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Monthly Archives: February 2013

Black and White in the Washover

February 28, 2013by tompostpile 1 Comment

I went Up-Island a few days ago. The big snow and windstorm of a few weeks ago knocked down a lot of trees, and this thrifty, wood-burning “Nor’Englander” hates to […]

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Essay, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph

The Old Chimney is Plural, Actually

February 27, 2013by tompostpile 1 Comment

Once again, the camera helps the eye. Heading out of Woods Hole early the other morning, I spent the first ten minutes of the trip out on deck, enjoying the […]

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Architecture, Essay, Ferry, Nature, photograph, Woods Hole

The Funs of Grandsons

February 24, 2013by tompostpile 2 Comments

There are a half dozen new boys in my family. They are my grandsons, plus a grand-nephew, and are the sons of three daughters, a stepdaughter, and a niece. At […]

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Essay, photograph

An Io Reincarnation

February 20, 2013by tompostpile 7 Comments

Remember the post about the female Io moth that came into the greenhouse early last summer? You read about her in a previous post: https://thetompostpile.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/io-you/ You were promised a report on […]

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Art, Drawing, Essay, Nature

Feed Me

February 19, 2013by tompostpile 1 Comment

Some of the locals have been having a hard time getting enough food this winter. You can get water easily enough, a few hundred feet downhill, at the brook, but […]

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Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph

Harbinger

February 16, 2013by tompostpile Leave a comment

Yesterday was a fine, fair February day. To our surprise, in the mid afternoon, we found a blooming crocus. Phenologically speaking, this is a wicked early crocus. What a treat […]

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Gardening, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph

The Broccoli Diver and the Wishetwurra Farm Garden: Midwinter.

February 6, 2013by tompostpile 5 Comments

What’s happening at the Wishetwurra Farm Garden? Stirrings, both of soil and of life. Our day length has passed ten hours. Each day is about two minutes longer than the […]

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

Good Morning! Or, What Can You See Around Dawn, In Eleven minutes and Eight Seconds?

February 4, 2013by tompostpile Leave a comment

Coming to consciousness in the half-light of dawn. I get up to try to catch the sunrise  colors. This morning Miss Eos is not at her most spectacular. Spectacular is […]

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Drawing, Essay, Gardening, Nature, photograph, What can you see in???, Wishetwurra Farm

Rhythms.

February 2, 2013by tompostpile 1 Comment

Rhythms are many places. Your body is an assembly awash with rhythms. Some of the faster body rhythms include heartbeats and eye blinks. Breath rhythms are a little longer. Cycles […]

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Art, Color, Essay, Music, photograph

What Noise Annoys an Oyster? Part Two (Learning to Draw.)

February 1, 2013by tompostpile 3 Comments

I lied. It’s not five or six years that I’ve been taking those drawing lessons. Please accept my apology. At the end of the first “What Noise Annoys an Oyster” […]

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Art, Drawing, Essay, Nature

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