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  • Fiddling with the look

    Fiddling with the look

    I bring the loyal reader more changes which I hope will bring more eyes to this project. The statistics shared out by WordPress tell me that people check in, especially for the cameras, and I hope to have an improvement on that front this weekend. Finding the right balance between layout and prose is always…

  • Wind and Weeds

    Wind and Weeds

    While something about this title might remind you of an Eagles’ album from the 70’s, it just sums up the last couple of months here at Scituate Light. It is instead a long overdue blog post. It has been ultra windy and with a run of rainy Saturdays the weeds are ahead of my pulling…

  • Review and Preview

    Review and Preview

    Some catching up to do after a long stretch of long days. There will not be a wreath on the Tower at Christmas going forward. The rail on the catwalk is not of the same strength of the one it replaced. I also do not want to scrape up the paint job which always happened…

  • Cool Skies and Cleaning Up

    Cool Skies and Cleaning Up

    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…

  • Improvements

    Improvements

    A few improvements have been made to the cameras. You will want to check them out. There is now a stream from inside the Lantern room, a stream that zooms in and out to Minot Light, a stream inside the Tower, and a look at the harbor from the second landing. The Army of Two…

  • Bookends plus 1

    Bookends plus 1

    Julie got this one early on Monday morning. It seems the Light is doing what we want it to do. I got this one at the end of the day as the supermoon made its appearance. Lots of guests doing this very thing that night but I had the advantage of the tower. Your plus…