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| Maine Maritime Museum along the Kennebec River |
This morning was a bright sunny
and cool morning with a bit of wind. Ethan decided not to bring out a boatload
which was a godsend to us, so we could pack up a bunch of stuff to take off the
island and have a more relaxing time – yea right. I baked 24 red velvet
cupcakes to take to Cyndy’s. I thought the mix provided frosting like the other
one I did but it didn’t so I planned to get some on the mainland and frost them
up. We didn’t have any visitor’s before we left thankfully so we could pack a
lot of stuff up. I got a big duffel of clothes and shoes and magazines and odds
and ends. I managed to remember
to pack up some fresh lettuce and basil from my garden for Cyndy. Ethan picked us up at 3:15 pm and we met Anne and Greg and Laura, there very exuberant black lab, who were to spend the night and take care of Sacatar and the lighthouse. They were so kind to do that for us so that both of us could attend Summerfest, the major fundraiser where we were the highlight with our presentation that Fred worked so hard for. It was iffy for a while if we would get off the island – like the whole summer- HA! Fred took 2 dingy loads of our stuff to the Guppy and in between loads I helped a family off load their people who were arriving in their dinghy. Off we went to the mainland and the party. We stopped Bisson’s store to get the frosting and then onto Cyndy’s to unload our stuff and to get ready for Summerfest. I put on my knit “mermaid” dress for the occasion and Fred had a nice western snap shirt with jeans. We went to The Bath Maritime Museum that was hosting us a bit early so Fred could setup our presentation, my 2 paintings and give some inventory from the gift shop to Catherine for her to sell at the Summerfest. It was nice to get back to the mainland for a few hours and mingle at the gathering. Sue came up to me and welcomed me and bought me a drink, which was very nice. We ran around getting things setup and talked to various people and looked at the goodies for auction. We had a scrumptious dinner buffet provided by the local Bath restaurant – Byrnes Irish Pub. We chatted with visitors that had visited us at the lighthouse this summer as well as new people. We finally got to meet Millie – the wonderful lady who was thrown off the tram as a baby by her mother in 1949 when the tram malfunctioned. Her mama saved her life by those actions and she is a devoted FOSILS
member who is a delight to meet and talk to. It was nice to see Ethan and Brooke at the gig enjoying themselves. There were a bunch of auctions, silent, current and raffle all evening to raise money for our beloved island and lighthouse. I snagged a neat pink sand dollar ring and a print of Hendrick’s Lighthouse. Our duty for the evening was to do a presentation to everyone on our experiences as keepers for the summer. Fred worked very hard on a nice professional looking Powerpoint presentation with 37 slides. We both got up and stood in front of the room and we talked for about 20 minutes. The audience seemed very interested and laughed at our humorous sections. We had about 5 minutes of questions, which further indicated people were interested. So hopefully they raised a lot of income for the lighthouse to keep her shining into the future. We drove back to Cyndy’s house and started to relax after our busy day. Cyndy was coming back from working down at LL Bean. I started to frost the 24 red velvet cupcakes when she walked in the door. We had a nice relaxing evening chatting away with wine and cupcakes till we were too sleepy to continue. I fell asleep on the couch as usual and awoke to quiet silence with a few lights still on. I finally washed up and crawled into bed but couldn’t sleep well, I was away from the island and the lighthouse which I kept thinking about well into the night. It was our first night away from them since we got there on May 18 – my how the summer flew right by! We had excitedly looked forward for months to man the station ever since we got the word on January 11 (my dad’s birthday!).
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| This is Washington State's New Dungeness Lighthouse where we were keepers, Through this Group we Heard about the Seguin Lighthouse, This is a Slide from our Presentation |
to pack up some fresh lettuce and basil from my garden for Cyndy. Ethan picked us up at 3:15 pm and we met Anne and Greg and Laura, there very exuberant black lab, who were to spend the night and take care of Sacatar and the lighthouse. They were so kind to do that for us so that both of us could attend Summerfest, the major fundraiser where we were the highlight with our presentation that Fred worked so hard for. It was iffy for a while if we would get off the island – like the whole summer- HA! Fred took 2 dingy loads of our stuff to the Guppy and in between loads I helped a family off load their people who were arriving in their dinghy. Off we went to the mainland and the party. We stopped Bisson’s store to get the frosting and then onto Cyndy’s to unload our stuff and to get ready for Summerfest. I put on my knit “mermaid” dress for the occasion and Fred had a nice western snap shirt with jeans. We went to The Bath Maritime Museum that was hosting us a bit early so Fred could setup our presentation, my 2 paintings and give some inventory from the gift shop to Catherine for her to sell at the Summerfest. It was nice to get back to the mainland for a few hours and mingle at the gathering. Sue came up to me and welcomed me and bought me a drink, which was very nice. We ran around getting things setup and talked to various people and looked at the goodies for auction. We had a scrumptious dinner buffet provided by the local Bath restaurant – Byrnes Irish Pub. We chatted with visitors that had visited us at the lighthouse this summer as well as new people. We finally got to meet Millie – the wonderful lady who was thrown off the tram as a baby by her mother in 1949 when the tram malfunctioned. Her mama saved her life by those actions and she is a devoted FOSILS
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| Another Slide, What We Do All Day |
member who is a delight to meet and talk to. It was nice to see Ethan and Brooke at the gig enjoying themselves. There were a bunch of auctions, silent, current and raffle all evening to raise money for our beloved island and lighthouse. I snagged a neat pink sand dollar ring and a print of Hendrick’s Lighthouse. Our duty for the evening was to do a presentation to everyone on our experiences as keepers for the summer. Fred worked very hard on a nice professional looking Powerpoint presentation with 37 slides. We both got up and stood in front of the room and we talked for about 20 minutes. The audience seemed very interested and laughed at our humorous sections. We had about 5 minutes of questions, which further indicated people were interested. So hopefully they raised a lot of income for the lighthouse to keep her shining into the future. We drove back to Cyndy’s house and started to relax after our busy day. Cyndy was coming back from working down at LL Bean. I started to frost the 24 red velvet cupcakes when she walked in the door. We had a nice relaxing evening chatting away with wine and cupcakes till we were too sleepy to continue. I fell asleep on the couch as usual and awoke to quiet silence with a few lights still on. I finally washed up and crawled into bed but couldn’t sleep well, I was away from the island and the lighthouse which I kept thinking about well into the night. It was our first night away from them since we got there on May 18 – my how the summer flew right by! We had excitedly looked forward for months to man the station ever since we got the word on January 11 (my dad’s birthday!).
And now we are about to close our
chapter on Sequin. We do hope to return in the future for a fall week or two
and enjoy it once again and she how she is doing. She will always be in our
hearts and minds with great affection.
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