Day 26, 26 June 2015

159 Visitors

Bruno

We had a sunny start to our morning, which was nice to see for a change. Fred cleaned the lantern room windows and told me how warm it was up there. Since I had planned to be in the tower today I decided to wear a thin linen summer top and shorts. It will be a long and busy day since the sunshine will bring in lots of visitors and we will be open from 11am to 3:30 pm. I had my Coco Puffs and strawberries for breakfast and grapefruit and banana. I wouldn’t be able to eat again till about 5 pm. I had finished breakfast when I got a call from my friend Kim and she told me she was trying to get up here for a short visit. She wasn’t sure when she would get here and it might be for only one night. We hope she does make it here since she would love it. She visited us last year on Seguin and we had a real fun time. We opened a few minutes early to let some visitors in and Terrie and Leon showed up to assist us with the tours. Fred was in the gift shop, Leon on the first floor, Terrie on the 2^nd floor and I was in the tower. Fred was right about the lantern room being warm and I was glad about the choice of my clothes. The visitors started and they didn’t let up till we closed. I looked down from the tower and noticed all the people waiting and all about the island. There were lots of families with kids and they were all behaved and adorable as they came up the hatch and saw the views from the top. The adults were smitten by the views also. It was such a pretty day with the nice weather, the nicest one in a long time. It was nice to wear summer clothes and not be bundled up. It was tiring though being on our feet for that long and our feet were aching. My right foot still gets sore before the left one and I try to ice it down. We finally had something to eat at around 5 pm but as I was preparing two French bread pizzas I looked out the window and saw Fred talking to a young couple and with them was a big yellow lab dog. We know dogs are not supposed to be on the island but I just had to go out and meet him. Since our beloved Sacatar was put to sleep on January 16, we have been dogless and really miss having a dog. I went out and greeted the couple but made a beeline for the dog. What a sweetheart Bruno was and he just leaned against me as I pet him. So gentle and calm he was. The young couple was fascinated with us being keepers and we had a nice chat. Fred then offered to take them to the tower top for a look. I sat with Bruno and took some photos of him since was so handsome and well behaved.  When he heard his master’s voice from the tower he looked up and was very interested where dad was. Dad waved to him and talked to him from up there. Bruno then went around to the front and sat down intently looking for dad up in the tower. I stayed with him and then leashed him up and walked him back to the back door area and sat down on the picnic table.  Soon after, mom and dad came out the door and he was so happy to see them. Since the tide was coming in they said their goodbyes and I was sorry to see Bruno go. Turns out he is part golden lab and part bloodhound even though he looked like pure lab. He was a real nice dog and I got a good dog fix. 

Churning Ocean Blow

We finally got to eat our pizzas and since we were still hungry I made up some chocolate chip cookies, which we had fresh out of the oven. The afternoon was still sunny and warm and we headed outside. Fred relaxed at the picnic table near the boathouse, which was more out of the breeze.  I proceeded to my pedicure place where the old outhouse bases are in the rock cliffs. I polished my toenails and enjoyed the ocean views in between coats of forest green polish. How I will miss sitting in the sun and gazing out to the soothing ocean. I was just above the swirling pool in a little side canyon where the swells come up and hit with a resounding boom from the wave impacting on the rock cliffs. Sometimes it hit hard enough for the spray to really go flying high. At one point far below I saw a group of 8 seals swim by all in one close group. It was fun so see them porpoise along all in unison. The sun went behind some thin high clouds and it felt cool until the sun came back in full force. I completed my pedicure and moved down a little bit more to get some photos of the swirling pool. Near the pool was a layer of white foam that had puffs right in the center that looked like a soft mattress. Fred joined me for a bit and we watched the pool and ocean and enjoyed our serene little isle. We then went down to the isthmus to see high tide and beach comb the gravel. I did find a pretty little piece of aquamarine glass that was special.

Beautiful clouds in the Late Day Sun 

I climbed back up the hill to the house and stopped and watered some of the flowers.  There was still a few minutes before sundown and we took various pictures with the cloud scudded skies. The sunset was beautiful with the clouds lighting up as the great red orb sank into a distant fogbank. We saw it splinter apart and send soft god rays subtly from its core. A thin sliver of intense orange was all that was left of the sun as it found a slit in the fog and had one last brilliant gleam before it slipped into the sea. Our raccoon friend was nowhere to be seen and we wondered where he was, maybe he smelled Bruno and stayed away. Fred had made salad earlier and we ate that and retired to our bedroom to relax a bit. I surfed the web and worked on the blog. Fred worked on the day’s sales summary and grilled some salmon for dinner. Another beautiful tiring day was in the bag and off to sleep we went. I laid down thinking about sleeping on a puffy soft mattress of sea foam that would carry me away to other far off lighthouses where I could continue a peaceful and soothing path of contentment. 

Not Bad!