Wood Island Lighthouse by olivetreeann

Wood Island Lighthouse

A new lighthouse beauty Joan introduced me to. This one has quite the history. It's first construction was so shoddy water leaked in at every window and the floor was always muddy. The lighthouse keepers constantly had to deal with quirky neighbors and one even had to tend to a man who'd been fatally shot by an unstable man whose initial target was the lighthouse keeper himself! But my favorite story involved a keeper who owned a dog named Sailor. Sailor was trained to ring the lighthouse bell when he heard a boat sound it's horn so that they could pass safely through the area. Sailor and his owner were so deeply attached they died one week apart from each other (Sailor was first and then the keeper.) I thought this quote went nicely with this storied lighthouse.


I am playing the catch-up game again after visiting Joan for a few days so you know the drill- you don't need to comment on all of them- just a few. Thanks for your patience with me!
Wonderful
September 25th, 2025  
Nice combination and interesting stories
September 26th, 2025  
Fascinating story about this lighthouse! And, yes...very fitting quote!
September 26th, 2025  
Great narrative and a lovely image and quote !
September 26th, 2025  
Interesting story and lovely image!
September 26th, 2025  
Great image, narrative
September 26th, 2025  
Nice quote
September 26th, 2025  
What a fabulous image and quote, love your narrative too! Hope you are feeling better Ann :-)
September 26th, 2025  
Gorgeous and a heartfelt story about Sailor and his human.
September 26th, 2025  
Interesting narrative, nice shot and quote..
September 26th, 2025  
This is awesome! Love the stories about this lighthouse - every building has a history and it is so good to hear about them.
Thank you for entering the quote challenge once again
And thank you for setting up the quote challenge vote. It is perfect!!
No need to tally the votes - I will do that when I do the weekly SH*T list.
September 26th, 2025  
A FAV, BTW.
Love the painterly effect you gave it.
September 26th, 2025  
Super image!
September 26th, 2025  
Lovely edit.
September 27th, 2025  
@farmreporter Thanks Wendy! And thanks for the fav!

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Thank you Joan, Katy, Barb, Beryl, Kathy, Gloria, Harry, Diana, Joy, Brian, Wendy, Carole, and Hannah! Thanks for your views, comments and favs!
September 28th, 2025  
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