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Monthly Archives: November 2015

Waves in the Sky II

November 28, 2015by tompostpile Leave a comment

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 […]

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2015, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, West Tisbury

Celeriac at Wishetwurra

November 26, 2015by tompostpile 2 Comments

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 […]

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2015, Essay, Gardening, Martha's Vineyard, photograph, West Tisbury, Wishetwurra Farm

The Insiders, and Flowers of November

November 23, 2015by tompostpile 3 Comments

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 […]

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2015, Flowers, Gardening, Nature, photograph, Wishetwurra Farm

First Hard Frost at Wishetwurra Farm, Fall 2015

November 22, 2015by tompostpile 1 Comment

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 […]

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2015, Essay, Gardening, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, West Tisbury, Wishetwurra Farm

A Brief History of a Squash and Apple Drawing.

November 10, 2015by tompostpile Leave a comment

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 […]

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2015, Art, Drawing, Essay, Nature, photograph, Uncategorized, Woods Hole, Words

Other Views from a November Dawn Ferry II

November 9, 2015by tompostpile 2 Comments

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 […]

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2015, Abstracts, Color, Essay, Ferry, Haiku, photograph, Travel, Woods Hole

A November Dawn Ferry to Martha’s Vineyard.

November 8, 2015by tompostpile 1 Comment

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 […]

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2015, Color, Essay, Ferry, Martha's Vineyard, photograph, Travel, Woods Hole

November 2015, Wishetwurra Farm Garden Report.

November 1, 2015by tompostpile Leave a comment

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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2015, Gardening, Martha's Vineyard, West Tisbury, Wishetwurra Farm

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