Fog descended again this morning and created surreal landscapes. I think I’ll stick around the homestead and finally do some fiber work.
Iron mountain
Shrouded hills
Morning mist
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The mighty Boquet
That’s BO-KET. Not sure why it’s pronounced like that. We used to joke about the power of the Boquet River which flows under our road. Until it wiped out our bridge. It had been dried up to a mere trickle again until the recent rains. Yesterday it was boiling over a dam and sending mist 20 feet into the air.
The Mighty Boquet
Today was a two rainbow day
Rainbows are magical. They occur when there’s a combination of moisture, in the form of fog or rain, and sun. They are fleeting and elusive. If you don’t look for them, you might miss them. This one was spotted when we left home this morning from our road. For a moment it touched both hills, but I am hiding that photo.
Rainbow from home
Later in the day we were driving through Vermont and caught this one, which was a full rainbow over Starbucks; again elusive.
Vermont rainbow
Muzzleloader season opens tomorrow in the Adirondacks
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
A step back in time. I wonder if the whole fleet will arrive.
Morning Fog
Something I experience often but seldom see.
Morning Fog
We are at our peak
Me and the foliage. The fall colors are at their peak. So am I, both in psyche and in weight, but today is day 2 of a very successful diet. Maybe I can create a blog about foods I didn’t eat! No more bread, cinnamon rolls or cookies for me or Tim. Tonight we had an apple for dessert. It was a luscious Macoun, regarded by many to be the most delicious eating apple and I agree. The hills don’t need to make any sacrifices for their beauty however.
Fall colors
Colorful hills
Marcy field
striped hills
Sunrise back at the cabin
We made it home but not unscathed. I was scathed. Our black cat, Loki put up a big fight because he just didn’t want to leave Seguin. While we began taking our stuff outside, I saw a black lump under one of the beds and thought, “no problem, we’ll load up and then I’ll collect him from his hiding place”. Well actually the first thought I had was, “we better box Loki before we do anything because he always gives us a hard time”. This tops them all.
He fooled me. He bunched up a t-shirt and left it under the bed to look like he was sleeping there and then hid in a crawl space behind the basement. The basement is bad enough but this place has a 2 foot high hole in the wall to get into it and then is a crawl space full of 150 years of debris. I tried luring him out with tuna, while a film crew unloaded their gear for a film they were shooting on the island. When it was time to go and we still didn’t have Loki, I had to go in. I donned foul weather gear to protect my arms and head from all the fiberglass and dove in. I had Ethan’s friend Christian, as back-up and he saw Loki dive out when I dove in and ran across to the other side of the basement and dove into the identical, gross crawl space there. In I went again, I got him out but he got away and then got trapped in a window, behind a dresser and under a couch before he was finally captured due to the heroic efforts of all.
So there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home. This morning brought a beautiful sunrise and fog is now settling in the valley. Why do we keep leaving?
Sunrise over Otis
Home team colors
Moonlight over Seguin
It’s time to leave Seguin for the season.
Moonlight over Seguin
The Monarch butterflies are taking over the island and…
Monarch butterflies
my socks are done!
Seguin socks
Final days on Seguin 2011
Our last days are full of activity. The weather is exceptionally nice and visitors arrived by ferry, lobster boat and kayaks. Lobsterman are back to their traps after several days ashore because of bad weather. And we’re closing up the house. In an effort to preserve our clothing, we were removing some things from the house, naked. We thought all visitors had left. Nope, new ones arrived. They didn’t run off so they could not have seen anything. Could they? They even offered to help.
Working harbor
Visitors heading off
Kayakers heading in
Household items heading below
Tim was in a glory because we had a scheduled burn in the cove below the tide line. He built a great little structure, burnt his New Yorkers as starter and the construction debris went up in flames and smoke. We called the fire department before we started, to prevent them from thinking the island was on fire, and left a message on their voice mail. Left a message on their voice mail?
Bonfire diminishing
Today was a good caretaking day
Miraculously, the rider mower we worked on last year unsuccessfully, runs like a charm! We’re not sure if it was used this summer but I was able to mow crop circles around the upper 40, near the keeper’s quarters and lighthouse. I love that mower and was so happy to have enjoy it running again. We had our first group of visitors since we arrived and got to show them around the lighthouse (and take pictures of my crop circles). They arrived while we were finishing up a successful repair of another lawnmower and the weather was beautiful. What more could we ask for? Plus, I finished my pair of socks tonight and will have another pair to wear before we head home.
crop circles
helipad
I couldn’t resist a different view of the lighthouse: its shadow over the cobblestone trail.
Lighthouse shadow
Caretaking heaven
Island and North Country Life 