I must say: Tuesday's cloudless, sunny day was a welcome relief to greet the brand-new year.

The weather is warm and foggy and lends itself to a lazy day.

Once when the children were small it rained on Christmas Day.

So far this month we have only experienced a couple of below or near-freezing days.

It was another relatively warm week, especially given that we are now in December.

What a rude awakening last Sunday. It was our first significant freeze.

Because we really have not had as much rain as we had last month, my winter rye has taken forever to sprout.

It's curious how there are so many different weather situations on the Island.

We finally had a freeze here in Vineyard Haven.

It's been difficult to make clothing choices at this time of year.