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Things Seen: Wood Hole

February 26, 2018by tompostpile 2 Comments

On a street in Woods Hole, we were headed from the ferry the car, after some days on the “other side”. Two framed works caught my eye, and of course […]

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2018, Art, Landscapes, photograph, Things Seen, Woods Hole

A Miscellany: Things Seen This Week

April 16, 2017by tompostpile 2 Comments

Allow me to present to you a group of things I’ve seen this week. We’ll start with the dawn, with the rosy-fingered Eos, coloring the day’s beginning. A friend of […]

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2017, Birds, Color, Essay, Flowers, Nature, photograph, South Beach, Woods Hole

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

The Buck Rogers

October 7, 2016by tompostpile Leave a comment

Bay scallops are found in shallow water. When the season opens on October first, you’ll often see people hunting this prized delicacy. One of the problems to solve when scallop […]

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2016, Essay, Nature, What can you see in???, Woods Hole

What IS it?

July 25, 2016by tompostpile 1 Comment

  We had just seen an old friend greet Fuji the dog.   Later, my wife and I walked past a laboratory. And saw a mysterious thing. “What is it?”, […]

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2016, Abstracts, Color, photograph, Woods Hole

Jellyfish of Woods Hole

July 7, 2016by tompostpile 4 Comments

There are wonderful costumes in the Woods Hole Fourth of July parade. This year, the jellyfish were particularly splendid.         Thank you, jellyfish!        

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2016, Color, photograph, Woods Hole

Woods Hole 4th of July Parade, 2016

July 6, 2016by tompostpile Leave a comment

Woods Hole likes a parade, and is happy to have occasion to gin one up. Sit back and enjoy the procession…                   […]

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2016, photograph, Woods Hole

Springtime Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)

May 5, 2016by tompostpile Leave a comment

It was a cool and rainy morning, as have been many, many days so far this spring. We were walking up the front steps of Julie’s house. For much of […]

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2016, Haiku, Nature, photograph, Woods Hole, Words

Windy and Wet on the Sound

April 1, 2016by tompostpile Leave a comment

The day dawned gray but warm. After a walk in the woods, it was time to drive to Woods Hole for another ferry trip across the water. The southwest wind was […]

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

Olio Olio Olioxinfree!

December 13, 2015by tompostpile 2 Comments

There’s so much to be seen. Something here, something there, something almost everywhere. Here is another tompostpile olio, of things-seen from over the last few days. With comments and digressions. I was […]

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2015, Essay, Flowers, Martha's Vineyard, Olio, photograph, Woods Hole

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