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  • Remaking the Connections

    Remaking the Connections

    The web cams are back on line. I think I backed into success this time but access to the cameras has been restored. We had a brief power outage in the middle of the process caused by March type winds but perseverance is the key to life. While I had this screen up I thought […]

    Bob Gallagher

    12 Jul 2022
    Summer 2022
  • Get things Growing

    Get things Growing

    May into June means gardens. I have written about wanting to memorialize Ruth and George Downton with a garden. That is now in place. Signage will follow that describes their contributions (only John Cushman spent more time here) with notes on the the building of Lighthouse Park and the October 1991 storm that undid so […]

    Bob Gallagher

    12 Jun 2022
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  • Working on things

    Working on things

    Odds and ends are on the list for this vacation week. The first step to restoring the Light to full health was taken this week when the townspeople of Scituate voted at Town Meeting to support a Community Preservation Project advanced by the Trustees to rebuild the Lantern Room. I have written before of the […]

    Bob Gallagher

    19 Apr 2022
    April 2022
  • Another Anniversary

    Another Anniversary

    Sixty six years ago Scituate found itself with a crisis on Cedar Point. A huge ship had grounded and would bring scores of stories to every neighborhood. Traffic. Oil. An angry cook. A worried captain. Generosity. Selling gallons of coffee and potato chips from a school bus. Dynamite and sea anchors. All of these references […]

    Bob Gallagher

    16 Mar 2022
    March 2022
  • 277

    277

    Today marks my 13th complete year as the Lightkeeper. The 277 refers to the number of posts in this blog to date. There should probably be more of them but for different times I got waylaid by work, or by sensing that I was repeating myself, or by being laid up with my bout of […]

    Bob Gallagher

    14 Feb 2022
    February 2022
  • A Bright Day After

    A Bright Day After

    Early start today as power was restored in the wee hours and we moved quickly off the generator and back onto the grid. This was not a difficult storm. The biggest challenge was the temperature (it is still only 14 degrees) but there were no frozen pipes, no loss of hot water, and no issues […]

    Bob Gallagher

    30 Jan 2022
    January 2022, Storm
  • 2022 has its own Blizzard

    2022 has its own Blizzard

    Early in January we often see skies like the one above. You get up a little early and pull over in the Yacht Club parking lot and wonder if you could possibly count the colors. This is not today’s sky however. We are at the end of January and that is blizzard weather. A historic […]

    Bob Gallagher

    29 Jan 2022
    January 2022
  • Keeping up with the Chores

    Keeping up with the Chores

    The end of November and the beginning of December bring a list of chores to the Light. There is winterizing to do with windows to dog down and furniture to put out of harm’s way. There is a wreath to hang for the holidays and when the wind blows other jobs come along with the […]

    Bob Gallagher

    18 Dec 2021
    December 2021
  • Veterans Day

    Veterans Day

    Many veterans are remembered today and our regards include our active duty son-in law Ian. Ebenezer Osborne lived in Scituate Light in the 1940’s. The Cottage and Tower were in tough shape and his reporting led to a good deal of work being done to improve the Light. The 1840 census tells us that he […]

    Bob Gallagher

    11 Nov 2021
    November 2021
  • Making the Turn to the Fall

    Making the Turn to the Fall

    The storm windows are down and the first oil delivery of the season came today. I am picking up a week’s worth of news and a few images. On Wednesday, with a good amount of warning, a storm bringing extreme winds came in and pushed the Cottage around for about 10 hours. School was called […]

    Bob Gallagher

    2 Nov 2021
    November 2021
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