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| Philip Chatting with Dale in the P.O. |
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| A Typical Bedroom |
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| Kitchen in the Roy Robinson House |
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| A View from the Life Saving Station |
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| Henry Pigott's Living Room |
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| Ranger Dave in Henry's Kitchen (notice the low ceiling) |
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| Exterior of Henry's House |
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| The Methodist Church |
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| A View Across the Marsh |
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| The Road to the Village |
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| The Marsh after a Rain |
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| Ready to Depart |
Our latest Ocracoke Newsletter is the story of Project Nutmeg, and how Ocracoke almost became a site for testing nuclear weapons. You can read it here: http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/news042112.htm.
As always, nice photos Jim!
ReplyDeleteso neat!!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the photos. How was the turnout? I was wondering if your ancestry has a connection to Portsmouth.
ReplyDeleteThere were between 350 and 400 people at Homecoming. My connection with Portsmouth is that my grandfather, Homer Howard, was stationed at the Life Saving Station/Coast Guard Station from 1913-1917. My father remembered living there (near the schoolhouse) and playing with Cecil Gilgo, when he was a small child.
ReplyDeleteIt seems somehow...good for the soul...to see photos from Portsmouth taken on a gray misty day, with water beading on the window panes.
ReplyDeleteMy tendency is to romanticize how life must have been, living there day-to-day. But these shots--suggesting simplicity, wind-swept solitude, and proximity/exposure to natural forces like tidal waters and ocean storms--hint at more than just barefoot days filled with island adventures
Did your dad have any recollections of his days spent living there, Philip?
And what about that turnout? 350-400 seems HUGE. Is that typical, compared with homecomings in years past?
As always, thanks for sharing.
Appreciate your reply--so glad you had a nice time.
ReplyDeleteAnon 11:37 -- My dad was just six years old when his family moved back home to Ocracoke. The only memories he ever shared about Portsmouth were playing with Cecil Gilgo, and living near the schoolhouse. In later years he couldn't even remember exactly where their house was.
ReplyDeleteThe turnout for this year's Homecoming was, I think, slightly less than in some recent years. I heard that 25-50 people declined to make the trip because of the weather forecast. But, as you say, it was good to be on the island on a day that reminded us that life on such an isolated spit of sand could be challenging, as well as bucolic.