Wednesday
June 10, 2015
62
degrees w/ 3 mph winds
Day 27
Internet wasn’t
letting me load this last night so I’m trying it again this morning.
Wow what
a beautiful morning to wake up to.
360
degrees of pure beauty can be seen. The
air is clear, the sun is shining bright, and waves are crashing in almost a
hypnotic sound.
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| Larry raising the flag |
Breakfast
of sausage and pancakes….we are loving these pancakes. Larry said we have to
pick up some blueberries next shore day! We
would have normally been off the island today, but it wasn’t going to be good
“seas”. I don’t want to be out there if
it isn’t safe…that water is cold….40 degrees.
Yard work
today, so I headed to my little garden to pick some weed and get it ready for
seeds. Going to start planting my seeds
the next day I can be outside. The last
keepers left “row marker labels”, so I plan on using them!
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| Part of our old boat ramp |
When low
tide came, we went down to the cove to get sand for my “porch landing”
job. It was so beautiful and
peaceful. I walked the beach looking
for sea glass and any other kind of treasure that might have been brought to me
from the sea. I did find one green
piece, which I should have through back so it could have been “polished” a
little more. I picked up my first piece of
drift wood and brought it to the house.
Not sure what I’m going to do with it, just liked the point on it.
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| Fixing a few loose nails on tram |
I also
worked polishing on some of the wood furniture in the house. Larry walked in after I had finished and was
impressed!
Signs are
up…Seguin Island Museum and our Population sign!
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| It's official now...our population sign is up or down(?) |
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| Headed out to put the North Trail sign out |
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| Bandit had to go help! |
Historical Facts
1875
Thomas Day was keeper. He retired in 1886.
He bought a farm in Bowdoinham, Maine.
In 1942 Day’s grandson Joe York was interviewed by the Lewiston Journal,
he said: I hated to leave the
lighthouse. They used lard oil then in
the lamps, and I can remember seeing grandfather with a big paddle stirring up
the grease and preparing it for the lamp in the big lantern each night.
My
History
A mission
ship called Sunbeam would go by the islands and visit the people there. They had a doctor on board that would give
medical care to the islanders as well as others to meet any spiritual
needs. On this trip they had a TV/Comedian
game show host named Garry Moore. His
popular shows were: I’ve Got a Secret and To Tell the Truth as well as his own
show, The Garry Moore Show.
He stayed
on the ship during this visit and was holding me. He took off his Rolex watch and gave it to me
to play with, while standing at the edge of the boat. Moms watching this and anxious that I might
drop it into the sea. Later dad runs up
to the house and asked for a Coke for him.
Mom who has been battling a headache that day said, “No, Garry Moore can
not have my last Coke”. Dad was a little
huffed.
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Ethan
still doesn’t think its good to try to go in tomorrow.
When we do go in, it already looks like there
are several of the great Wednesday Warriors that are wanting to come out and
work! Love these guys…and gals!
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| Our cove ducks...the male is the white one |
