Sunday July 19, 2015

66 degrees w 2 mph winds

Day 66

Thunderstorms last night, fog this morning with the fog signal sounding.  By 8:30 we could tell the sun was trying to break through the fog…only thing is…now it’s getting hot for the first time since we got here.  Even my ladies that are normally cold are getting warm!

Our overnight guest next door said they had a good night, they have been using the little vestibule area by our front doors as their dining room…pretty smart!  This morning they look like they are ready to go exploring the island.

My girls did great last night over on our side….only thing is I had forgotten to get blankets brought over here, but we did fine.

Mary woke saying, “I smell Blueberry Pancakes!”…yep…Larry was down fixin breakfast.  He spoils me and now he’s spoiling them.  He has also known these ladies since he was 11.  We sat around talking about things that happened on our street….births, deaths, school and its events….about momma burning the bridge! That’s another story.  

Momma cleaning

Momma was telling us about when storms/hurricanes were coming to Seguin…they would have to “Batten down the hatches”….this meant that they would tie ropes and cables from the metal rings and post that are sticking out of the rocks…to put over the diesel tanks because the storms could sometimes blow them away. 

Me, Jo Nell and Mary on the catwalk

Jo Nell and Mary

We took the girls up to the tower to walk the catwalk…they loved it…well Mary and Jo Nell did, Darlene and Momma said they had to stay down and take photos of us from the ground.  While we were up there, a group of five guys came up to see the island….they had come by their own boat.  They asked the best place to fish around the island…I told them what the other guys had said…they toured the museum and went down to get in their boat and go fishing.  I told him I hadn’t seen any lobster boats today…he told me that they don’t go “lobstering” on Sundays in July and August, and maybe September…I learn something new every day.

 

Our only visitors today...they are ready to go fishing

Lunch…it was a hodgepodge of leftovers…Hotdogs, chicken potpie, pork loin…then there was a little dump cake left so we had to finish it off.

Enjoying the views

Today we are going to tour the basement…momma’s going to tell us about everything down there…what was the same and what is different.  There are four cisterns and we only use one…there were oil drums in the basement, she’s not sure what they were used for and she isn’t sure how the radiators worked.

My living room...full of company

The girls moved back to the other side, made beds, cleaned.  We wanted to go back down to the cove about 6:30, but the fog is thick, it’s wet outside and it’s turned cold.  We played cards while Larry “tried” to take a nap!  We can’t help it if our laughing and giggling was too loud.  We enjoyed chocolate bars!

Jo Nell in our guest rooms

Mary and Darlene in the other guest rooms

Momma in the guest rooms

We are having Spaghetti and Meat Sauce with garlic toast and salad (from my garden) for supper.  It was fabulous and when we were done, the girls went to cleaning the kitchen….talk about a great life…Larry cooks and the girls clean…I’m here on Seguin with my love and momma, what more could I ask for!

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father.    Matthew 5:16