Friday August 14, 2015
63 degrees w/ 3 mph winds
Day 92

I’ve tried not to think of leaving Seguin, but I know it is just around the corner.  This has been such a great chapter in my life!
 
Looking out from my computer, just started the blog for the day
Watched the Meter Shower last night, saw several, but went to bed and probably missed the main show.  Every time there is a “sky” show, wither it be the moon, etc… we see several…I’m going to guess about 15 to 20 boats of some kind “Parked” out on the horizon just SE of us, looks like a party out there with all the lights from each boat.
I went shopping in the gift shop for some birthday gifts for me!!!!

We are expecting overnight guest today, was told by someone yesterday that was visiting that it was her friend and four other young ladies.

There was a little boy who was playing with the sign at the tram that says, “Unsafe, Do not Enter”….Bandit started barking and ran down to the boy who stopped touching the sign…the parents looked back and said, “I guess he was guarding the tram and telling our son not to be there”…..this really did seem like what he was doing.

Larry’s right knee is really starting to bother him.  He twisted it the other day and it’s been hurting, but he’s put a brave face on daily. Letting it rest a little and we are going to get him into our Dr back home as soon as we return.
 
Visitors enjoying some shade and their lunch
LOTS of visitors today…I will never get tired of hearing folks come out on the catwalk and hear….WOW….in any language it’s still a fabulous view.  Several guest had their furry friends with them and I think Bandit found his girlfriend…Rosy….they ran and chased each other and had a great time!  One couple joined F.O.S.I.L….YEAH! 
Sweet couple, told us about lots of great places to visit when we leave here

3:30 A group of five kids ran up, asked if they could see the light house….yes, they went up and ran back to their boat where mom and dad were waiting.  The wind has picked up to 14 mph, temp is up to 69…sorry Texas, loving this Maine weather!!
More visitors just enjoying the views

I’ve started “cleaning” up my stuff, anticipating leaving and don’t want to wait till the last moment to gather what’s important and trash junk paperwork I thought I needed.
 
Capturing the reflection in the oil house window....pretty neat
It was 6 pm and I got to calling around to see about our overnight guest that were suppose to be coming out.  Couldn’t find anyone that knew anything.  Figured that something must have happened to cause them to cancel.  After about thirty minutes or so we heard girls giggling.  There they were five young woman, wet and exhausted looking, but laughing and happy to be up the hill.  They had a bumpy ride from somewhere around the South Port area….not really sure where.  They had gotten soaked from the waves, etc…  We did our introductions and I showed them their quarters and explained a few things…compost toilets, extra blankets, etc…  It has gotten much colder…the temp gauge says 66 degrees w/ 10 mph winds, but it feels more like 50 degrees w/ 20 mph winds.  Larry has started some Chicken Taco soup for dinner, using our grilled vegetables from last nights dinner…..the pot is full.  7:45 ish….These ladies are out and it’s getting dark, they are sitting around the picnic table having a blast snacking.  They said they were going to grill….we aren’t sure they will be able to do this in the dark…..we invited them in to have some hot Chicken Taco soup, grated cheese, sour cream, and crushed corn chips….we had a blast, they brought a delicious salad, wine and bread….one of them had made a Homemade Blueberry Pie….OMG it was fabulous.  Come to find out these ladies all new Holly who had booked the room, but they didn’t all know each other until today!  After dinner we went outside to see my little nightlight.  They showed me satellites…I didn’t know you could see them.  We also saw some shooting stars or meteors.  They went around to their side of the duplex and then I heard them screaming….snake!
Looking "through" our door.....through the other doorway..out to the other side


A good day and a wonderful evening!
Thursday August 13, 2015
62 degrees w/ 3 mph winds
Day 91

Went to bed last night with a headache and woke with one…no it's not Larry!

Woke to a beautiful day…yes they are all wonderful days!! The only way it could be better would be that all my family and friends were here with us.  Temperatures are fabulous, views…..360 degrees of some of Gods majestic work….the ocean which is LIFE.  Saw a t-shirt the other day… “Life Begins where the Sea Starts”…I would have bought it, but a man was wearing it!

Flying both the AMERICAN Flag and the Lighthouse Flag today…..it’s my Birthday!!!!  My "1st" Birthday was on Pond Island, which we have to pass by on the way to and from the mainland to Seguin.  So this Birthday is on Seguin Island.  Pretty SPECIAL!   
1st Birthday on Pond Island, Maine
At home we always put the Birthday cards over the sink in the kitchen...so that's what I did here on Seguin
Anne Morong, VP of F.O.S.I.L. made me a BLUEBERRY Birthday Cake!!! I’m in Maine with the most amazing man, on Beautiful Seguin Island, and I am having Maine Blueberry Birthday Cake….LIFE IS GOOD!  
 
Thanks Anne for my Wonderful Birthday Cake!
Lots of Birthday cards that I picked up yesterday while on shore and so many wonderful phone calls from my babies, family and friends.

