Thursday
June 18, 2015
63
degrees w/5 mph winds
Day 35
Another
day in paradise!
The sun
is out, but there is a little bit of haze, not foggy, just not bright. Boats are sailing on all sides of the
island. They are traveling quickly
across the water so I’m assuming the wind is in their favor.
Larry
went down to the cove to sit and have his coffee this morning and take a few
photos….I think he likes the ducks!!
Ethan
brought a group of three families. One
family had three little girls…they took a brochure and were very interested in
possibly becoming keepers in the future.
One little girl bought a “Passport”…this passport is for getting stamps
from the different lighthouses that you visit.
The Senior group from last night let me look through theirs….wow. One lady told us about her father being
stationed here at Seguin in about 1945.
She wasn’t sure. She took the
Friends of Seguin info so she could look up the information and let them
know. Larry walked with her and her
daughter to the cove to make sure they got down safely. Donations have been wonderful, people are
gracious.
I love
sitting outside, closing my eyes and feeling the sun, the wind and hearing all
the different sounds. I found a new
little flower that I haven’t seen before.
Ethan has
more tours tomorrow, so I guess the visitors will be steady throughout the rest
of our time here.
I think
the next time we are in town; I will try to buy me a stuffed toy bunny. I can put it next to my photo of me, mom and
her holding the baby Belgian hare. The
kids
(ok, the
adults too) can then touch something and remember this place in a different
way.
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| Didn't see the ants till I took the photo, these little flowers are so tiny |
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| New little purple flower..it looks like an onion flower, but the leafs dont |
One year
as I was teaching a Sunday school group of kids, we were studying the Fruits of
the Spirit. I took a bowl of plastic
fruit and wrote the different gifts, one on one piece of fruit, etc… I remember
mostly the banana…I wrote “Long Suffering”, because of the length of the
fruit. After the lesson we would all
have a snack of that particular fruit. Kids have come to me some 20 yrs later
and talked about the bowl of fruit lesson.
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| Large anchor outside the tower and gift shop |
Our next
overnight guest will be here Friday night.
It is so neat to share this place with others. We’ve met so many new people and some new
lifelong friends…and the summer has just begun!
You know
when you find out something that probably everyone else know…well I couldn’t
figure how, sitting in our living room, looking out at the ocean that it was
about 8” above the window seal. How
could the ocean that is “below” us be this high. We’ll, yes you already knew this, but the
horizon is “always” at eye level. Yes
I’ve done the up and down motion while looking at the horizon. Wow!
Larry was
down getting me some seaweed for my garden, apparently it keeps the ground
moist and gives it nutrients, anyway, two sailboats came into the cove while he
was down there. Only a father and
daughter team from one of the boats came ashore. The girl being about 26 now, first came to
Seguin when she was only about 6 weeks old.
They just wanted to spend some time walking around the place and enjoy
their picnic.
Chicken
Pot Pie for dinner! It’s gotten a little
chilly tonight 57 degree with a wind chill of 52. Going to watch a movie on the
computer and then off to bed…after watching the sun set!
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| The clouds are amazing |
