Thursday
June 4, 2015
Went to
bed with a headache and woke with one…no it wasn’t Larry. He made breakfast of pancakes and sausage
links and more of Chef Rays Hickory syrup…so Good!
Sun is
shining…a little to bright for this headache, but its wonderful to see. Larry headed down the cove to mow and I went
to work cleaning the kitchen, rearranging the fridge, wiping down fronts of cabinets,
etc… Then out to my brick porch
project. We decided that they weren’t as
level as Larry would like, so I took it apart and started from the middle….ok,
he was right. He brings me sand in our “old”
milk jugs that he’s made into “scoops”, every time he comes up from the cove. Looks like only about eight more scoops and I
should be able to finish the keepers quarters step. I will then start on the museum side, it was
in better shape, so it won’t take as long.
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| View coming up our side of the steps, looking through the vestibule |
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| This is my work area where I do my blog/post |
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| Bandit makes sure I do it correctly! |
Want to
give a big WOW to the Wednesday Warriors which I will just call them WW from
now on. Ken, Rick, Jeff and Tom….I am so
impressed at the work these men did in just a few hours. I forgot to take "after" photo's.
*Shingles
replace on top of our two story dwelling…not me…too high!
*Stone
steps leveled in front of tower!
*Removed
the gigantic doors from in front of the tower…going to sand and refinish.
*Checked the
rest of the island for other projects that need to be done, taking
measurements, etc…
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| Missing shingles |
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| Step unlevel and door needing TLC |
Historical
Facts
1789 to 1939…150
years, the U.S. Lighthouse Service staffed the island with civilian families.
1939 USCG
took over operation of the light station at Seguin. The next 24 years members of the CG and their
families lived o Seguin, calling it home!
My
History
Seguin Island
was my second home, with Pond Island being my first.
Oops….I
was wrong on when the electricity was brought to Seguin. It was after we left the island in Aug
1961. Sorry…. But momma did tell me that
she had to be careful using the electricity generated by the generators. If they used the something like the electric
skillet, which was a favorite, it would “dim” the light in the tower. They did have lights and TV!
Started cooking
a pot of chicken tortilla soup. Ok…I’m
not used to making just a little, hard habit to break! So we are going to be eating this for several
days and that’s with me freezing half of it.
I worked in
the gift shop, and on some of the gift shop inventory. Putting everything where it needs to be and
priced accurately. I went over bare foot
and my feet were freezing….no wonder its 50 degrees outside. I got an updated price list for the
memorabilia committee, so I’m entering everything in my computer. I want to keep an accurate count for them…love
excel!
More
Chicken Tortilla Soup for dinner…no complaints.
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| In the distance is Cuckholds Light. It is just off the Boothbay Harbor coast line |
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| Coast Guard to the south of us |
Saw a
Coast Guard ship just a little off our shore.
Wondering if they came and worked on the cove electrical cord. If they did, I wish we could have known, I
would have loved to go down and talk and take photos.
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| Bandit has spied the USCG |
Another beautiful sunset, love the sea gull flying in
the photo.
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| Another beautiful sunset to a a great day on our island |
