Let it snow, let it rain, let it snow. It has been a mixture of everything, but we have been on the rain end of the storms so the Christmas shopping continues.

Ruby Poe Southard was born Monday evening, Dec. 16. She is certainly a keeper, weighing in at 7 pounds 10 ounces and measuring 21 inches long. Her parents Zachariah Southard and Jessica Park live near Atlanta, Ga.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $360,345 for the business week ending on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013.

Sabrina Kanner purchased 6 Trustees Lane in Chilmark for $1,257,500 on Dec. 13.

The size of your log really does matter.

The biggest and hardest log is most coveted for the traditional holiday Yule log. Its purpose was to provide a long and hot burn for the family festivities.

A week ago 15 high school students from Castellon de la Plana, Spain, arrived on the Island, hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School. This was the first visit to the United States for many of the students.

A letter went home to high school parents this week noting that two students received medical treatment after eating brownies laced with marijuana. At least one unnamed student is expected to face disciplinary action following the incident. No criminal charges will be filed, Oak Bluffs police said.

An eggnog toast to all those hardy souls who put on their warmies and marched with the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard contingent in the Christmas parade last week.

This last weekend Flip Harrington and I headed to Boston’s Logan Airport lugging binoculars, spotting scopes, cameras, foul weather gear and boots, plus clothing for warm and chilly weather.

For years now the weather forecast has rarely, if ever, been accurate. Naturally, last week, I refused to believe that we were getting a cold spell with rain, wind and snow. I smugly believed my wax begonias and geraniums would be fine in my unheated, attached to the house green house.