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2016’s End at Wishetwurra Farm

December 31, 2016by tompostpile 3 Comments

Here’s the view of Wishetwurra Farm from the Goat Barn roof. Today is the last day of 2016. 2017 will probably be here when you read this post. Happy New […]

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2016, Essay, Flowers, Gardening, Martha's Vineyard, photograph, West Tisbury

Red-Eyed at Roadside

December 31, 2016by tompostpile 2 Comments

I set off on a walk one day. My camera at my side did sway. A fallen branch looked like a creature, Now for you its eyes I feature.  

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2016, Art, Color, Nature, photograph, trees

Sudden Sunset

December 16, 2016by tompostpile 4 Comments

We’d had a busy day on the Island and it was time to go to the Mainland. The day had been cloudy, and as we boarded the ferry in late […]

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2016, Ferry, Landscapes, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, Travel, Woods Hole

Boy on the Rocks

December 11, 2016by tompostpile 1 Comment

The boy has a very high forehead. He looks a bit as if he had just popped out of a nineteenth century book illustration. There are days when you can’t […]

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2016, photograph

I Tried to Make Myself Look Like the Moon…

December 10, 2016by tompostpile 6 Comments

I tried to make myself look like the moon. I don’t know if I succeeded. But it was fun while it lasted. (You do see how it was done?)

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2016, photograph, What is it?

The Redtail’s Lunch

October 12, 2016by tompostpile 1 Comment

We took a walk to the beach a few days ago, and on the way home, saw a white-haired woman walking towards us. “That looks like Terry’s hair!”, we said […]

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2016, Nature, photograph

September Sand, Surf, and Sun.

October 11, 2016by tompostpile Leave a comment

This post isn’t really for anything but pretty. Sand and surf and sun.   The last days of September can yield some of the finest beach days of the year. […]

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2016, Birds, Black Point Beach, Landscapes, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, South Beach

Nantucket Sound Horizon

October 9, 2016by tompostpile Leave a comment

  On a cloudy day. Nantucket Sound is big, Full of textured gray.     The “Patriot” boat Shuttles Falmouth to Oak Bluffs And then back again.     The […]

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2016, Abstracts, Ferry, Haiku, Oak Bluffs, photograph

A Little Walk

October 9, 2016by tompostpile 1 Comment

After a day of moving chattels, we were completely tired of the inside of the house. We went for a walk, for some fresh air, and to see what we […]

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2016, Color, Landscapes, Nature, photograph, trees

Imperial Moth, Eacles imperialis

October 8, 2016by tompostpile Leave a comment

Another drawing is finally finished. The completion was last Wednesday at 11:22AM. The “gestation period” for this piece of work began last spring, was interrupted by summer, and now that […]

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2016, Art, Color, Martha's Vineyard, Nature

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