Sunday
August 7, 2016
The seas were smoother this morning than yesterday although there were still some good sized swells early. When we raised the flag, it was sunny and warm with very light winds from the south. Patty made fruit with yogurt and granola for breakfast including blackberries and raspberries she picked on Seguin.
Mid to late morning, our first visitors arrived and we stayed busy though mid-afternoon. We had a group of four first followed by a couple, one of whom (the wife) went to Brevard College in our hometown of Brevard! I was busy in the Whistle House with a couple of things when the first visitors arrived and didn’t get a chance to talk with her but she and Patty were so surprised of the Brevard connection.
Ethan’s ferry group arrived late morning as usual for a Sunday and his group made their way up intermixed with other groups that arrived in their own boats. Actually one group arrived without a dinghy and at least some of them swam in from their mooring – I hope they had a close one. Another threesome was a grandson with his grandparents who we talked to after their tour and received suggestions on places to visit in Canada, time permitting, when our tenure on Seguin ends. Specifically, he suggested visiting Loiusborg (similar vibe to Williamsburg where I grew up) and Parrsboro which he says has the only dinosaur fossils in this part of the continent. Both sounded worth Googling when we have the chance.
Early afternoon, three women visitors from Bath told me they had planned to go to the beach at Popham but couldn’t find a place to park at the State Park so they came here. I replied something like “oh, nice, we’re glad you decided to visit Seguin then…” They said they didn’t come with Ethan’s group and we later wondered, how did they get here? Maybe they went back to Bath and got their boat and came down the Kennebec and over to Seguin? I’m curious and should have asked.
We took a break for lunch and had tuna fish on a garden fresh lettuce salad along with warmed bread and cheese.
In the afternoon, a group of five visited, all locals except for one guy who told me he is an electrician. After they toured the museum and tower, I asked the electrician guy if he’d be interested in checking out our electrical issue between the Whistle House and bottom of the hill but he took a pass. We also had another larger group of ten that
was made up of repeat visitors from earlier this year (and prior years) from close by Kennebec Point. They had some out of town visitors with them from DC and Colorado in addition. The local guy, whose boat they came over on, had a drone and zipped it around the grounds taking pictures and even had Patty and I go up on the catwalk for him to get a close-up with the lens in the background. We’ll share the picture once he emails it to us. He also recommended a restaurant in Five Islands (Ethan also suggested we go there) which we plan to check-out the next Wednesday we have a little extra time off-island.
The last of our afternoon visitors were four, including a couple who are neighbors of the group of ten we had immediately before them. This couple brought along a father and son from Italy to see Seguin. The son didn’t speak English but was very interested in everything and his father’s excellent English allowed him to get a translation of things in the museum and on the tower tour.
Around five, I weed whacked and edged everything around the top of the hill while Patty did some work around the house. Afterwards, Patty cooked the rest of the shrimp we had from our visit to Plant’s Seafood last Wednesday. She made pasta shells and added the shrimp with roasted garlic, olive oil, and a side of chard from the garden.
Just as we sat down for dinner, the wind suddenly picked up with gusts over 25mph and an average speed of 15+. The winds had been pretty calm most of the day and the change was sudden, coinciding with some dark clouds coming from the west and moving over Seguin.
We thought it might rain a little bit, something that has scarcely happened all summer but the clouds and wind never amounted to anything. It all blew past and we ended up with a nice sunset but no rain. For the sake of the well, we’d really like some rain but we really have no reason to complain about the mostly spectacular weather
we’ve had. From all we’ve heard, it has been an exceptionally sunny, fog-free, rain-free, and nice summer as far as weather is concerned.
After dark, with the museum and lighthouse tower closed up for the night, we were sitting in the living room reading and heard some people outside. I peeked out to be sure I heard voices and caught them going past the house towards the back. The sky still had remnants of sunset a couple of hours past but it was otherwise dark out. They never knocked on the door and except for hearing voices a couple of times, we weren’t sure quite where they went. We guess they were looking at the lens or the remnants of the sunset and left them to do their own thing and us to do ours.
Visitors – 52
Favorite Moment(s) – Meeting woman that attended Brevard College
Sunrise – 5:25am
Sunset – 7:46pm
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