Tyler and Avery Tiedge

Finally found out what those arches in the base of the Lighthouse are for - GRANDCHILDREN!  (Actually I have been told they are there for the extra strength they provide the structure).

Heavy rains on Sunday kept a lot of people away from Seguin but Ethan's Ferry still brought a dozen Mainers. A hardy bunch.

Annual Friends of Seguin Summerfest was July 26 at the Maine Maritime Museum and included presentations by us.  Also a great dinner from Byrnes and music by "Married With Chitlins".  We almost didn't make it because of high seas but Ethan took us off the Island Thursday night.

Greg Guckenburg and Mary Hillery

The Lighthouse Dog quietly
climbs the spiral stairs.
Not for views; waiting for me.


Mary Hillery

                                           Trader Joe's gets us through the cold foggy days

Saturday high seas brought only 3 boats, each of which had some seasick sailors.  Tuesday socked in with fog and rain, we spent some time removing basement security screens for the Wednesday Warriors, cutting sumac for better views.  Mary has been exploring extending the North Trail and marking with cairns.

Our  daughter Julia and family will try to get here this weekend.  Last weekend our son Alex and family couldn't travel because of high seas. Looking forward to seeing some grandchildren again.

Guests are eating red raspberries before the birds get them.  Have only found one blueberry bush - not enough for Mary's famous Blueberry Cake. 

We had a lot of people pumped up to watch Bill Green's Maine on July 20th.  It didn't happen.  Hopefully, the segment he did on Millie Jewett(1949 Tram "Baby") and Seguin will be rescheduled.  If I get notice of the scheduling I'll put it in a blog.

Greg Guckenburg

                                                     

                                                      The human hand has touched here,
                                                      The Cobblestone Beach.
                                                      Stones from now and long ago
                                                                         Mary Hillery

     I personally slept through the 7500 lightening strikes Maine and New Hampshire got Wednesday night but Mary got to watch the show.  One sailboat came into the cove during the storm and the sailors were okay but scared.

     Ex-Coast Guardsman Don, who served on Seguin in 1971, visited the next day with his grandchildren and told us some stories of life here.  They included how water was pumped up from ships to fill the basement cisterns, not using the well and how they always walked(or rode) the tram because there was no path to the top when he was here.

    

The tram cable broke on Tuesday.  Luckily no safety issues because the tram was at the bottom and the cable broke underneath between beams it was riding on.  A group from FOSILS is looking at possible repair choices.

Greg Guckenburg

 
                                                    Seguin night is never dark.
                                                    Lens safely guides sea.
                                                    Soft halo surrounds the house.

                                                                                                 Mary Hillery

Greg and Elizabeth Hillery Tuesday evening

     Big break in the weather -Summer is back.  After 7 cloudy, rainy and foggy days the sun came out today.  Nice to get out on the trails without getting soaked.

 

     Our niece Elizabeth helped out for several days.  We'll miss her.

 

     A group from our town of Arrowsic including Sukey and Roger Heard and their family, Elizabeth Rollins and Marnie Kalkstein from the Arrowsic Wednesday Walkers on Bald Head Road and several others came out on Friday.  The summery day also brought out several other local boats from Freeport to Boothbay with small groups.

Hiking on the South trail Friday

 

Reminder:  Bill Green Show on Channel 6, Saturday, July 20 at 7pm will have a feature on Seguin.

Greg Guckenburg

 

     

                                                Pink and blue in Western sky.
                                                Seguin Island glows
                                                Summer evening's special calm.

                                                                               Mary Hillery

    

Mitch hears another group coming up the Lighthouse Trail

    
     Over 100 visitors for the four day holiday weekend.  Lots of private boats and a full cove several times.  Brisk sales at the gift shop. 
     We had several friends visit, including Paul McClanahan and Peesh Rewak, Sam and John Armentrout, both from Bath and Mary's brother Frank and wife Ellen and niece Elizabeth.  Elizabeth, 14 and entering high school in the Fall is staying several days to get a view of island life.
     We had fireworks displays all four nights.  The new law has apparently opened up many more small private celebrations.
     After a week of rain, we had a beautiful and hot weekend.  Time to catch up on mowing and weedwacking again now that grass is dry.  Oops, spoke too soon - starting to rain right now(Monday morning).

Greg Guckenburg

July 4

Many lighthouse families
before us shared joys
of summer on July fourth.

Mary Hillery

July 2

Extreme Athletes Daniel Benson and David Grody

     Bloody and bruised but with no apparent broken bones or life threatening injuries, these two guys from the Augusta area decided to drop in on us Sunday.  They had been training for the Blackburn Challenge, rowing a racing bank dory from Fort Popham past Pond Island to Popham Beach.  Heavy fog settled in and disoriented them and they were swept out to sea with 10 foot seas and strong currents.

     As they were being pushed Southward, they managed to row toward Seguin's rocky western shore. After crashing and totally destroying the dory, they were able to climb up through the poison ivy and thorny brush to the Lighthouse where I discovered them knocking on our kitchen door.

     After resting, rehydrating and getting a small snack, we got them a ride back to the mainland with SeaTow.

     If they can replace their boat, they still hope to race in the Cape Ann 20 mile event on July 20.

(left to right) Amber Jensen, Millie Jewett, Frank Smith, Mary Hillery and Norman Jewett

 

     Millie Jewett, 1949 tram accident survivor stayed overnight with friends and family Monday.  A retired Bath Iron Works designer and member of FOSIL,  Millie livened up the house on a particularly foggy and rainy evening.

 

     Bill Green came over with Millie's group to film a segment for his TV show "The Bill Green Show.  It features Millie and is scheduled to be shown on July 20 at 7pm on Channel 6, NBC. 

 

Greg Guckenburg

July2, 2013