Category Archives: license plates

May started off slowly, but in the second half I scored some good ’uns: Alabama (on Main Street, Vineyard Haven); West Virginia (in the parking lot behind Windemere, where the Spirituals Choir I sing in has been rehearsing lately); Kansas … Continue reading →

Indiana and Illinois, Arizona and New Mexico. This wasn’t the order I spotted them in, quite, but — probably because I’m a chronic East Coast girl — I think of Indiana and Illinois as a couple, and Arizona and New … Continue reading →

The monthly update everyone’s been waiting for — ta-dah! Not a big month — we spent a lot of March hunkered down avoiding snow and/or cold — but Colorado, Minnesota, and D.C. are now on the map. I must have … Continue reading →

Michigan, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Kentucky are now on the map. The total stands at 24. February is always a slow month, and four is a pretty good haul, especially considering how many crappy driving days we had. Look for the … Continue reading →

I do love January — so much progress in so little time! I spotted 20 plates this month. Not a huge haul, but not bad — and having Louisiana show up so early in the year? Wow. Louisiana and Texas … Continue reading →

True, there’s still more than an hour left in 2013 in this time zone, but unless one of the AWOL states drives into the driveway and honks the horn, I’m not going to spot it. So December, and 2013, end … Continue reading →

Nothing exciting to report. No, make that nothing to report. The count stands where it was at the end of September and at the end of August, at 43. I did spot one license plate worth reporting, though. Don’t get … Continue reading →

No news is not exactly good news, but it’s all I’ve got. Nothing new for September. A few relatively rare plates staged repeat appearances, like Louisiana and Kentucky, and one morning in West Tisbury center I got all excited by … Continue reading →

Only one new sighting in August — the Alabama plate I spotted on Kennebec Ave. in Oak Bluffs while cruising for a parking place so I could do my grocery shopping — but it’s a good omen. Last year I … Continue reading →