Monday August 3, 2015
66 degrees w/ 14 mph winds
Day 81
Last night I figured it would be dark after four
nights of bright moons….but no…this giant orange moon rose from the
horizon…again I “tried” to capture it with my camera, and I’ll share what I
took, but it just didn’t do it justice.
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| My first attempts kept putting light around the moon, but it really wasn't there. |
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| Have no idea what button I pushed to be able to get this photo...this is what the sky and moon looked like! |
Looking out to the other islands to the East and
West of us and the mainland to the North is always fascinating. We see the other lighthouses shining
bright. We also see homes and places of
people we have met while we have been here.
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| My entryway |
Wish I could send some of this weather home to
Texas…it’s a little hot there!
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| Fresh flowers from the island |
The winds are strong today and it’s a little
hazy on the horizon. For you guys back
in Texas it’s not even 9 am yet and the sun is about in the noon position. It gets bright “early” here and stays
brighter longer. But they say their
winter days are short. I can definitely
see why Maine is a great place to spend your summers.
For dinner last night we finished off the
leftover hamburger noodle thing….tasted better than the first night!...that’s
always the way.
We have already started planning our meals so we
can make our grocery list for Wed, our go ashore day…we have family: Trayce and
Ted, coming to visit this great place and if we don’t plan well, then its PB
& J sandwiches.
Just setting here thinking about our regular
days…we don’t set the alarm to wake up anymore…its become natural to wake
between 7 and 7:30, Bandits goes out, breakfast …yes Larry cooks, raising of
the flag…weekends we put up two flags, we add the Seguin Lighthouse flag. I start my blog so I can periodically come in
and add a thought or tell you about something that has happened. I usually do some kind of housework after
breakfast and Larry usually heads down to the cove around 10:30. He checks to see if we have any boats moored
in the cove, piddles down there: checking the outhouse making sure it has it’s
supplies, checks all the donation boxes, etc… while he waits for Ethan to
arrive with our guests. Depending on the
number of people coming out depends on the boat that comes out. Larry always tries to be down there to help
them come ashore. Brook, Ethan’s first
mate, does a GREAT job, but sometimes folks just need a hand to steady their selves
so they can step off the dingy. He
usually radio’s me and lets me know they are here and headed up the trail. Bandit and I get into our places and prepare
to meet and greet our visitors and our day has begun!
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| Rough seas below |
A little after 10 this morning the fog started
coming in all around us…the fog horn started, but it was a little more “manly”
sounding, but after about 6 sounds it went the what we normally hear. I’ll let the CG know that it has two tones. They know it isn’t working at what it should
be and are going to fix it…going to fix it!
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| A little foggy...this is looking west toward Boothbay Harbor |
Saw a baby seagull, they are flying now, he was
trying to walk on the wooden tram, it was funny to watch, like a tightrope
walker. Later when I stepped out I saw
one of his parents about 15 foot behind him…watching!
We weren’t sure about the seas and the weather,
so we really weren’t sure if Ethan would be coming today. They did arrive, but when the visitors got up
to where I am, they said they only had an hour, that Ethan was worried about
the weather. He knows the seas and the
weather and it is for their safety. So I
gave my tour speech in about what felt like two minutes…..I’m sure I left out
some, but I think they enjoyed what they got and that let the second set of
folks go up the tower first, then switch out for the museum. By 12:30 I was alone at the top, well me and
Bandit.
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| Sailboats are loving these high winds |
The sail boats are having fun out there…guessing
this windy weather is there time to be on the sea. Was trying to capture that great wave photo
down at Cobble Stone Beach…saw my first seal come onto the rocks. I’ve found them on the rocks, and I’ve found
where they had come up and left the beach, but never watched on come on the
island.
At 1:00 the temp was up to 70, but it doesn’t
feel any different from earlier because of the wind. We did have one sailboat
come in and park…moor their boat.
We only had one other couple come to visit
us…they had been sailing and came into our cove because of the high winds and
seas.
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| They are going in opposite directions, they came toooooo close for me! This was out the front door of our place. |
An uneventful day after all the visitors. Tried to go out and do a few things, but the
wind would catch the doors and slam them shut while we were still holding them
so we stayed inside and chilled.