Looking out the front windows of our summer home….I could get used to saying that, “our summer home” here in Maine.  The waves are high and are hitting the rocks below hard, the spray is high and I can hear them, seagulls are taking outside, the lobstermen are out tooting around, we’ve got the radio playing… “Our God is Greater” is playing, sailboats are already out and it isn’t even 8am yet.  Happy Birthday to ME!!! Blessed beyond my imagination!
 
Soda Fountain cup using it as a vase with something I found here on Seguin
 Now for Breakfast….Coffee and Birthday cake sounds good!

Had late visitors last night…they will be back this morning, they stayed in the cove last night.  It is ????? with another group of teenagers out sailing for a week.  He had the other group of kids from a couple of weeks ago.  Later they did arrive and they did bring our water up from the bottom of the hill…I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies for them…not much, just a Thank You!  When they found out it was my birthday, they sang to me!!!!
Sweet bunch of young men and their counselors 

My phone is now up and working thanks to my oldest boy bringing his old phone to me….he brings me one and within two weeks I needed it!  YEAH!  Larry’s new phone isn’t working, will have to call AT&T and figure out what’s going on, but for now we do have a connection to the outside world. 
 
USCG Helicopter flew over today...thought it was going to land, but it kept heading out to sea
Visitors have been fast and furious today…not many sales though.  One family had been here several times, but always when no one was here, so they were glad to take the tours.
 
Guest enjoying lunch
Boys loving on Bandit
Girls having fun around the bell
Quick lunch of leftover pizza, quick because we had more visitors coming… a couple of visitors came up about 5 pm…they were kayakers that had come from Popham Beach….they said it only took them about 30 min…I’m impressed.  They sat out on our “sunset” bench for a while before heading back down.

Around 6:30 two men came up, they are two Germans from Switzerland.  The older man spoke English pretty good.  He had gone to the Sam Houston University in Huntsville, Texas.  The younger man spoke well, but the older man would sometimes repeat in their language…all that to say when the young man reached the top and looked out from the tower he said “WOW”….yep that’s what I say!
 
Our two guys from Switzerland....they LOVED the island!

Dinner…Birthday Dinner…..shish kabobs: steak, zucchini, yellow squash, cherry tomatoes, onions….then some baked potatoes and a salad from my garden and  Blueberry Birthday Cake for dessert…..only thing missing is ice cream!  
Birthday Dinner

Going out and watch the meter showers...they will be spectacular...what a way to end my special day!
No words to explain the beauty of the sunset....
Wednesday August 12, 2015
63 degrees w/ 3 mph winds
Day 90

Well the storm has passed and the winds have calmed down but the seas still look strong as they crash into the rocks down at cobblestone beach.  I listened to the weather channel and they advised we were still under a small craft advisory till noon.  It is very foggy and I can hardly see the bird house in the yard. 
Just a little foggy today...thats the Tram and Birdhouse in our front yard

I went outside around 9am and found two of our benches turned over from the wind last night.  Set them up and realized I could see the water now.  I can still here the fog horn but it does look like it is starting to clear off.

It is now 10:30 am and the fog hour is no longer going off and it looks like it is going to clear off and be a pretty day. I went upstairs and found that the bathroom window had been left open all night during the storm and all the towels and wash cloths were wet from the rain coming in through that open window. So, here I go with all the towels and everything to the cloths line and hung everything out to dry.  Humidity is 99% so I don’t know how long it will take to dry them out good; but at least they are not sitting folded and trying to spoil due to the moisture. 

The WW were not able to come out this morning due to the weather.  Ethan brought T’Ann back with our groceries, water, laundry and inventory for the gift shop.

Only saw one sailboat with a couple come into the cove today. However I did see several large vessels out close to Seguin today.


Found a new word that we use in Texas that the Mainers looked at me funny.  We were talking about the color of Lab puppies.  Cyndy said the parents were both black, and then her and Anne both said something about they could still have different colored pups….Thats when I said, “they can and usually do throw a blonde or chocolate”….throw????  They had never heard throw used in that context.   Kind of like saying to a kid after talking to them on the phone….”I’m going to hang-up now”….hang-up what the kid ask?


Our little wagon that has been so helpful getting our supplies from the bottom to the top is in pain…the little front tires are bending and I’m not sure it can make another trip up the hill….guess we need to be thinking about a diet, cause hauling the food up is going to be almost impossible…..MAYBE…we can leave all the nonperishable items down in the Donkey House and only bring up the perishable items….then we can go “shopping” everyday down at the Donkey Engine House!!
 
This is a USCG Bouy Tendor Vessel...as the name suggest, they tendor the bouy's around Seguin
My find for the summer…..I went to Good Will and found a little coffee cup…"handmade", older looking…it was a dollar.  I didn’t really look at it till I was washing it.  It has Seguin on it….a Chowder Cup Race in 1996….I’m so stoked!


My Seguin Island....so stoked about this find!!
Pizza for lunch at 3:50….so we probably won’t eat any dinner.

Had six people come to see Seguin today, all came on their own boats. 

No dinner, just relaxed….big day tomorrow since we haven’t been able to get out of the house much.  Headed up the tower to dust the lens!
 
Seagulls dancing in the skies