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| Lighthouse in Distance from Southern Trail |
Beautiful morning today just like yesterday minus the early
visitor but we did get a call from Anne that they were in the cove ready to
come up to do work on the kitchen fascia board. We had sent them an email
asking when that would get fixed since it was basically open to the elements
from the kitchen. We had definite breezes and bugs coming in, more than usual.
I had gotten up and raised the flag and started a cup of Chai tea, which was
put on hold when I decided on a quick shower and a spruce up of the paying
guests quarters since guests were to arrive on the ferry. I made up the full
size bed in spite of my sore finger from the yank it got yesterday and swept
out the rooms and emptied a bit of trash in the bathroom. Made sure it looked nice
and was all ready. We had a few earlier visitors trickle in and Anne and work
crew immediately got to serious work. Anne brought us some homemade blueberry
coffee cake for breakfast, which was yummy. I started the blog on the porch
with my nuked hot Chai tea but put it way for visitors. The ferry showed up
with it’s full load and off we went with tours and gift shop sales. Our
overnight guests also appeared and introduced themselves – a very nice young
family with adorable son and daughter. They saw how busy we were with the all
the visitors and we promised them we would get their things up to the house on
the tram in a very short time. We did just that to the delight of them and
other visitors who got to see the tram in action. At one point I walked around to the gift shop side entrance and
a family was having lunch on the landing and offered me half of a Subway
sandwich. The lady insisted she was not going to eat it and pleaded for me to
accept. So I did and it was delicious since I was so hungry after my small
breakfast. They told me to grab a bag of chips and gave me a bottle of water.
Fred showed up and noticed me stuffing my face when someone else offered him
half a sandwich also and goodies. How nice of this family to offer some of
their lunch, maybe we looked gaunt and starving – HA! We even had cookies for
dessert.
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| Another Great Sunset |
It was quite busy everyone had to leave on the ferry at 1:30
pm. I went down to see the rest of them off and take a break from the carnage
at the house. As we hiked back up to the house our overnight guests were coming
down to take a swim in the cove and relax at the low tide beach. A British
couple from London had just arrived in their dinghy from their boat and we
walked up with them and gave them a tour. They were planning on staying the
night in the cove and they enjoyed hiking on every trail on the island. Around
4pm Anne and company left to go home and I came down with our guests to
retrieve the lobsters with Fred that were waiting in the cove in the keeper
box. Fred rowed out to the buoy where we plucked them from their plastic box of
a prison and put them in a bucket. We also brought the good sized keeper box
back in the dinghy to let it dry out from all the algae growing on it. We made
it back to shore with our guests watching and as I was trying to step out of
the back of the dinghy my foot caught on the edge and I just couldn’t get it
off in time and I went down on the right knee into the little waves and gravel.
It was like slow motion and nothing I could do to get out of the situation. So
I got soaked from the waste down and gave quite a show to our guests. At least
the lobsters were safe and didn’t get away. Fred and our father of the guest
family got the dinghy back in place and I looked for sea glass in the little
surf with mom and the kids. We found a few pieces and I gathered some seaweed
for the lobsters and the father kindly carried it up for me to the house. Fred
stayed down at the cove and stayed to mow the lower areas. I changed into my
bamboo dress and out of my wet clothes – hanging them on the clothesline. I
then gave our guests their long awaited tour of the lighthouse, which I could
give them undivided attention. After the tour I gave Sac a little walk and gave
her some treats. It was still nice and sunny and warm and I decided to sit out
at the tram bench and work on the blog. I was there enjoying the views and
writing with my cocktail for awhile. Fred returned from mowing and went to take
a shower. Shortly after he left I noticed a group of people coming up from the
trail and went over to greet them at about 7:15 pm. It was a gentleman I had
seen last week with family members and this time he had 7 kids and young people
with him. He apologized for coming so late but I told him it was not a problem.
Some of the kids wanted a tour so I gave them all a nice tour and they went
into the gift shop and they got 7 T-shirts!
So that was worthwhile indeed. Fred fed Sac and I continued to work on the
blog. We eventually found time for our lobster dinner. Fred made a nice salad
which we ate while we steamed the lobsters. This time we microwaved the 2 ears
of corn for 4 minutes in their greenery and they came out perfect. It was quite
late and after a few rows of knitting time for bed. Dreams of
wrasseling lobsters with delicious results.
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