The Lightkeeper's Blog

Work began again last Monday and continued through Friday. Grout is being injected into the top of the Tower to harden and secure the top against weather. An architect told Julie the tower would be significantly stronger and would not need another look for 100 years. The current date for completion of the work is Memorial Day. I am a bit skeptical as wind can interfere with any painting effort and wind can stick around a while.

A date for the official relighting has been set. National Lighthouse Day is Wednesday August 7th and an extravaganza is being planned. My hope is that I can see to the gardens and some other odds and ends to spruce the place up. I ordered a new flag for the tower and am eager to see Old Glory back up on the Light.

The boardwalk will remain in the yard until mid June. Work needs to be done to the beach and that work can’t be done until all the work on the tower is complete. I am hoping that the weekend of the Juneteenth holiday will be the opportunity to get the panels back into place.

The Scituate Historical Society will hold its first open house of the year Sunday May 19th. Check their website – http://www.scituatehistoricalsociety.org for news on which sites will be open. You can find that link in the blog menu as well.

Weeding continues around the grounds and the neighborhood will come together on Saturday May 25th for mulching and planting. I received the form from the Beautification Committee this week that allows us to purchase plants from our friends at R&C farms and will be walking around this week and next to see what holes there are to fill in. The daisies and the rosebushes do most of the work complemented by sedum and catmint. A butterfly bush and some sea grass with hydrangeas in the cottage gardens pick up any slack.

We are going off the Point for our one picture post. Over the April school break we traveled to Washington DC to see the good old kid. While there we visited Arlington National Cemetery.

As we walked I saw this monument to fourteen unknown soldiers and sailors from the War of 1812. There were real losses in that war. We celebrate our small part in it here with the retelling of the Army of Two story. Seeing this tombstone raised the stakes for Rebecca and Abigail. They would not have been treated well if found out by the enemy. I think that gets forgotten in the children’s tales and the recreations.