This morning started out cold (54 degrees) and misty with the hopes of rain. Pickles and I decided to skip the morning walk to the beach and stayed cuddled up in the living room in front of the heater, enjoying a second cup of coffee. With this type of weather, it is hard to get motivated to tackle a project especially an outdoor project like painting the sun parlor.
Once Brian woke up, it was decided to work on the windows. He spent a good amount of time on YouTube learning how to glaze windows. What did any of us do before Google and YouTube? There were 2 window stations set up, one outside for scraping and sanding, then another one on the porch for him to glaze the window. As I was scraping, the old glaze crumbled out-of-place. We have 10 windows to do and because of space issues, we can 2 a day. This may take a while, but it will be done before the end of the month. Once I got my part done for the windows, Brian started his expert glazing and I continued painting more of the exterior. We worked until noon, when it really was just too wet to keep working.
After lunch, there was a group from Essex Heritage and the National Park Service arriving on island. The goal was to get the gift shop set up and show off the island a little to the NPS group. When the group arrived on the beach it was still wet and grey, welcome to island life! Heather gave a historical tour to the group as Brian transported the gift shop products and some building supplies up in the ATV/Cart, this really does make the walk to the house much easier. As we arrived at the tower, Heather, Charles and Anya from Essex Heritage broke off to set up the gift shop and I took the NPS group out on the trails to show them baby seagulls and to give a little more history of the island that I know. It was fun having fresh eyes to see the beauty Baker’s Island has to offer.

The group from NPS listening to the history of the Oil House from Heather, part of the Essex Heritage organization
Once we got back to the compound, I offered a snack to the group. I love to bake and when we have visitors, they usually get baked goods. Today everyone tried the Oatmeal Fudge Bars, a new recipe for me and it was met with great reviews. I have included the recipe in the blog for anyone who wants to try it. The Oatmeal Fudge Bars are very rich and have zero calories!
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