Saturday
June 6, 2015
53
degrees w/5 mph winds
A little
foggy, but clear at the same time…can’t see Monhegan Island, the clouds are
setting on it as though it isn’t there.
The waves are gentle and relaxing today.
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| Wind chime from past keepers |
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| Monhegan is in the background...too much fog to see it! |
By 8:30
am there are already several boats out on the waters, I can count 6 so far.
There
talking chances of showers tonight, so we’ve got lots of outside things we want
to get done:
*Museum
sign completed, still needs to be hung.
*Path
signs stakes cut into a point and put into the ground.
*I’m was going
to finish my brick landing of our porch, but I need more sand!
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My niece,
Britney, graduated from Boyd High School, Boyd, Texas last night. This was the
same High School that my father, her grandfather graduated from in 1956….59
years apart! Congratulations Girl!! My sister shared a video so I was able to
watch…thanks Kevin and Penny!
Historical
Fact
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| My first "night" photo of the entire lighthouse |
1st
Order Fresnel Lens….apparently this speaks of it being a “first”, there are 2nd
and 3rd. There is
no way it could be replaced. It is said that the “recipe" for this priceless lens is irreplaceable, plus the cost would be millions to replace it. This lens has 282 individual glass
prisms. It was designed to bend and
magnify light into a single concentrated beam. It uses
only one…1000-watt bulb today. Our light can be seen for twenty miles. The light is ALWAYS on!
My History
Pond
Island….we were there till mid Sept 1960…Dad knew they were fixin to (ok, here is a
Texas word for all my new Maine friends) move to Seguin. He had taken a washing machine motor and put
it on a small boat. Loaded momma and I
and a few of our personal items: sheets, my baby bed, dad’s ship (more about
the ship later) ,etc… and we came to Seguin for the first time. We went back to Pond and on Sept. 13, 1960 the
USCG said it was time to move....in the middle of Hurricane Donna…really?! Momma grabbed our wet laundry and threw it in
a basket, took the pot of food off the stove, and grabbed me and off we
went down to the shore to go to Seguin.
We were the “last” family to live on Pond! More about our arrival on Seguin tomorrow.
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| Headed to the Whistle House/Fog Horn building/Man Cave to build my spice rack/shelf/populations sign |
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| Population sign...now where to put it? |
Lunch
came and went. Guess we were working hard and just weren't hungry.
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| My soon to be spice rack |
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| Looking from inside the Whistle house out Bandit is chillin in the sun |
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| Old stuff...my clothes line wheel outside the kitchen door |
Beautiful
sunset, sea gulls weren’t flying around like they have been. Haven’t seen the geese in a couple of days, but there are some baby ducks.
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| These locks are on all the outside door They aren't the ones we use, just part of the hardware left on doors |
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| Lovin me some old stuff...railroad spike for the tram |
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| Roof shingles fixed....ck! |
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| Stone steps going up into the tower leveled...ck! |
