Lighthouse Living on the New England Coast
It was a gorgeous day to see the Naumkeag, fully loaded with volunteers and supplies, land on the beach this morning. It has been a long time since I saw this many familiar faces and a few new ones on a Wednesday morning. Hotrod Bill and Dr. Bob were not part of last year’s line …
Continue reading "Volunteer Wednesday are Back – June 16, 2021"
On Friday morning, we were still putting the finishing touches on the yard and campground so when the Naumkeag arrived at noon, the guests would have the perfect setting for their weekend stay with us. The only thing I needed to add to the Assistant Keeper’s House was a plate of freshly baked cookies for …
Brian and I were able to take a day to have friends come out and visit, and we just relaxed with their company. Even though the mainland was enduring a heat wave, the island was still about 10 degrees cooler, and, at times, we needed to put a fleece on because of the afternoon sea …
Continue reading "The First Volunteer Wednesday of 2021 – June 9, 2021"
It was such a change in weather from last weekend when the nor’easter hit and we never saw temps above 60 degrees. This weekend we started a potential heat wave. The best part of staying on the island is it tends to be about 10 degrees cooler than the mainland, and, in the afternoon, there …
Continue reading "Hot Weekend with our 1st Guests – June 4-6, 2021"
Today was a long one for Brian and me, it started out at 5am writing yesterday’s blog and researching more information on a future project and finished with the evening run of the Naumkeag. But the 2 highlights of the day were the hatching of many seagull babies (always my favorite) and the completion of …
It has finally dried out enough since the weekend's storm to get the grass cut. This is an all-day affair for the two of us. Since we got here, we have done the basic lawn maintenance, but today was the all-out, make it look perfect for the guest’s kind of grass cutting. Brian and I …
We have been on the island for the past 2 weeks, with weather that was near perfect. Bright sunshine and warm days that allowed us to work in t-shirts and shorts for the most part and have only turned the heat on in the house once or twice to take the chill off. Going into …
Continue reading "Memorial Day Weekend and the Nor’easter – May 28-31, 2021"
June 9th will be our first group of volunteers out to the island to help us with projects and then our first guests arrive on June 12th. It seems like a lot of time, but it will go by very quickly. During the next 2 weeks, Brian and I will get some major projects either …
The last 2 days have been working on setting up a solar grid system in the campground to make a refrigerator, a light and charging station available to the visiting campers. The best part of this project is that almost all of it is repurposing old equipment to improve the camper’s experience while on island! …
Continue reading "Energizing the Campground – May 25-26, 2021"
We have been slowly finishing some small projects over the past few days, nothing exciting but all needed to get completed. Compared to past summers, there are no major new projects planned, just a lot of little things we need to work on. This summer will be more maintenance than creation! Over the weekend, the …
