This is the time of year to buy calendars, and this one caught my eye for my husband's room. It is a 12 month 2009 calendar, with beautiful pictures of lighthouses. I gave this to him for one of his birthday presents, and we had a terrific time going through it, and looking at each picture. Our favorite picture was of a lighthouse that was on some rocks, with a house attached. A couple...

No one will ever accuse me of being coordinated.  With the disease of MS plaguing my body, this is an even bigger problem.  I am always banging into things even while in my wheelchair.  I am uncoordinated in the day light, but in the dark it is even worse.  You can just picture the sight of a woman in her wheelchair banging around in the dark.  This would not be a prett...

This was my second trip to the lighthouse in the Sea Pines Plantation of Hilton Head Island, SC.  It costs $5 just to enter the plantation.  I always thought it was worth it because you could go see the lighthouse and shop at some unique shops right by the lighthouse.  There are restaurants right there as well.I was disappointed that it cost $2.50 to go to the top of the lig...

Purchased as a gift for my friend who likes Partylite and Lighthouses, and Candles  This piece is retired and hard to find, at a good price of $14.99, i couldn't resist it. Measuring 7Hx10Wx5D, and made of ceramic, and weighing almost three pounds it is quite heavy.  The details of seagulls on the roof, empty barrels stacked outside, and lobster traps ,make for a desireable piece....

A number of years ago one of my best friends was moving to another state to start a new job and to be near her family after her husband passed away.  As I was helping her to pack her belongings she offered me this beautiful outdoor lighthouse she had just purchased for her husband the year before he died.We argued back and forth about her needing to keep it but she said it would cause her ...

When I bought my house I knew one of the first things I needed to get was insurance. I hate insurance, I hate dealing with it and paying for it, but I also know that it is one of those unfortunate necessities we must have in life. So off I went searching the internet and getting quotes. I had just about settled on one (can't remember which one) when a friend told me to call Lighthouse Insur...

Take a good, close look at the picture. Go ahead. Look familiar? If it does, it's probably because that's a picture of Portland Head Light, Maine's oldest lighthouse, located in Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.I have lived my whole life in Maine, right on the coast. I have also been visiting Fort Williams my whole life. I have so many memories from spending tim...

It's hard to know where to begin when trying to describe all that encompasses the 48 acre Grand Haven State Park and its surrounding area.  Located on Lake Michigan on the west side of the state and only a 35 minute drive away, I have been coming here for more than 40 years, summer and winter.  While standing at the shoreline, the beautiful sandy beach and shoreline stretches as f...

Ludington State Park on Lake Michigan is a popular park with great scenery, multiple camp loops, hiking and ski trails, summer programs, a visitor’s center, and beaches on the big lake and an inland lake.This is one of the most popular state parks in the entire state of Michigan.  If you want to reserve a campsite you must plan far in advance and call the Reserve America number to be...

I must have been dozing when we where being taught about the history of Cabrillo or Juan Rodriguez in school. Hahahaha. Just kidding. My family and I were treated by our relatives for an educational and sight-seeing trip to Cabrillo National Monument Park in San Diego, CA when we visited two weeks ago.The park is overlooking the great view of San Diego bay over at Coronado and the ocean. It was...