January Thaw
One week ago our nighttime low temperature approached zero. An increasingly powerful south wind has been blowing for a few days. It makes fog as the warm air passes over […]
One week ago our nighttime low temperature approached zero. An increasingly powerful south wind has been blowing for a few days. It makes fog as the warm air passes over […]
Io, Io, it’s off to work we go! Actually, it’s not “work” I was off to. Fall, winter, and spring, my wife and I attend a natural history illustration class […]
As of this writing, the number of “visits” to this little’pile has reached 12,176. Thanks to everyone who has come by, you from all parts of the planet, you from […]
Olio. Not a butter substitute, but a miscellany. A quick quintuplet of interesting images that haven’t so far found a place in any other group. As always, there’s a story […]
When you’re not driving, you have more time to notice the passing roadscape. There are some good road names along the way. It’s such a relief when subdividers leave the […]
We have been driving back and forth from Falmouth to Hyannis lately. The other day was my turn to be a passenger, so I got to take pictures. The road […]
Winter’s seesaw. Today is sunny. Midday temperatures are forecast to be in the fifties. In forty-eight hours, we expect nighttime temperatures in the single digits. In the midst of this […]
Rain. Rain last night. Rain this morning. Rain until midday. Stop for a coffee. Find yourself looking at the coffee roaster. And then at the legs that support the island […]
There is a trunk at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Services Thrift Shop on Chicken Alley in downtown Vineyard Haven. Today it serves as a display container for old picture frames. […]
Part the Second. Chilled, we left the Cedar Tree Neck beach for the less-windy woods. A sassafrass tree, bent and split by a northeast wind, has fallen over the trail. […]