Rutherford Island, South Bristol, Maine: Glass Insulators & Other Fun Stuff

I have always been attracted to glass insulators and have always had a few lying about the house from my purchases through out the years. I never really knew much about them, I just liked them. This fall, my nephew, Jeff, introduced me to one of his purple insulators and I have been hooked on collecting insulators ever since! I now belong to the National Insulator Association and am on ICON, Insulator Collectors On the Net. I know, my geakiness is showing! Here is my first purple insulator that I purchased in an antique store on our way to Augusta, Maine. I now have about 100 insulators!

This fall trip was not a trip for getting projects done as Bob had surgery for a knee replacement and I was lucky just to get him on the plane. We went to enjoy being in Maine with no agenda, maybe for the first time! We did a few trips. One to see the State Capitol in Augusta and another to visit a fort near the house that we had never been to. It did snow one evening and we turned off all the lights inside with only the porch lights on, and just watched silently and peacefully.