Your Friendly Neighborhood Pharologist
All things lighthouse-related, with the occasional detour into maritime history, heritage preservation, and related fields, by an indifferent photographer, incorrigible bibliophile, and unlicensed pharologist. Remember -- typo's mean its real!
- #LighthouseArt of the Day Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch, 1860-1931), Study sheet with a boat and a #lighthouse, n.d., black #chalk on paper. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, rijksmuseum.nl 🧵 1/2 #art #artsky
- Willem Bastiaan Tholen "was a Dutch painter, draftsman and printmaker with some connections to members of the Hague School and later associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement." 🧵 2/2
- The 1876 Tawas Point #Lighthouse on the #Michigan coast of #LakeHuron is seeking volunteer keepers for two week periods during the 2026 #LighthouseSeason, from May 5 to October 20. #GreatLakes 🧵 1/2
- Those interested can apply via the link 👇 🧵 2/2
- Mark your calendars! With renovations to the 1927 Manistee North Pierhead #Lighthouse in #Michigan proceeding on schedule, the tower is set to be open to the public for the first time ever on May 25, 2026. #GreatLakes #LakeMichigan
- "Beneath the Light,” a supernatural thriller set at the 1917 Lorain #Lighthouse off the #Ohio shore of #LakeErie, is now available for free to #AmazonPrime members. As of Friday, January 29, "the movie was No. 4 in all horror films and No. 8 in drama, with a viewership rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars."
- The 1821 Burnt Island #Lighthouse on #BoothbayHarbor, #Maine, is seeking couples to serve as keepers for the 2026 #LighthouseSeason. Applicants are should send a letter of interest to burnt.island.dmr@maine.gov.
- Photographer Jack Callahan's breathtaking drone photo of the 1910 Split Rock #Lighthouse in #Minnesota has been selected as a finalist in the Destination #Duluth #photography contest. #GreatLakes #LakeSuperior #DronePhotography
- A local group in #Nishinomiya, #Japan, is hoping to open the 1810 Imazu #Lighthouse to the public. A wooden lighthouse built in the style of Japanese tall lanterns (tōrō, 灯籠), it was built by a local brewery to serve ships carrying barrels of #sake to Edo (modern-day Tōkyō). #灯台 #日本 #西宮市 #酒
- With the syndicate overseeing the Cordouan #Lighthouse in the #Gironde estuary, #France, facing a budget deficit of €200-300k (US$237-356k), there are concerns that the lighthouse will soon lose its keepers. #phare
- Many residents of and visitors to #CanboSanLucas in #BajaCalifornia, #Mexico, are said to have seen a ghostly figure walking by the town's 1905 Old #Lighthouse on foggy nights. Some say it is the ghost of a keeper swept away in a storm, others, a sailor lost at sea. #faro #haunting
- The San Juan de Salvamento #Lighthouse on the island of Los Estados in #Argentina has celebrated its 107th anniversary. 🥂🎂🎉 Due to its remote location, it is often referred to as "the Lighthouse at the End of the World" ("El #Faro del Fin del Mundo").
