Sunday
June 14, 2015
65
degrees w/ 5 mph winds
Day 31
Sun is
shining bright and just enough of a sea breeze to be totally comfortable. The sea looks smooth and sailboats are
everywhere. It’s another beautiful day
full of visitors with one wonderful group after the other. When no visitors were here we did more yard work.
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| My first visitor of the day...on ceiling of porch |
One of
our visitor had lived in Popham most of his life and had never been to the
island. This was a real treat for them
as well as us, being able to share the history of Seguin and what the Friends
of Seguin group does and is doing. One
group was several brothers and their families, with one of the brothers from Keller,
Texas.
Just 15 miles from our home in
Texas…as we talked we realized that we have mutual friends…small world! This particular group were headed to a family home in Monhegan.
We asked several questions about that island
and they were very informative. One of the things they said was there is only
about a population of 40 at the most that live there year round.
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| Taking photo's of tower from a different angle |
One of
the young girls from Texas came out of the tower and started rolling on the grass,
she said she didn’t like heights and wanted to kiss the ground…
Bandit ran over
and made her feel better. Sold a few
items from the gift shop, this actually being my first sales! After a little while of just visiting with
us, they were all headed out on the South Trail, then back down to the cove
where their boat was waiting with two other members of their group who where
fishing. We told them to be careful of
our Sea Gull eggs on the path.
We knew
we were going to have overnight guest tonight….our first…so I went up several
time just making sure everything was just right for them. There are two bedrooms for them to choose
from and one didn’t have a curtain. I
searched the linens and couldn’t find one, so I made on real quick out of a
sheet. I had intended to do this project
a week ago, but finally got it finished and up.
About 4:30 our overnight guest arrived, which are members of Friends of
Seguin….Jeff and Halla. They had been
sailing and this was the last night of that quest. They would be headed back to Portland in the
morning. Jeff is from Portland and Halla
is from Germany.
I wasn’t
feeling well physically, and a little upset that I wasn’t able to be a good
host to our first guest. Halla was a God
sent, she made me ginger tea. I could
hear them having a great time in the kitchen preparing their meal. They shared their dinner of ratatouille vegetable
dish with grilled chicken breast as well as some grilled pork. I didn’t eat, but Larry said it was
terrific! Afterwards Halla made me some
vegetable soup and it was delicious especially since I hadn’t eaten all
day.
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| Jeff and Halla |
Larry
told them that he was going to make breakfast in the morning since they shared
their dinner with us. He asked what they
like. Halla said she wanted a Texas
Breakfast. They later went out
to view the sunset and the tower light at night. Jeff was extremely knowledgeable about the
islands and began telling us about what we could see from our vantage point.
History stuff for today!
Beverly Stephens Ramsey who was the Keeper in 2012 was also a baby of Seguin. Her father Walter Stephens like my father was in the USCG and we both lived in the same side of the duplex here on Seguin. Our mothers both cooking meals for the family in our kitchen. Here is a photo collage that she has in the museum as well as my collage. We get to meet for the first time at the Summer Fest this summer here in Maine.
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| Beverly's collage is to the left and mine to the right |
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| Beverly and her parents |
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| My Family during our time at Seguin |
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More photo's of us at Seguin, Pond and then a couple of Mom and Dad back home in Texas
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With thee is the fountain
of life; In Thy light shall we see light.
Psalms 36:9
