Author: Bob Gallagher
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Snapshots
October is the best month here. Far more quiet and every bit as pretty. Here are a few snapshots from the month. We also had a cousin drop by; always a welcome event. She brought a very enthusiastic guest from Colorado and, though it was quick, it was great. We also got this shot below. […]
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Wrapping up the Season
The last open house of the year was held last Sunday. The Tower was made available for guests and many, many young children made their way up the thirty two steps. There were the usual conversations and revelations on just how long someone had lived in town without ever visiting the Light on an Open […]
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A New Feature
Among the morning chores was a trip to the top of the Light to vacuum. That happens every 6 to 8 weeks and with an open house coming up it was time. It was also a need generated by the shoring up process. While up there I took some pictures of the late fall surf […]
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Keeping up
John Coscia has been by on consecutives weekends to do some siding. This is the wall outside the kitchen and bathroom. This is the side the takes the most weather and it needed tightening up. We look forward to winter mornings without a breeze after a shower. The Tower has been shored up for the […]
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Just another Night in Paradise
I have been wondering if I am turning into a vampire. I never much liked garlic; I never much minded blood; I am not allowed to sleep at night. At 11:00 last night 4 or 5 cars in the parking lot emptied to a good deal of shouting. As the parking lot was just graded […]
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An Anniversary
These are the remarks I was honored to offer to the Marshfield High School community in September 2011. I shared many of these same ideas with my students in the past two days. Now they are here. Today I hope to reflect on the events of ten years ago and to try to fit them […]
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Getting off the Ground
I am sharing a Mat Brown original of Scituate Light in 1811 to get this new phase of blogging off to a proper start. Just as the cottage and Light evolved over time so has this project to capture life at the end of Cedar Point. This evolution has a great deal of potential – […]
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Because I am Still Grateful
Work will continue on the Lantern Room project today. A vendor will take a look this morning. I spent a good part of the day yesterday trying to figure out ways to relight some of the web cams. The funds that were donated to buy those cameras came in large part from the Stahr family […]
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Four Looks Back Online (and One Improved)
Four of the cameras have been pulled out of their brief hibernation. I have brought the Seawall camera and the South Jetty camera back on line with some razzle dazzle with the wiring. I have just finished figuring out how to bring back a shot of the harbor and the camera inside the light. It […]
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Getting Ready with A Step Back
The cameras that were based in the lantern room have gone into hibernation in order that the Trustees can evaluate the room in order to restore it to full health. The only source of power in the Tower is in the Lantern room. I had tried to bring in a source lower down but that […]
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