Ailsa's Big Monhegan Adventure!

     Back from Monhegan last Saturday and it's been a Pingree sprint since...  Our island group was terrific, made so by both the seniors who composed it and Alex Tinari and first-ever alumna intern Meaghan Souza.  For the first time in the roughly fifteen years Ailsa and I have been running these courses, we incorporated a service element, this year helping Monhegan Museum curators Jen Pye and Emily Grey prepare for the late-June opening of the museum.  Photos below of our gang pitching in.  After we'd cleaned, transported, cleared, etc., Emily and Jen brought us up the newly de-leaded lighthouse and into the museum's art vault -- fabulously fun island haunts!

Ailsa and Alex de-mildew the gallery doors.

Meaghan and Shelby DiFiore clean out the fish house.

Keith Morency hauls exhibit materials.

Charlie Parker delivers pizza...  (??!!)

Amanda Monteforte clears the cemetery trail.

The view from the lighthouse!

And, at the end of the day, the group enjoys a well-earned meal.

     This weekend (June 8-10) at Pingree is filled with the rituals of year's end.  Awards Ceremony tonight, Baccalaureate Saturday, and Commencement Sunday.  Ailsa's speaking at Baccalaureate and is sure to bring the extraordinary perspective of her nearly half-century's work at school.  Please join us if you're nearby.

     I'll post a summer work schedule here on the blog as soon as I get my act together (and cross-reference the Esty family calendar.)  I'm hoping to establish a weekly evening or two, starting the last week in June, during which any and all can come to our work site for a few hours and keep Ailsa's house project moving.  Lots have expressed interest, so it should be lively!  Keep checking here for more info.