Sunday, June 30, 2013






                                                  Seagulls not pests!  Here, they are
                                                  parents.  Protecting.
                                                  Herring, Ring-billed and Black-backed too.

                                                                                                 Mary Hillery

Friday, June 28, 2013

Fog, Thursday afternoon, is the beginning of a storm that will probably keep visitors away for a couple of days.  Forecast high seas and high winds kept two young honeymooners from staying overnight Thursday.  They did get to spend the afternoon on Captain Deberry's regular Ferry trip.  Hopefully some other time when they don't have a plane to catch.

Mary has "become one with the lens" and it is sparkling again.  Two days of hard work wiping down the prisms has paid off.  Especially at night, the lens's halo around the house is much enhanced.
                                                                
                                         Friday morning - Foghorn has been going for 36 hours.
Looking forward to visitors next week, including tram accident survivor(1949) Millie Jewett and Bill Green from Bill Green's Maine on Portland Channel 6.

Greg



Monday, June 24, 2013



June, wild iris, pink rose here.
White blossoms promise
Black raspberries later on.

Mary Hillery


               

Saturday, June 22, 2013


The weather has been sunny and mild this past week and visitors have increased. Biggest day was Friday when Captain Deberry brought about 20, mostly from The Maine Maritime Museum.  Also on the trip were Fred Kahrl from FOSILS and Tracy Ames and a helper updating the Island's eco-profile and Patti Mikkelsen from Glouster Community TV producing a video documentary. As a past light keeper, Fred was a big hit for the visitors and a great resource for us.

The Wednesday weekly work party currently working on front entry windows has been making remarkable progress.

With no TV, one of our entertainments has been setting the marine radio on scan and listening to the local fishermens' fleets from Rockland to Portland.

Our first non-relative, non-FOSILS guests stayed this week,  For their 20th wedding anniversary, Gary and Denise from Pennsylvania, who are avid travelers, visited Seguin for the first time.Mary and I know they enjoyed their stay and we enjoyed having them.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Up thirty-six spiral steps
To the lighthouse high,
The sea, land and sky so grand.


Eight little feet climbed, so strong!
Thirty-six stairs up
 Joyful, happy grandchildren,


Monday, June 17, 2013

It has been a while since our last post.  We've been preparing for and hosting our kids Alex and Julia, their spouses Sarah and Brian and grandchildren Gregory(5), Tyler (almost 5), Avery(almost 3) and Sasha(2).  We had a great sunny and warm weekend with them.  Among many pictures taken, I chose this one because everyone is in it.
Cyndy Carney took the picture and was there to help us celebrate Mary's birthday weekend and Fathers' Day.

We had cancelled the weekend party because of high seas predicted but the weather calmed down just before and we were able to enjoy a beautiful weekend.

Special thanks to Cyndy and Rick Mayo who helped on lawn and trail maintenance over the last couple of weeks.

Greg

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

                                                    Mt Washington in West sky.
                                                    There, cairns guide on high.
                                                    Here, single cairn guides to sea.




Sunday, June 9, 2013


Ellingwood Rock(looking north of Seguin)

Between downpours and high winds the last couple of days. Mary rebuilt a cairn she had built at the end of the North trail(seagulls didn't like her first one.)  I did some minimal trail work.  Brunswick friends Jack and Virginia and her cousin Mary visited Wednesday night and left before the seas got rough  on Thursday.

     No other visitors since, because of high seas.  We expect a quieter Sunday and hopefully people will want to get out again.  Bath friends Peesh and Paul are coming out Wednesday.  We enjoy sharing the unique Seguin experience with others.

     Brunswick newspaper did a front page story and picture on Seguin and us as keepers.  Haven't been able to read it yet but I do know they spelled Guckenburg wrong(in big letters).  I hope it entices more of our friends and acquaintances to come out to visit.
The cove Saturday morning.

Greg
 

Thursday, June 6, 2013

   The wind, blowing high and wild
                                                                       Never ceasing wind
                                                                      A lighthouse garden struggles.

                                                                                                     Mary Hillery

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

     Mary was off the Island for 4 days for a funeral of a relative in Washington, D.C.  She was supposed to come back Sunday but high seas and small craft advisories kept her out until today.
   
     My brother Barton and sister Gretchen braved the extra days(they couldn't get off either) and helped out in yard work and chores.  I had had the foresight to get some lobsters for dinner so they at least got one treat from a local lobsterman.
   
                                                            MITCH EXPLORING

 Sunday afternoon the power went out here for an hour.  The lighthouse went out and the backup came on at dusk.  With Ethan's help I found the reset and reenergized the main light. Whew.

     Twenty-four members of the Brunswick First Light Camera Club showed up Saturday evening.  Didn't get to eat those lobsters until 8:30.  They were such a great group with many members very interested in the history and operation of Seguin.

     Looking forward to some upcoming guests.

Greg