Thursday July 30, 2015

63 degrees w/ 9 mph winds

Day 77

I started to document the time we have left, but when I counted it out and actually wrote it down, it was a little depressing.  I’m trying to soak up as much as possible because I’m not sure if or when we will be able to come again. 

It’s early, the lobstermen are out on the ocean, the seagulls are squawking, the waves are hitting the cliffs below, then we hear a bird we hadn’t heard before.   Just the idea that we are hearing a “different” bird and that we realize its different is wonderful.

I slept in a little longer than norm.  Larry was already up, flag out, coffee made!  I love this man!  He asked how I felt…better, a lot better!

He had been reading the newspaper article and having his coffee out on the porch.  I wonder if I could “bottle” some porch time.  Then when I get home, I could take a swig once in a while and for a moment be back here!!  Seguin in a bottle! With technology this is probably something not too far off.

Taking photos of kids taking photos!!!

I measured the plate today so they could add my dad's name to the USCG board of keepers

Breakfast…not for me today, but I fixed Larry some banana bread warmed…ok, yes I made it yesterday and yes I just cut it and warmed it in the microwave!  

Heard voices and it was Larry, two men and two precious little girls.  One of the men had helped Larry bring up our water…I began my welcoming and info and he said, “just a minute, I’ve got to catch my breath”…..It actually made me feel good, come to find out later he was a Navy guy…so this old, fluffy woman doesn’t feel so bad at being out of breath, when a younger, stronger, Navy guy was too…he made my day!

This group was from Damoras Cove Island…he, Chub, owned the lighthouse station.  He purchased it back about 30 yrs ago and they spend their summers there.  He had come to Seguin to show his two girls and his Navy friend our island.  This was a first for the Navy guy…sorry, I wish I remembered his name, but he had never been in a lighthouse…they had just picked him up and were headed back to Damoras Cove.

Went through my new inventory, checking, folding, putting them out on the shelves.  Larry was headed back down to greet Ethan’s boat of visitors. It is a beautiful, cool day, but it is a little foggy off the island.

Ethan had a boat load today, I love the look on their faces as they arrive at the top are able to see the lighthouse.  You can see the lighthouse from offshore, but when you arrive in the cove, you can’t see it till you are at the top.  So it’s always the “cake topper”, that beautiful thing on top of the wedding cake!  One young lady turned 10 today and this is what she wanted to do was to come to Seguin.  Had more folks interested in contacting the office and renting out the guest quarters.

We didn’t have any more visitors today.  We did a few chores finished unpacking yesterdays supplies and putting away the clothes. The weather was changing and eventually the winds got stronger.  At one point they were 25 mph with some rain.  The rain was more like it was being blown in and not raining down on us.  They skies were dark with some fog.  The wind had some of the doors rattling and it pulled the screen out of the bathroom window.  We got the flag down and hung it in the hall to dry.  

Dinner…we went simple, ham sandwich with lettuce from our garden, and sliced tomatoes fresh from the store, chips and tea completed it.  Cookies and milk for dessert while watching a movie….Iron Man 3.