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    Motif # 1, Rockport MA

    We had arrived!  I was finally here and boy was I excited.  Rockport MA and beautiful Rockport Harbor,  home of what is purpoted to be the most painted building in the world – MOTIF # 1. This beautiful fishing shack was originally built in 1884 but was destroyed by the hurricane of 1978 (which I vividly remember being a New England resident myself).  It was quickly rebuilt and is currently owned by the Town of Rockport.  Year after year it graces magazine covers, a postage stamp, and appears in movies and t.v. ads. This moniker “Motif # 1” is said to have been coined by an art instructor back in…