I absolutely love lighthouses and even though this lighthouse doesn't necessarily look like the long towering lighthouses, I do love the whole idea of being a lighthouse keeper. Maybe I'm romanticizing it a little but I think it would be kinda cool.
This lighthouse was built and 1854 and had eleven different keepers. The lighthouse functioned from 1855 until 1891. Unfortunately the location had a serious flaw...........fog and low clouds obscured the light.
My theologian husband loves lighthouses because he says they are excellent sermon illustrations. Here is a quote we found inside the museum of the lighthouse:
"I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve. They weren't built for any other purpose....."
George Bernard Shaw
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Beautiful photos, Natalie! And I love George Bernard Shaw's quote. I want to be a lighthouse!
Mrs. Beaver
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