Monday, June 22

Another overcast and cool day.

Not foggy, the wind has been blowing at 20 knots or better from the northeast for most of the day. I took a walk to the cove this morning. Three foot waves were breaking on the shore and the ocean was rolling. No elephants on the horizon, so it‘s not too bad further out. If you don’t understand that I will explain later on.

Because of the weather we could not do much outside, so we went to the shop and worked on the old Coast Guard bureau. It needed re-gluing and some carpentry work. Tomorrow the glue will be dry and Brenda will sand and stain. Once this piece is done we will bring it back to the house. Brenda wants to put the TV on it. Then she plans on working on some other pieces.

I cut the Styrofoam backer board for the new map that will be hung in the museum. This is a map that visitors push pins into to designate where they are from. After I pick up some glue on our day “off” I can get this done and hung.

The puzzle Brenda finished two weeks ago is still sitting here…. minus two pieces. She wrote the manufacturer and they contacted her today saying they were shipping a new puzzle. So that one will be complete. Today she started another one.

There was an old USCG clock hanging in the museum that had a sign “This USCG issue clock was found in the head keepers quarters”. It didn’t work. It showed 4:00 o’clock all the time. I looked at it and saw that the cord had been cut. So, I replaced the cord and now we have a WORKING USCG issue clock in the museum.

Ethan called this afternoon to ask how we were doing and say there is some concern about getting us off the island on Wednesday. I agreed. The seas are high and conditions unsafe and tomorrow doesn’t look any better. We agreed to keep a watch on things and make our decision later on.