Monday July 20, 2015
59 degrees w/9 mph winds
Day 67
Momma and Mary were up having coffee and
cinnamon rolls…I asked Mary if she wanted another cup of coffee…she said,
“No…I’m going to wait for my Blueberry Pancakes”.
Last night the girls stayed up later to be able
to view the light at its best. It was
impressive and they enjoyed it. We
couldn’t stay out very long because it had started sprinkling and thundering,
some lightening. Not sure what it did
during the night…we slept well.
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| We call these Dusty Millers |
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| Ferns |
Its thick fog this morning…can barely see the
Bo’s bird house, and we can barely hear the fog horn. The sun is bright through the fog, enough you
would have to have your sunglasses on.
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| This looks like a wheat stalk, but it has this purple little flowers on it |
By 9 am the sun had burnt the fog off, but the
fog horn is still sounding….so not only is it NOT sounding at full capacity, it
now can’t READ if there is fog or not…CG needs to check it out and get it
fixed.
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| We call these Prim Roses |
My island needs to be in total
working order to protect those on the sea.
Mary wanted Blueberry Pancakes, so that’s what
Larry fixed. She is ready to hit the
North Trail, the other ladies are grumbling a little. Not that they don’t want
to go, it’s just that Mary is an outdoor girl and she’s going to keep going
even if she is 87 and can’t see! Go
Mary!!
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| Mary...in the front...ready to go to the beach! |
Tide was down and the fog was lifting, so we
headed to the cove to look for seaglass.
Momma told of when she would fish down there and always caught
something. She told of the giant
starfish that she caught once.
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| My momma, Judy, Mary and Darlene |
She said
they would have never thought of looking for glass from the sea.
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| Jo Nell, Bandit, Mary, Momma and Darlene up on the Boat House deck |
She thought she remembered a sidewalk type
area around the outside of the boat house…but wasn’t sure.
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| We finally got Darlene down to the waters edge....looking for sea glass |
Ethan brought a group of visitors and one group
had their dog…she was a sweetie. As I
write this I’m a little tiffed at myself for not having a photo of them. Another boat load of people came up…everyone
seemed to enjoy the tours. The fog has
come back in and you can hardly see the tram from the front porch.
Mary can’t be still…so we are headed to walk the
North Trail….she is wearing us out. Well….we
went down the North Trail and we found blueberries and raspberries, Mary and I
sampled them and they were good. It was
a great trip, we had fun, but boy am I tired.
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| Raspberries |
We sat and ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich when we got to the
end.
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| My very first blueberries!! |
We didn’t see any baby sea gulls on this trail today. We sat and drank sweet Texas tea on the
porch. I was so tired I had to lay down
for about an hour.
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| So foggy...looking at the Lighthouse from the North Trail |
Woke and the house
was quiet…oh no, what could they be up to?
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| Jo Nell and Mary headed back to the house |
It had finally gotten dry enough outside that Larry was mowing.
This week
has gone by way to fast, not looking forward to taking them back to the main
land. But they have their families back
home that are wanting them back. Momma
said they have to go back...Mary’s killing them with these trails and
exploring. Don’t know what my mommas
excuse is…she could stay! Tomorrow we
have to be up bright and early to head to Portland so the girls can catch their
bus to Boston Airport. It is a full day
of traveling to get back to Texas.
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| Mary leading the way back |
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| Mary "waiting" for the girls...I'm telling you...we can't keep up with her! |
Another couple came up with their puppy to tour
the island.
Guess the fog stopped a lot
of folks from coming out today. I have
never seen it come and go as much as it did today.
We had Chicken and Shrimp Quesadillas for
dinner. As we sat around the table we
continued to laugh and have a great time.
Mary likes doing the dishes…it helps her hands to be in the hot
water.
As we take down the flag, momma asked if we had
to log the time we put it up and took it down….nope…but they did back in the
day of the CG!
We went out to see the last sunset for them on
Seguin…but the clouds didn’t let us see much…took our final group photo.
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| Hate to see them go...Love ya'll...Darlene, Jo Nell, Mary and my wonderful Momma, Judy who was an original Seguin Lighthouse Keeper in 1960 and 1961 |
They are in there playing cards while I’m
sending this blog out…I really wish they could stay!
