The Lightkeeper's Blog

To say the year has been full would be to understate the story like a mumble in a hurricane. There has been a ton going on and most of it has been told here. One of the stories followed all year long was of the deterioration of the North Jetty. A storm this past week…

Today’s project, (really the last two glorious, warm November days) was the boardwalk. It is in the yard and stacked for the winter. I rolled it up in record time even with a lot of conversation yesterday from visitors. The forearms take a beating on the two wheeler but the legs seem good. I got…

Here is the promised timelapse video of the project as it unfolded on Thursday morning. All the hard work is obvious.

This is an easy one to write. The pictures tell most of the story. On Thursday October 6, 2022 the lantern room placed at the top of Scituate Light in 1930 by the Town of Scituate in order to demonstrate the town’s commitment to the care of its public buildings was removed. Time and weather…

We begin with fireworks The dominant story of the summer is the continuing drought. The gardens struggled this summer as different phases of a water ban made it untenable to head out each day and give them the drink they needed. Its a chore I enjoy and crossing it off the daily list freed about…

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…