‘Sanibel Island Lighthouse’

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for October 2, 2023 The “big ones” that hit near Southwest Florida were Donna 1960, Charley 2004, Wilma 2005, Irma 2017, and Ian 2022, not even counting the hurricanes that happened before they started giving them names, which puts in doubt the “every ten years” myth. Created in a metal factoryContinue reading “‘Sanibel Island Lighthouse’”

‘Collecting Your Passions’

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Mornings for September 4, 2023 What is your collecting passions? We all know someone who loves collecting, something. Whether it’s pottery, books (me), stamps, coins or even comic books. I have always loved anything to do with photography, new images or old vintage images, which lead me to having a lookContinue reading “‘Collecting Your Passions’”

‘Lighthouses of the North Atlantic Coast’

Linda’s Monthly Monday Mornings Moaning’s for July 3, 20023 The postcards have been secured, the research and writing has been finished, the editing has been done and on Monday July 24, 2023, the latest Arcadia Publishing, Postcard History Series Book, the ‘Lighthouses of the North Atlantic Coast’ will see the light of day. This willContinue reading “‘Lighthouses of the North Atlantic Coast’”

Chatham Twin Lighthouse, Massachusetts

Linda’s Monthly Monday Mornings Moaning’s for May 1, 20023 In 1808 two octagonal wooden towers, forty-feet tall and seventy-feet apart were erected, along with a one-story, three room keepers house. These 40 foot brick twin lights, pictured below, were built and established in 1841 to replaced the two wood towers used from 1808. The lanternContinue reading “Chatham Twin Lighthouse, Massachusetts”

Au Sable Point Lighthouse Lake Superior

Linda’s Monthly Monday Mornings Moaning’s for April 3, 20023 Two of the early lighthouses established on Lake Superior were at Whitefish Point in 1849 and on the northern end of Grand Island in 1856. In 1867, the Lighthouse Board felt that the eighty miles between these two early lights remained unmarked and requested $40,000 forContinue reading “Au Sable Point Lighthouse Lake Superior”