Category: The News of the Day

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • July was Full

     As July wraps up there is a great deal to report from Scituate Light.  A rainy and cold Independence Day set the flowers back while helping the new lawn in the kitchen courtyard to flourish. I cut some of the damaged flowers back and they have come roaring back. One of the goals of the…

  • A Different Summer Coming

     Lots of news from the late winter, to the spring and into what will be a different summer.  I did some work back in January on some worn floors. First step was a restorer; the next a wax. These treads needed some attention and the products have held up very well. The newer floor in…

  • Winter 2021

     A year ago I was as sick as I ever was over the course of treatment I had. Super Bowl Sunday came with me just released from a week long stay at MGH and still not perking along on all cylinders. I was sick. Friday and Saturday of this week I got out around the…