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Monthly Archives: June 2012

Fisticuffs

June 10, 2012by tompostpile 3 Comments

I’ve spent a lot of time in the sign shop, telling people “NO”. No trespassing. No littering. No smoking. No cell phones. No tennis after 6PM. No no no no […]

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Essay, Martha's Vineyard, photograph

Number Two Overtime Itza Garden Tour, Wishetwurra Farm, 5/20 to 6/8/2012

June 9, 2012by tompostpile Leave a comment

May 20th, 2012 is when we last visited the Wishetwurra Farm garden. Nineteen days have passed, and it’s time to return to the scene of the grime. We’re two weeks […]

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Essay, Gardening, Martha's Vineyard, photograph, Wishetwurra Farm

The White Peony

June 8, 2012by tompostpile 5 Comments

Please take the time you might have used to read a few hundred or a thousand words, and use it to enjoy this image.

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2012, Color, Flowers, Gardening, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, West Tisbury

Not Moving an Inch: Variations on a Theme

June 7, 2012by tompostpile 3 Comments

It’s said that if you can’t find a photo within a hundred feet of your door, you aren’t looking. As an exercise, the other day I picked up my camera […]

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Color, photograph

Hop on Pop!

June 6, 2012by tompostpile 1 Comment

Another round of poppies are popping by the doorside. Even though we were headed for the ferry, and might have to hurry to make the boat…… I could not keep […]

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Color, Essay, Gardening, Nature, photograph

The Cut

June 5, 2012by tompostpile 5 Comments

Some call it The Opening. Others call it The Cut. Along the south shore of Martha’s Vineyard are a series of Great Ponds. They were at one time the rivers […]

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Essay, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph

RELI SELFS MAR ABLE ERVICE KETINC

June 4, 2012by tompostpile 9 Comments

I consider myself fortunate to have had a sign making career. I feel particularly fortunate in that I learned the art of hand lettering, and how to make signs, before computers […]

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Art, Essay, Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, photograph

The Onset of a Triathlon

June 3, 2012by tompostpile 2 Comments

I’m pretty ignorant of the world of running and endurance athletics.  I have seen the occasional running and triathlon event on the teevee. But I don’t watch much teevee these days. […]

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Essay, photograph, Uncategorized

Wishetwurra Garden News Alert

June 2, 2012by tompostpile 4 Comments

NEWSFLASH West Tisbury, Massachusetts Due to exceptional growing conditions, heavy equipment has been called in to hill the potatoes at Wishetwurra Farm. The machines were brought to the Island on […]

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Gardening, photograph, Wishetwurra Farm

Crepuscular Manipulations

June 1, 2012by tompostpile Leave a comment

That dim light which characterizes dawn and dusk is “crepuscular” light. Those rays of light we sometimes see radiating from holes and edges of clouds are called “crepuscular rays”. Some […]

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Color, Essay, Gardening, Nature, photograph, Wishetwurra Farm, Words

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