Category Archives: outdoors
Sunset at Lambert’s Cove
It being about 18 degrees F (–8 C) out, sunny, with a brisk wind blowing, I thought it was a fine day for the beach, so Trav and I went for a sunset walk at Lambert’s Cove. Before I got … Continue reading
Cooped Up
WARNING: You’re going to have to use your imagination on this one because I didn’t have my camera with me. Over the holidays I’ve been looking after a neighbor’s critters: one dog, two cats, and five hens. I feed them … Continue reading
Moon Walking
After several days of overcast and rain, the sky cleared as the moon was nearing full. It’s stayed clear as the moon wanes. Most nights Trav and I have gone out moon walking. I carry a little flashlight in my … Continue reading
Quintet Fail
Yesterday all my ice disks seemed here to stay Now the weather’s made them go away Sniff
Ice Diskology
The season that’s currently occupying Martha’s Vineyard is winter, so From the Seasonally Occupied Territories is going to blog about that. With pictures. Last winter I had an epiphany. No, it was not news to me that water freezes when … Continue reading
Live and Learn
Yesterday it snowed. Yesterday was a gray day. The snow was wet and there wasn’t much of it. This morning it sparkled. The snow was both pristine and easy to walk in. What’s not to like? Snow reveals the passage … Continue reading
Deer Season
Deer season began this past Monday. We used to call it “deer week,” but now it runs two weeks, no hunting on Sunday. Deer season actually began on October 21 and continues through the last day of the year. Archers … Continue reading
Maple Red
When February 2014 comes — or, possibly, given February weather, skids — to a close, Travvy will be six years old and I will have lived in this apartment for seven. Outside my west-facing windows all that time have been … Continue reading
November Color
Has this been a spectacular fall for color, or am I just paying closer attention? Friends on the Vineyard and elsewhere in southern New England have been marveling as well, so I know it’s not just me. This morning the … Continue reading
NIMBY Delight
Last fall, Vineyard voters voted overwhelmingly in favor of legalizing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, but some people are queasy about having a registered marijuana dispensary (RMD) anywhere close to a school, public park, or their own neighborhood. … Continue reading
From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 