Lighthouses
We here at the Frugal Mariner are fans of lighthouses.
We like the warm, fuzzy comfortable feeling they give you on those dark and stormy nights with their beckoning lights revolving, cutting through the fog, reflecting off the wild waves.
We like the tradition and hope that they are never replaced by the hi-tech, invisible, heartless, essential satellite GPS.
The stories of the ancient lonely lighthouse keepers, romantic and inspiring, are kept alive by the lighthouses still in existence. Some are in use to this day, many are now in museums. Some, if not gone already, are all too quickly approaching their own demise in the face of government budget cuts or relentless seas washing their foundations from under them.
We like the warm, fuzzy comfortable feeling they give you on those dark and stormy nights with their beckoning lights revolving, cutting through the fog, reflecting off the wild waves.
We like the tradition and hope that they are never replaced by the hi-tech, invisible, heartless, essential satellite GPS.
The stories of the ancient lonely lighthouse keepers, romantic and inspiring, are kept alive by the lighthouses still in existence. Some are in use to this day, many are now in museums. Some, if not gone already, are all too quickly approaching their own demise in the face of government budget cuts or relentless seas washing their foundations from under them.
While we do not have any way of saving them ourselves, we would like to offer here a venue for their memories to be kept alive through photography, both ours and yours. We would like to highlight some of the lighthouse preservation societies and urge that at least some of the money you save by following the advice of the Frugal Mariner be contributed to your favorite lighthouse preservation organization.
Below you will see some photos we have taken, and some excellent art and photography which is for sale. If you would like to decorate your home or office walls with any of these, please click on the photos to be shown the options available.
Admiralty Head Lighthouse is located at Ft. Casey St. Park in Coupeville, Washington. This lighhouse was established in 1903 and is one of the most visited lighthouses in the Pacific Northwest because of it's striking architectural design. Here is only the stack portion of the lighthouse which is dramatic in itself. This photography can be ordered matted and framed or just the print. Photo by Mary Gaines. Click on the print to purchase one for yourself.
El Faro Lighthouse
An ominous Caribbean storm approaches the lighthouse at Rojo Cabo, Puerto Rico. Photo by Alfonso Vega. Click on the print if you would like to purchase a copy.
An ominous Caribbean storm approaches the lighthouse at Rojo Cabo, Puerto Rico. Photo by Alfonso Vega. Click on the print if you would like to purchase a copy.
Glencallum Bay Lighthouse
The unmanned lighthouse at Glencallum Bay on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. Photo by Mark Connelly. Click on photo to check out sizes, prices, frames, and mats for this photo.
The unmanned lighthouse at Glencallum Bay on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. Photo by Mark Connelly. Click on photo to check out sizes, prices, frames, and mats for this photo.
Lighthouse at Key West Florida - Photo by Larry MacDonald
Hunting Island Lighthouse near Beaufort, S.C Photography by Larry MacDonald
The staircase inside Hunting Island Lighthouse, Beaufort, S.C. Photo by Larry MacDonald
St. Augustine Lighthouse, Photo by Larry MacDonald
Interested in Lighthouses and their preservation? Check out these links:
| • | The Lighthouse Preservation Society |
| • | Lighthouse Heritage |
| • | American Lighthouse Foundation |
| • | Website with List of other Links to Lighthouses |
Thomas Point Lighthouse, near Annapolis, Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay.
Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
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