Tuesday
May 26, 2015
Day 12
54
degrees w/10 mph winds @ 8:30 am
We could
hear rain outside, so we slept in a little later.
Blueberry
pancakes! Thanks Michael for leaving
some blueberries and Ray’s hickory syrup.
My cousin sent some of their homemade syrups and sauces. Great way to
start off the morning.
Two geese
came up this morning and were right outside of window. They’ve been flying around the cove, but this
is the first time I’ve seen them up here.
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| Geese |
Too wet to
finish weed eating, so I’ve got Larry to help me hang 4 more photos and we will
be finish the in the museum.
We’ve started our “on shore” list for
tomorrow. Don’t want to waste a minute of that time.
Our
“population” sign is started, found an old piece of wood, started with a blue
paint, then going to try red for the lettering…photo to come later!
The wind
is so strong, even though it says 10mph, it feels stronger.
Still
“looking” for all the fire hydrants on the island, we are to locate & log
them…almost finished. Still need to ck
the donkey house (tram engine – that isn’t being used this summer) and the boat
house (it’s what we used for boats back in 1960), no boats are kept there
anymore because the boat ramp is not even there anymore.
“Ponpon
Ponpon” this is the USCG Emergency Call on the radio…stating that kayakers
might be in distress off the coast at the Kennebec river…I went out with the
binoculars, no sign of anyone.
Went down
to cove with our laundry and empty water jugs, getting ready for Ethan tomorrow
morning. While down there we gathered
some sand for my “porch project”.
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| My porch project, removing weeds and adding sand |
Bandit
tried salt water…ok, we did laugh at him!
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| Bandit trying the salt water...yuck! |
Ethan
just called and weather isn’t going to let him come and get us tomorrow and
possibly the next day, so it could be Friday.
I’m going to have to sneak some decaf coffee in Larry’s coffee can to
get us through the next couple of days….Note: buy more coffee…just in case!
As I walk
through the house I try to imagine a young couple from Texas, with a one year
old. Momma cleaning and taking care of
me, dad coming in for lunch or coming up the front porch just to tell mom of a
project that he was headed out to do.
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| My Daddy, Ronald David Howard |
Later I
will tell you more about two other little girls who called Seguin their
home. My facebook friends….Beverly and
Millie. Hopefully we will meet for the
first time, dang I’m starting to cry….anyway, meet at the Summerfest that the
Friends of Seguin put on towards the end of the summer.
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| Lobster Buoys put along the tram |
A little
History:
There were two other families that lived on this island back in
1960….Russell & Ethel Wilson and daughter Robin, he was the officer in
charge and Kenneth & Pat Duke and daughter Karen.
Christmas
1960 a group of about 8 Navy guys lived down in the boat house. Not sure of the job they were doing, it took
a few months and they kept to themselves.
They didn’t have much, a few cots, a heater, and I guess they ate MRE’s.
As of
7:30pm the wind has not even slowed down, it’s at 22 mph with gust up to 30
some times.
Watching
the sea gules drift in the wind is calming.
You can tell the young from the old, the young tend to do a lot of
flapping their wings, however the old hold their heads up…their wings spread
wide…and they just glide back and forth with what seems like little effort.
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| Larry working on the "Welcome" sign down by the cove |
