Ok - an update finally. I went to the Vineyard this weekend - or the "island" as they call it. Two of our parishioners have a cottage on Martha's Vineyard and they invited me to come visit them. I went Friday morning and came back Saturday night. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!! I had a great time. I would not have been able to go if I could not stay with them. Very pricey! But it was great. The Moseley's were so generous and kind with the visit. There are five lighthouses on the island and they took me to see four of them. The fifth one is a separate island and you need another ferry to get there.
Anyway, we circled the island so I could see the lighthouses. Martha's Vineyard is 23 miles long - from their longest points. There are five "towns". They live in Oak Bluffs. Many "famous" people have homes here. I saw the pathway that leads to Diane Sawyer's home, Tom Brokaw's brother's home, the land once owned by Jimmy Cagney, the place where Bill and Hillary ate dinner several times, Emily Post's home, and others. I saw the boat that was used in the movie Jaws. It is washed up on one of the inlets. There is picture below with water, a bush, and a faint look of a boat on the right side of the picture - the boat, right over the bush in the right corner. The picture of the home that I stayed is on here too. Picture all these cottages that are painted BRIGHT colors - hot pink, bright green, purple, red and white, etc... The Moseley house was MILD compared to the others.

On Saturday, I went walking with George, who is a retired Baptist Minister. Maybe when I can retire, I can live there!! haha - NOT. Don't have that much money. They bought their house 45 years ago. :-) We walked for a while and walked along the ocean wall. He knows everyone. Could not have asked for a more beautiful weekend, with the sun shining and a breeze blowing off the water. I wanted to go on a boat and fly but we couldn't. I still got to fly by visiting the lighthouses. We saw a funky outdoor art gallery - funky in the sense there were naked statues of cartoon like women dancing. It was pretty cool actually. Well, it was. At least a good conversation starter.

The local church, called the Tabernacle is on here too. It is an outdoor church that seats 600 people.

It was a nice mini vacation/respite. I will post pictures in the Martha's Vineyard post below. My on-line photo album is not on line anymore and I have to find a new photo site that you can access easily. I do have snapfish.com but you have to have a password and account. If you don't mind the account, all the pictures are there.

NOTE: if you look closely at the Gay Head Lighthouse - the red brick - you will see the beacon is lit. How cool is that? Think about why lighthouses mean so much to me, look at this one, and then you can figure out why I can sit and watch one all day.