Images from the fishing industry live on in Menemsha. Timothy Johnson

Thursday, March 17, 2016

On this first full day of spring, a quick glance at the countryside tells a story long familiar to Vineyarders, that this is the most erratic of all Island seasons. Snow is looming on our forecast later today and tomorrow. And yet we now hear reports of first arrivals: the return of ospreys and herring, the blooming of crocuses and snowdrops, the sounds of songbirds absent through the winter and the distinctive choral cry of tiny tree frogs known in these parts as pinkletinks.

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Judy V, Pennsylvania and Katama area of Edgartown
Beautiful pictures that truly capture the essence of living on Martha's Vineyard.
March 21, 2016 - 5:49am

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