Wednesday July 22, 2015

I have no idea what the temp and winds were today…I didn’t look…but it was a beautiful day to go ashore.

Day 69

Called mom to see how their travels home went ….apparently the weather was bad in Boston and their plane sat on the runway for over 2 hours and then they kept them in NY overnight…so it took over 14 hours to get from NY to DFW…I knew they should have stayed!!

Ethan brought a large group to work on the island.  A group of five from the Maine Island Trails Association, worked all day cutting down shrubs, trees and weed under and around the tram.  It is so important to keep the grass and leaves, etc… from covering the ends of the wood so it doesn’t get wet and rot. 

 

Maine Island Trails Association and my WW headed to out to work on Seguin

We had three of our wonderful WW come out and work all day…Cyndy said that the gift shop did fabulous!!  Lots of visitors and sales!

Cyndy and Ethan bright and early this morning!

I had also told Ken that our radio, in the house, wasn’t working this morning.  He and Cyndy checked it and…they couldn't fix it.  They looked in to sending it off to get it fixed vs a new one.  They will let us know later.

Pepper, Ethan's first mate

For our day ashore…we enjoyed our usual breakfast place….Southgate Café!  Contacted Catherine in the office and we didn’t need to come in today.  So….today I’m taking Larry to Freeport to the famous L. L. Bean stores.  He had never been and he really enjoyed shopping…but what’s odd is he didn’t buy anything for himself…I however came home with three sacks….no they were not full…they each had “one” item in each bag. 

Trip back to Brunswick….well, we got lost…I know, how can you get lost, but we did…ended up in a town called Topsham…apparently it is between hwy 295 and 1.  We then thought we could get on 295 and be ok…nope, it was taking further away.  We finally made it to the store, but we found a Target and a Best Buy in Topsham…Yeah! Got our supplies loaded onto Ethan’s boat and we were going to have a group of photographers come out and take photos and spend the night.  This is pretty neat, can’t wait to see what they do.  They brought an old uniform, hat and all and wanted to see if Larry would model it for a photo, but it’s too small.  They were suppose to take photos of some other lighthouses last night but it was too foggy.  Its bright and clear right now, so they should get some nice ones. 

 

Larry taking work supplies to the island

Workers...all volunteers...THANK YOU!!

As we arrived in the cove, we had two sail boats and another boat, apparently they were leaving and waved as they were headed out.  Several trips to get all their special camera equipment and our stuff, plus all of us. 

Wow!! this was taken in our cove

Later a couple from one of the sail boats came up around 6:30…they have never been to Seguin before.  They said they have been sailing the coast for a while and started in Boston.

Ethans takes off with my tired WW and then we see them coming back…our guest had forgotten the uniform…all is well, Brook paddled it out and they headed to shore.

I’ve got to get busy and get my presentation for the SummerFest presentation on Friday.  I know what I want to do, I just have to find all my photo’s.  I’m going to do a power point presentation.  I also get to meet my island sister…Beverly and her husband, Bo.  They were keepers in 2012 and just in case you forgot, or missed a blog, she was a baby here on Seguin with her parents in 1960.  They had already left the island when we arrived.  I hope to also meet Millie, my other island sister…she was here before us with her parents…three little girls who called Seguin their home.

Got ashore and the photography group helped us get everything up the hill.  Cold stuff put away, fresh pitcher of ice tea ready for Larry and our guest if they come over. 

Larry has taken them for a general tour of their quarters, how the potty works, etc...

Now we are taking a break.  Blog time!

Got our groceries, packed the car

Tuesday July 21, 2015

59 degrees w/13 mph winds

Day 68

Fog is thick…can barely see the tram.

 

Momma and the girls being helped down by Larry, leaving,  notice the fog

We were up early and the girls are getting packed and ready to catch our boat ride back to Fort Popham. 

We are going to stop at Mae’s Café in Bath and eat, then we will shoot to Portland to the Bus terminal.  They have a full day of traveling….I’ve tried to get them to stay, they think about it and think they have to go home.  Momma thinks Larry would get tired of her!

Bus terminal in Portland and they are loaded and headed home.  My eyes were a little wet…going to miss my momma and I will also miss my other ladies!

