The Chappy Book Club will meet Wednesday August 28 at 10:30 a.m. at the CCC to discuss The Girl in the Spider’s Web. This novel is the fourth in the Lisbeth Salander series, which was begun by Swedish author Steig Larrson and continued by David Lagercrantz after Larsson’s death. According to Wikipedia, in the only interview he ever did about the series, Larsson stated that he based the character of Lisbeth Salander on what he imagined Pippi Longstocking might have been like as an adult. Apparently, he figured that she would be a magnet for trouble.

I opened my greenhouse door the other morning and discovered seven bobwhite quail scurrying around and under our seeding tables.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank added to its holdings on Chappaquiddick this week with the purchase of 18.2 acres abutting the Three Ponds Reservation.

PETER WELLS

508-627-1577

(peterchappyferry@gmail.com)
I have always liked fractions. Mathematical fractions that is. I appreciate the way that they can help to develop comparisons or to fine tune a view point.

Here’s a good example: on July 15, we were one quarter of the way through summer. On July 21, we were one third of the way through summer. A span of only six days.

This is the time of year that the butterfly weed, an orange bloom in the milkweed family, really takes off on Chappy.

Now that the hubbub of the Fourth of July is over we can start thinking about the next notable events to come.

My family tried our best to make it to the end of our road to cheer on the frontrunners of the Chappy Point to Point five mile road race this past Sunday.

On Sunday, visit Chappaquiddick — by foot.

Give yourself a little extra time when making plans for this coming Sunday morning.

A pickup truck on the Chappy ferry last night captured the essence of this time of year.