Wednesday, June 24
We have been here a month already! It has been a busy month. Brenda has painted two rooms and is working on a bedroom today. We have been cleaning, giving tours, organizing, mowing, weed whacking, fixing things and enjoying the island. We look forward to meeting more people and having friends and family visit. This is a truly unique experience and we invite others to share it with us.
Once again we have no sun. Fog and periods of rain throughout the day. Our friends ashore promise that the sun will shine again…. They just don’t know when.
Found the little guy shown above in the museum this morning.
If we would have gone ashore today and if the weather was better we would have gone to Boothbay Harbor for Windjammer Days:
Nathaniel Bowditch
Harvey Gamage
A CELEBRATION
OF MARITIME HISTORY AND SAILING
THE 47th ANNUAL WINDJAMMER DAYS
June 23 & 24, 2009
"...Re-live and honor the colorful days of sail, their wooden ships and iron men..."
Enjoy two days of family fun, including an antique boat parade, pancake breakfast, shipyard tours, tours of navy vessels and the Coast Guard Station, waterfront concerts, a craft fair, food, street parade, games and activities for kids, and fireworks. Don't miss the unforgettable sight of the majestic ships as they sail into Boothbay Harbor in the parade of sail.
Windjammers committed to this year's festival are
American Eagle, Heritage, Lazy Jack, Eastwind, Nathan Bowditch, Lewis R. French and Harvey Gamage thus far.
BUT, this was not to be. The weather just was not cooperating. We are supposed to go ashore tomorrow and are keeping our fingers crossed.
Below is Brenda's account of the day. I have been asking her to contribute to the blog for a while and she finall has. Hopefully she will continue and be a frequent contributor.
This is my first attempt in writing the blog. So bear with me!
Today began as it had for the past week foggy and raining, however the temperature has improved, I don’t have to wear a sweatshirt indoors. We were not able to go to shore today due to the foggy weather.
Bill took off to the shop to get the lights he removed and other trash to be sent down the tram; however he ended up staying a while due to the torrential rain that began soon after he left. I remained at the house to get things ready for our trip to shore hopefully tomorrow.
Before I continue with today’s events I have to back up just a few days. Bill has told you about the light in the bedroom that continues to go on and off, but now Bill’s phone continues to wake us up every day at 5:30 A.M. Today at 5:30 I heard banging that seemed to be coming from the door. I know the wind was strong the night before at 39 miles per hour, but that seemed to have subsided during the night. So it can’t be the wind. This noise does not seem to bother Bill he continues to sleep peacefully. Why do I only seem to be haunted by these unusual noises and happenings? Hopefully they will not continue!!
Since the rain has stopped for a while I think I’ll go down to the Fog Signal House/Shop and give the piece of furniture I’m refinishing another coat of stain. When I arrived Bill was busy at work cleaning and hanging tools so he can find them when he needs them. The Friends of Seguin will not recognize the place. I wasn’t able to stain the dresser due to the dampness so I returned to the house to paint one of the bedrooms while Bill continued to work in the Shop.
I continued to paint until Bill came up for lunch. After lunch Bill helped me move some of the furniture so I could finish painting and he proceeded down to the engine house to bring the tram down which he loaded earlier in the day. He took care of the trash and put the old lights away in the boat house until they can be carried off the island.
Bill’s timing for the return of the tram back to the top perfectly right when I had completed painting. I went out to the tram, however Bill had trouble seeing me due to the heavy fog and the sound of the engine made it hard for him to hear me on the radio, but the tram made it to the top.
After cleaning my painting gear I decided to continue putting the puzzle together I started yesterday while Bill returned to the Shop. I think he is determined to finish his cleanup efforts.
After a long and busy day we had dinner and relaxed the rest of the evening.
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