A Sweet Look at Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse
This past Sunday my family and I got up early to enjoy sunrise along the Rockland Breakwater, and afterwards, decided to take a stroll down Main Street in downtown Rockland to admire the Christmas lights and decorations that adorned many of the storefronts.
As we walked up one side of Main Street and down the other peering in the festive windows of the stores and galleries, we were also treated to artistic gingerbread house creations that could be found in a number of storefronts.
The gingerbread houses, which were decked out in a holiday theme and capped with a touch of winter, were part of the first-ever Gingerbread Houses on Main Street event, which was sponsored by Rockland Main Street, Inc.
Though all the entries that my family and I viewed were very good, one particular creation caught our eye – a delicious-looking Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse gingerbread!
Not only was the lighthouse well done in an edible form of gingerbread, candies and icing, the rendition also contained the likeness of the 51-ft. WWII Liberty Launch, Rendezvous, which is a familiar sight in Rockland Harbor throughout the summer season.
As my wife Ann read the entry form that was sitting near the lighthouse, we came to learn that the gingerbread was made by Captain Brenda Walker, who is the skipper of the Rendezvous.
I chuckled after Ann read the form, for now I knew why the lighthouse and the Rendezvous looked so great! For few know the harbor and the lighthouse quite like Captain Brenda, and on top of that, she is also a long-time supporter of the efforts of the Friends of Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse to preserve the 1902 sentinel. How fitting!
I’ve seen Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse during sunrise, sunset and storm, and admired a plethora of artwork and photos depicting the beacon, but never before had I seen a gingerbread likeness of the sentinel. What a treat in more ways than one!
That lighthouse is making me hungry! Nice job, Bob, and Captain Brenda did a great job creating that edible scene.
What a neat idea. Thanks to Captain Brenda for creating it and to you, Bob, for sharing it with all of us who can’t walk by that window. Happy Holidays.
Wow, Bob, how yummy neat! I wish I could say we also did the same thing on the lighthouse, but Mom’s gingerbread was so good we all ate it up before we got artistic with it. In WW-II times, sugar was so scarce we learned to do gingerbread (a real treat) with a minimum of sugar, so much that when the war was over and things were back to normal my folks always remarked “too sweet” to stuff with the normal amount of sugar. Not me, I was 100% kid and the sweeter the better. This gingerbread lighthouse and boat and decorations is just wonderful!
Well I guess you can really eat a lighthouse! The pictures are very nice as usual! Keep up the good work!
The gingerbread lobster,lighthouse scene is the best I ever seen. Great job. Love it.
Hey, admit it Bob. This is THE lighthouse in your heart – your favorite of them all. I know that you have a great passion for all the lighthouses, and especially the ones your group cares for so lovingly, but me thinks this is your book’s #1. That’s ok. We all have one. Ha ha.