Since I write on Tuesday for a Wednesday morning pick-up, I missed discussing last Thursday’s impressive rainfall. Violet helped pile bags of compost on the edge of my driveway. The water was rushing and threatened to come in the kitchen door. Yikes. On one of the job sites, a gutter failed and filled a large stone planting pot. Nicely spread compost and mulch formed rivers into lawns. Sigh!
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Even the Dalai Lama doesn't like mosquitoes.
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We used to have to wait until late February, or even early March, to find birds that are making their way northward.
Timing is everything.
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An off-Island animal control officer came to the Vineyard Saturday to talk about coyotes after the predators have been seen several times on the...
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Thursday July 11, 2024
Beige and brown and tan and black, with horns spiraled or semicircular or in undulating waves, a legion of goats marched up the hill toward us, bleating in anticipation of fresh grass and leaves.