Monday, August 12

Beautiful day. Post office (my 6th Etsy sale), Dollar Tree, St. Vincent (found fabric), and the library to donate more books. They have a sign up that they are not taking any more books--only magazines and audio books--but Cary talked them into it! We also drove out by the lighthouse to check the water; the tide was in as expected. Since we were so close and we never had stopped, we decided to investigate the S.S. Emidio Historical Landmark.

Military history records show that the 6, 912-ton tanker was the first casualty attributed to the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine activity on the California coast. It was attacked on December 20, 1941. 

Saturday night we watched a video called The Lightkeepers with Richard Dreyfuss. It was set in a lighthouse in Cape Cod and actually had some faithful representations of a lighthouse and keeper's duties. The banjo clock shown here doesn't look exactly like the one at Battery Point, but I am sure this is the real thing. It also showed a 4 order lens and the lightkeeper lighting it. Interestingly enough, it is not a Cape Cod style--the house is separate from the tower.