I feel like it’s been windy for weeks on end. The warm days at the beginning of the week, coupled with the aforementioned wind, are drying out the baby plants and seedlings at an alarming rate.
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All our visible planets are in the morning sky and it is an impressive arrangement. A thin crescent moon appears right next to the red planet Mars on...
It’s about time. I got an email from Wayne Smith with an attached photograph of a hawk at the nest containing three chicks. Finally, with that photo...
John Muir had a fondness for ferns. He encouraged this activity: “Spread a fern-frond over a man’s head and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom...
This year’s Cross-Island hike takes place Saturday, June 1, beginning at 8 a.m. at Hillman’s Point at Lake Tashmoo. The full trek is just over 19...
Like many tourists, the red-shouldered hawk has for a long time been a frequent visitor to the Vineyard, arriving from the mainland but never...
Yesterday's full moon, the Honey Moon, will continue to dominate our evening skies through this weekend. The moon is brilliant. There are no planets...
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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.