Happy Birthday, Mr. Quilter Cook! AM- Day 7

Happy Birthday, Mr. Quilter Cook! 

AM-Day 7

September 20,2019

This morning Mr. Quilter Cook is off on his first bike ride of the trip! He's restless waiting for the sun to come up over the horizon so he can take off. We are on eastern time zone here so the sun takes it's lazy time to get things moving for the morning shift. He plans to ride a couple hours, but be back by 9am-because as you know...we have light keeper duties around here before we open. 

On my facebook page, The Quilter Cook Friends and Family Page, I have posted pictures of the many many gardens I tend to each morning. I suspect that the previous Keepers didn't do this, as my first go around to dehead petunias and etc. was very extensive. But, now I have them all under control and thankfully it rained last night so I do not have to do the water bucket brigade today. For this, I am very thankful. * If you are not a member of my page above, just type it into the bar on facebook to join. I don't add everyone to my personal facebook page under my full name unless I do indeed know you by name. But on the Quilter Cook Page, we're all friends.

 I don't think I told you too much yet about our Keeper Quarters. Imagine an Air B&B or a cabin you might rent for a week at a modest resort and that would be it. I think I posted some pics, but I will check. In the meantime, let me share a little about our sleeping quarters. 

In the bedroom of the Keeper Quarters we have two twin beds which I am sure is to make sure it works for everyone who comes to stay. Well, I have to say they are very nice and comfy but I am telling you someone must have bought them from Abe Lincoln Overstock.com. Mr. Quilter Cook and I are both around 5'8 and standing next to them, the top of the mattress goes up to my waist! It's crazy trying to get into bed. I have to do kind of a sideways lop and grab the edge of the mattress on the opposite side and roll up onto it. It's pretty hilarious! We have had quite a few laughs over this. Now, we are of average height. How in the world someone of smaller stature would get in and out is beyond us! Maybe there is a little set of mini steps somewhere? We have no idea. 

They do offer a sleep bed option which doubles as the sofa. Yeah...I wouldn't recommend that at all. It's not even level or comfy to sit on. I wouldn't want to endure the back pain from it the next day!

Still fighting the Michigan fruit flies (aka GNATS) today. For the first time, they greeted us in our bathroom instead of the kitchen. Hmm. We suspect they are just coming through the screens. They are so tiny it would not be hard for them at all. I ended up putting my coffee beans in the freezer because they were sitting all over my tightly sealed bag yesterday just waiting for their chance to indulge. I am guessing I have ingested more of these critters than I care to know about by this time. 

Mr. Quilter Cook found a live fly (a real black kind) under a leaf of his lettuce in his salad at lunch yesterday just hanging out. Gross. 

As I may have mentioned before...I'm not a camper or a glamper. This is roughing it for me. 

I'm a quilter, baker, writer gal. That's it. Plus, I wasn't made for hard labor. That's for sure.

Ok, time to get moving for Day 4 of our adventure at the lighthouse! 

The Quilter Cook