Magnetic Pad Gift Set - $6.95 Purse Pad - $8.50 Beverage Napkins - $3.95 Scented Bar Soap - $2.65 Like this design? Other new designs from Cape Shore include: "Treasures in the Sand, Coastal Daydreams, Legend of the Sand Dollar, Rays of Hope and Shoreline Stroll." . . . . CHECK THEM OUT! Details. Order

DON'T FORGET! Spring will be here, and so will our new selections of flags, garden flags and mailbox covers. As we did in 2009, we'll let you be our "special buyers" and select our inventory for us! To qualify as a "special buyer," you must be the FIRST person to order that FLAG, GARDEN FLAG or MAILBOX COVER design, AND you MUST place your order before April 1st, 2010.