Waves in the Sky II
We’ve had a few days of wonderfully warm weather. Yesterday temperatures approached sixty, and at sunset it was fifty-six. At dawn it was still fifty-six, when I went outside to […]
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Celeriac at Wishetwurra
In celebration of (US) Thanksgiving, we post a couple of photos of our Thanksgiving Celeriac, which weighed in at two and a half pounds. Celeriac has an ancient history, so ancient […]
The Insiders, and Flowers of November
We have some tender plants. Orchids, the brugmansias, walking iris, some cacti, a staghorn fern, pots of amaryllis and rain lilies, are put outside for the warm part of the […]
First Hard Frost at Wishetwurra Farm, Fall 2015
The first hard frost of this growing season arrived last Tuesday night. Tuesday night was the night for a Special Town Meeting, and it was cool and chilly as I […]
A Brief History of a Squash and Apple Drawing.
Since 2006, one of the pleasures and touchstones of my life has been studying natural history drawing. Once or twice a week I meet with others, from 9:30 to 11:30 […]
Other Views from a November Dawn Ferry II
The photos used in the first “November Dawn Ferry” seemed so strongly related that most of the other photos from that trip didn’t seem to belong with them. The rejected […]
A November Dawn Ferry to Martha’s Vineyard.
I went over to the “other side” yesterday evening, to join my friends in the Woods Hole Folk Orchestra to play tunes for the monthly “first Saturday” contra dance in the […]
November 2015, Wishetwurra Farm Garden Report.
Fall is here. Yesterday afternoon near sunset, the clouds patterned across the sky. Rabbit Rabbit, Rabbit! Rabbit Rabbit, Rabbit, because today is the first day of a month, the First […]
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