Batten down the hatches!!! Irene is on her way and we have been getting ready. Yesterday we had the 2nd floor and cupola windows boarded up. Of course timing is everything…because we have been planning a bridal party for 25 women with the mother of the bride and several of her friends…and Irene decides to join the party. As you will see in some pictures below they are boarding up the windows while we are setting up the veranda for the bridal shower!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boarding up for Hurricane Irene
A picture below of the finished product with The Captain’s Manor Inn all boarded up. Who knew staying at our bed & breakfast could be such an adventure
Captain's Manor Inn hurricane ready
Kevin also thought he might like to park his truck in the garage and my car under the veranda……..as you can see the car idea was not going to work but a valiant effort.
The Captain’s Manor Inn is very proud to announce that we have joined the Clean the World Organization.
Clean the World implements its mission through collecting, sorting and sanitizing discarded soap, shampoo, conditioner and lotion products donated from participating hospitality partners sanitizing and recycling these product donations and delivering them to domestic homeless shelters and impoverished countries suffering from high death rates
Since its inception in February of 2009, Clean the World has put over 6 million soap bars and 200,000 pounds of shampoo and conditioner back into human use, simultaneously eliminating nearly 340 tons of waste. They are proud to share that over 95% of our cash donations and program fees go directly into program operations.
With Spring in the air are you looking for something fun and different to do? We invite you to come and relax at our Falmouth, Ma bed and breakfast Patriot’s Day weekend (April 15-17) and enjoy all there is to offer.
The special event we recommend on the 16 and 17th is the 8th biennial Model Boat Show just down the street in Woods Hole. The show runs from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturday and 9 am to 3 pm on Sunday. There will be over 150 model boats on display including a special tug boat exhibit. There will also be radio-controlled model boat races on Eel Pond. The model boats will be on display in five buildings on Water Street and the Woods Hole Public Library will exhibit hand-crafted boats, including a live demonstration of the restoration of an antique model boat.
The Boat Show will also feature a researcher from WHOI’s Deep Submergences Lab and a speaker from the Compass Project GPS Tracked Mini Sailboat Oceangoing Race and Expedition.
Tickets: $12
Contact: The Woods Hole Historical Museum
We invite you to enjoy wonderful talent showcased by the Falmouth Theatre Guild in Falmouth, Ma. during a stay at our Cape Cod bed and breakfast. The first show of the season is the wonderful Sound of Music featuring the well known music of Roger Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. (also this weekend are the daffodil festivals Spohr Gardens, Falmouth and Nantucket island)
Opening Friday April 29th and running weekends through Sunday May 15th.
The theatre is currently undergoing renovations for the box office and restrooms. While on a walk the other day I took a few pictures of the work underway.
Come stay at our Cape Cod bed and breakfast over the April 29, 2001 to May 1, 2011 weekend and enjoy a stroll to nearby Spohr Garden in Falmouth, Ma where over 34 species of daffodils will be in full bloom. You might also enjoy a day trip to the island of Nantucket for their famous festival. Enjoy our simply elegant accomodations while getting your first feel of spring in Cape Cod.
Starting in early April until mid May there are millions of daffodils of every color, size and shape that bloom on Nantucket. One of the many events taking place over the weekend is the 37th Annual Daffodil Flower Show. The show is free to all and is held at the Coffin School on 4 Winter Street. Saturday from 2-5 PM and Sunday from 10AM-4:30 PM. The show features entries in horticulture, arrangement & photography.
We are very happy to have begun the renovations to the Lawrence bathroom. The Lawrence room is so beautiful with 14 foot tall ceilings and lovely furnishings that it was crying out for that new bathroom and we just could not get to it before we opened for our first season last May. So we are busy working on it now. Or I should say Kevin is working and I am consulting
Some pictures of the work in process, mainly the demolition are below:
The Lawrence bathroom before.
The kitchen wall to demo into the Lawrence bathroom
The kitchen cabinets are off the wall now
The wall demo between the kitchen and Lawrence bathroom
We are having a wonderful time meeting our guests who are traveling from various states in the U.S. as well as from around the world to join us at the Inn in Cape Cod. Since opening in May our international guests have been from Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Norway and the U.K. One uncanny visit was from 2 couples visiting from Melbourne and Sydney Australia. It just so happened that our daughter was getting ready to travel to Australia for a college tri-mester abroad and she was able to visit with our guests and gain wonderful information on her upcoming trip. The uncanny part was she was only home for that one night before heading out and our guests just happened to be in Falmouth prior to going to Martha’s Vineyard and they found our Inn for their one night stay as they were driving through town. We are so lucky!! I have attached some pictures from our new Australia friends who were kind enough to send them when they arrived home.
Come stay at our cape cod bed & breakfast and among other activities, take a short stroll around the corner and enjoy the newest exhibit “Greasy Luck: tales of Falmouth’s Whaling Industry” at Falmouth Museums on the Green. This exhibit brings to life the stories of Falmouth’s 19th century whalemen, their families, and the shoreside whaling industries. The term “greasy luck” was the whaleman’s farewell along the Southeastern New England coast, referring to their quest for whale oil. The exhibit is opens to the public starting on Tuesday June1st. Hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm and Saturdays 10 am to 1 pm through October 9th.
