Keepers Log Saturday, September 22

Hello readers!  Thanks for you interest in the blog.  In today's episode, we find Teare and Bill engaged in a typical day of lighthouse keeping.  It was a bit overcast this morning and remained so the remainder of the day.  I met a nice lady from the Napa area and a gentleman from Brazil who were up on the rock early in the morning.  I chatted too long with each as both ended up getting wet making the crossing.  Not very good sheep dog'n...  After the morning chores of sweeping, feeding the pets, and raising the flag,  it was breakfast time.  Teare made egg tacos with pepper jack cheese.

After  breakfast, Teare started cleaning the radio room and laundry room while I cleaned the exterior glass on the ground floor.  I used a ladder from the workshop and a broom to take out some well-established spider webs!  Afterward, I mowed the fenced area.  It was slightly cool which made it a great day for this kind of work.  

We had lunch and then I vacuumed while Teare washed the dishes.  Soon, it was time for our tours.  Dan Thompson, our local volunteer led tours in the tower, Bill was in the bedroom, Jill in the parlor, Teare in the gift shop and Fred organized the guests into manageable groups and directed them to the gift shop.  It was all hands on deck and all went smoothly!  We had 37 admissions and collected $204.93 in donations and sales.  

Meanwhile, back in Columbus, Ohio, our son Bill, Bill's finance Samantha Trainer, and nephew Brian Merce were participating in the Columbus Kidney Walk pictured below.  We are very proud of these three and Brian's wife, Courtney, who is not pictured to take a stand, support those with kidney disease and contribute to the fight.  These three fought like DAWGS!  That's saying something for Samantha who is a home grown Steelers fan!

       
                                                             Samantha, Bill and Brian

The tide was low from 3:00 to 8:00 PM.  We had some time after tours to get some groceries, so we hitched a ride with Fred and Jill to the Little Caesars for a pizza.  We ate the pizza on a picnic table, then walked over to Safe Way for our groceries.  As we were walking home, Teare tripped on the sidewalk and fell with one of the bags of groceries.  She had some nasty road rash, but didn't break or sprain anything.  We continued walking while Teare continued bleeding and finally made it over the 1.3 mile distance.  Then it dawned on me...this is the first day of FALL!  The basin was passable and we scooted across, grocery bags in hand.  After cleaning Teare up and putting away the groceries, we took the flag down, fed the gulls, and snapped a couple photos of the sunset. 

                                              Janice perched atop the spot light at sunset

We hope everyone is well and in good spirits.  Enjoy the rest of the weekend and we will be right back with more updates!  Good Night from Battery Point.