In the six weeks since the last post day by day there has been something to pick up, take down, hide away. And surprises.
The Celtics 18th championship trophy visited the Light on Labor Day weekend. The Sullivans and the Scotts were touring the Point after the parade and I asked them to pose as the rain kicked up. I am sorry to say that I also posed but that the picture did not come out. I was over the moon to have had the chance to hold it though. Never thought that would happen.
We took a ride to Plum Island and in our stroll listening to bands performing from their porches we came upon Plum Island Light. Rule number 3 caught my eye. I am have my doubts if that is being followed here at Scituate Light.
Our banners and signs are down and tucked away for the winter. I just had to explain the Edgerton Bell to a couple of guests because the sign is locked up in a shed. Gardens are being trimmed back little by little. The new planters have found a home in the driveway until the big tides are behind us once again.
We have had some waves and I think we were a bit lucky that the boardwalk did not get damaged in those tides. In the picture above one can see the lift between two of the pieces. That was caused by a shim being washed out in the tides. The boardwalk will probably come in on Veterans Day weekend.
Lots of folks fought their way through the water on Lighthouse Road – and lots got wet. I had to drive down Rebecca Road to get home two weeks ago; Lighthouse fills up with 12 to 15 inches of water and my car rides too low to move through that.
Sunrises have been amazing of late. Several mornings a week there is an exchange of photographs between the Lighthouse and the Bates House. I took this one before jumping into the car for work. The one below was taken from the yacht club parking lot a couple of days prior.
Sunsets have been pretty good too. In this image we have a quarter moon and Venus together. I have a star chart built into my phone that points out constellations and planets.
A spot has been chosen in the yard for a new flag pole. Then engineers who consulted on the Lantern room rebuild discussed the issue and made the judgement that placing a pole on the catwalk would not work. I walked all over the yard and imagined all the possible photography until I landed on a location. A company from Marshfield will be doing the work. I am told the pole will be 30 feet high.
With this decision I will not be putting a wreath on the Lighthouse for Christmas. I am brainstorming alternatives. I was uneasy about messing up the recent paintjob anyway and every wreath I have put up has had a metal frame that scraped the tower.
Thanks go out to the three groups that invited me to speak on the renovation: The Senior Center at Marshfield, the Linden Pond Scituation club, and the Grand Army of the Republic events coordinator. All together roughly 75 saw the slides and heard the story to date. There will be revisions to this presentation over time and it is likely a more complete talk will take shape and be shared.
On the bad news list is that the Lantern room was already hit by a drone. No damage was done other than to the drone. A gentleman knocked and asked Julie to recover it for him. She patiently did so.
I go out fairly regularly to chase off anyone who gets too close. I have no confidence at all when I hear that buzz that anything is going to go well. Drone patrol was not on any list I saw when we were appointed.
On the afternoon of the open house I heard such a buzz and went out shouting. The gentleman that day had discussed his project with Julie however and she waved me off. He later sent an archive of photographs and below is one of the best looks of the house we have ever had. Thanks to Ted Curtin for this archive. The old place was looking sharp that day.
Sincere thanks go out to Joe Sheppeck and Lee Coscia for helping out during the open house event.
I wanted to share that Bob Chessia and I were once again guests on Jeremy D’Entremont’s podcast.
You can find it at this link.
This is the second time we have visited with him and he knows his stuff. It is likely no one knows more about Lighthouses in New England than Jeremy. Check it out.
We went down to Foxboro last Sunday for the game and came away with the idea that the Krafts need our help. They have a lighthouse without a top. We know how to fix that now.
A big moon and a swirl of clouds. This is the last thing I saw before going to bed one night.
It was a scene right out of an Marvel movie.
Almost 16 full years now and still jaw dropped how cool it is to live here.
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