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Monthly Archives: July 2013

WHOI Wall

July 31, 2013by tompostpile 2 Comments

I had a half-mile walk across Woods Hole the other day, from a friend’s house to the ferry. The walk was slow, and was mainly devoted to looking at stone […]

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Color, Essay, Ferry, Nature, photograph, Woods Hole

Fine Ferry Feet

July 29, 2013by tompostpile Leave a comment

Sometimes summer on Martha’s Vineyard is an overwhelming time. Too much of everything. Too much of everything means not everything gets done, too. That’s my excuse for no tompostpile posts […]

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Art, Color, Essay, Ferry, Martha's Vineyard, photograph, Travel, Words

July views of the Nonamessett House

July 21, 2013by tompostpile Leave a comment

Each month of the year, the Nonamessett house has a different feel, a different personality. To see this house from the ferry you have to be ready. There’s only a […]

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Architecture, Essay, Ferry, Nature, Nonamesset house, photograph, Travel, Woods Hole

Insomnipix. Fifteen Secondses. Part the Second.

July 19, 2013by tompostpile Leave a comment

In the predawn dark I found the camera, set the exposure to fifteen seconds, and started taking pictures. The only available light came from a nightlight and from lights on […]

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Insomnipix. Fifteensecondses. Album One.

July 18, 2013by tompostpile Leave a comment

Not exactly insomnia, it wasn’t. But the eyes came open in the predawn hours, and would not. shut again. Might as well use the facilities and get something to drink […]

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Art, Color, Essay, Light Painting, photograph, Words

Mill Hill to Tuna Tower and Back (Menemsha).

July 17, 2013by tompostpile 2 Comments

We took a ritual trip to the West this afternoon. Not to California or any such place, but to Menemsha,  which guidebooks and the like are fond of characterizing as […]

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Essay, Martha's Vineyard, Menemsha, Nature, photograph

Wishetwurra Farm Garden Report, July 2013

July 15, 2013by tompostpile 8 Comments

Behind. I’m behind. In the humidity of coastal New England, temperatures in the 80’s that would not faze a person elsewhere can make an Islander swoon. If we don’t swoon […]

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

The Old Grill at the Prunederosa

July 11, 2013by tompostpile 1 Comment

Through the digital miracle of stored “yes and no”, we return to California. We return to our first stop, an Edenic Ranchette in Prunedale. It’s so Edenic that hawks come […]

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Art, California, Color, Essay, photograph, Travel

The Wishetwurra Farm Garden in July. Churning Away!

July 10, 2013by tompostpile 2 Comments

Now that the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye, the Iowa Girl wants to come get her portrait taken. She’ll look amazing in the maize patch. Right now, […]

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Gardening, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, West Tisbury, Wishetwurra Farm, Words

Bridges. (Not Lloyd)

July 9, 2013by tompostpile Leave a comment

Bridges. So many bridges. Some bridges are iconic, totemic even. Think of San Francisco, and its miles of spans.   Some bridges are major engineering marvels. Bridges.   Links.   […]

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Architecture, California, photograph, Travel

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