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Peonies

February 23, 2021by tompostpile Leave a comment

We are a few months away from peony time. Outside it’s still freezing. March has almost arrived. Under what might be the last remnants of this winter’s snow, our bulbs […]

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Essay, Gardening, Nature, photograph

Flowers of June Tooth

June 2, 2018by tompostpile 3 Comments

Let us present to you a June Second, 2018 album of flowers blooming in and around the yard at Wishetwurra Farm. Chive flowers are pale and pleasing. It’s iris time. […]

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2018, Color, Flowers, Gardening, Nature, photograph, West Tisbury

Wishetwurra Farm, April 28, 2018

April 28, 2018by tompostpile 1 Comment

Despite the joyful and consuming arrival of last fall’s miracle, Coquina the Wonderdog, and other diversions such as the trip to Japan, Wishetwurra Farm still functions. Winter was hard on […]

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2018, Color, Coquina, Essay, Flowers, Gardening, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, West Tisbury, Wishetwurra Farm

Carpy Diem

April 24, 2018by tompostpile 1 Comment

  Our visit to Japan has not been highly choreographed or scheduled. Much of my time has been been spent as an exercise in being present, of hoping to be […]

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2018, Art, Essay, Japan, Nature, photograph, Travel

A Blue Grosbeak Visits Wishetwurra Farm

April 22, 2018by tompostpile 6 Comments

It was late afternoon at Wishewurra Farm. I looked out the window too look at the bird feeder. WHAT was that bird?? I’d noticed because it was not a bird […]

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2018, Birds, Color, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph

Zoo Portraits: Tokyo, Japan

April 16, 2018by tompostpile 2 Comments

  I, the photographer, was trailing behind the rest of the family as they headed off to find the flamingos. We passed by the snow monkeys’ enclosure. They were fascinating. […]

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2018, Essay, Haiku, Japan, Nature, photograph, Travel

Stone Wall, Revisited and Crossed Over

April 10, 2018by tompostpile 7 Comments

Here is one photograph for you to consider. When I pressed the shutter for this picture, I thought, “Oh, I hope I got that.” With a little cropping, I think […]

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2018, Art, Essay, Landscapes, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph

Off on the Ridge Trail

April 9, 2018by tompostpile 1 Comment

When I was young, fields and woods started at the edge of our yard, and went southwest for miles, with hardly a house to be seen. In my short lifetime […]

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2018, Coquina, Essay, Landscapes, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, West Tisbury

Vegetables in the Markets: Japan

April 7, 2018by tompostpile 1 Comment

I loved going to food markets in Japan. There was real wasabi in a Kyoto market stall. Daikon radish is everywhere…. There were many radish and cole family plants…the climate […]

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2018, Color, Essay, Gardening, Japan, Nature, photograph, Travel, Wishetwurra Farm

Early Spring Opening.

March 31, 2018by tompostpile Leave a comment

Most of the tompostpile’s March has been “Japan”. I’m not done with Japan. I never will be. Sorting through the experience, and through the thousands of photos taken, will take […]

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2018, Birds, Black Point Beach, Coquina, Essay, Landscapes, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, Quansoo, South Beach, Words

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