We had several guest today from Ethan's group and a few individual boat groups.

Monday July 20, 2015

59 degrees w/9 mph winds

Day 67

Momma and Mary were up having coffee and cinnamon rolls…I asked Mary if she wanted another cup of coffee…she said, “No…I’m going to wait for my Blueberry Pancakes”.

Last night the girls stayed up later to be able to view the light at its best.  It was impressive and they enjoyed it.  We couldn’t stay out very long because it had started sprinkling and thundering, some lightening.   Not sure what it did during the night…we slept well. 

 

We call these Dusty Millers

Ferns

Its thick fog this morning…can barely see the Bo’s bird house, and we can barely hear the fog horn.  The sun is bright through the fog, enough you would have to have your sunglasses on.

This looks like a wheat stalk, but it has this purple little flowers on it

By 9 am the sun had burnt the fog off, but the fog horn is still sounding….so not only is it NOT sounding at full capacity, it now can’t READ if there is fog or not…CG needs to check it out and get it fixed. 

We call these Prim Roses

My island needs to be in total working order to protect those on the sea.

Mary wanted Blueberry Pancakes, so that’s what Larry fixed.  She is ready to hit the North Trail, the other ladies are grumbling a little. Not that they don’t want to go, it’s just that Mary is an outdoor girl and she’s going to keep going even if she is 87 and can’t see!  Go Mary!!

Mary...in the front...ready to go to the beach!

Tide was down and the fog was lifting, so we headed to the cove to look for seaglass.  Momma told of when she would fish down there and always caught something.  She told of the giant starfish that she caught once. 

My momma, Judy, Mary and Darlene

She said they would have never thought of looking for glass from the sea. 

Jo Nell, Bandit, Mary, Momma and Darlene up on the Boat House deck

She thought she remembered a sidewalk type area around the outside of the boat house…but wasn’t sure.

We finally got Darlene down to the waters edge....looking for sea glass

Ethan brought a group of visitors and one group had their dog…she was a sweetie.  As I write this I’m a little tiffed at myself for not having a photo of them.  Another boat load of people came up…everyone seemed to enjoy the tours.  The fog has come back in and you can hardly see the tram from the front porch.

Mary can’t be still…so we are headed to walk the North Trail….she is wearing us out.  Well….we went down the North Trail and we found blueberries and raspberries, Mary and I sampled them and they were good.  It was a great trip, we had fun, but boy am I tired. 

Raspberries 

We sat and ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich when we got to the end.

My very first blueberries!!

We didn’t see any baby sea gulls on this trail today.  We sat and drank sweet Texas tea on the porch.  I was so tired I had to lay down for about an hour. 

So foggy...looking at the Lighthouse from the North Trail

Woke and the house was quiet…oh no, what could they be up to? 

Jo Nell and Mary headed back to the house

It had finally gotten dry enough outside that Larry was mowing.

 This week has gone by way to fast, not looking forward to taking them back to the main land.  But they have their families back home that are wanting them back.  Momma said they have to go back...Mary’s killing them with these trails and exploring.  Don’t know what my mommas excuse is…she could stay!  Tomorrow we have to be up bright and early to head to Portland so the girls can catch their bus to Boston Airport.  It is a full day of traveling to get back to Texas. 

Mary leading the way back

Mary "waiting" for the girls...I'm telling you...we can't keep up with her!

Another couple came up with their puppy to tour the island.  

Guess the fog stopped a lot of folks from coming out today.  I have never seen it come and go as much as it did today.

We had Chicken and Shrimp Quesadillas for dinner.  As we sat around the table we continued to laugh and have a great time.  Mary likes doing the dishes…it helps her hands to be in the hot water. 

As we take down the flag, momma asked if we had to log the time we put it up and took it down….nope…but they did back in the day of the CG! 

We went out to see the last sunset for them on Seguin…but the clouds didn’t let us see much…took our final group photo. 

Hate to see them go...Love ya'll...Darlene, Jo Nell, Mary and my wonderful Momma, Judy who was an original Seguin Lighthouse Keeper in 1960 and 1961

They are in there playing cards while I’m sending this blog out…I really wish they could stay!