Chilmark sends April on her way with few regrets . . . a wet, windy and generally unfriendly month this year. However, the early flowers persevered and we have high hopes for a friendly May.
Chilmark is celebrating Earth Day today as I write and with some extra gratitude this year ... we can now see the earth! And, as it always does at this time of year, earth is producing many blooms. Even the skunk cabbage growth is welcome to our eyes.
Chilmark’s get-well network is still in place. Many thanks to all who sent help and good wishes last week and a special cheer to Katie Carroll, my go-to instant helper. All is well and Chilmark strides on toward the sunshine and warmth that we are just beginning to feel. The stonework continues on the jetties with more barges, cranes and rocks coming in this week.
There is still cold weather, threats of more snow and the sound of brave birds calling to each other, hoping for responses. By the sound of it, I think they share our human dismay at the delay in real spring weather.
Chilmark continues to thaw although the temperatures are a challenge to the sunshine that is trying to do its job. We still have a wintery aspect, but our snow cover is beginning to be a memory.
Chilmark as we remember it is still here! Under all that snow the spring bulbs were persevering and are now visible in most spots. The dark rainy days were welcome and now we are ready for some sunshine.
Chilmark is busy looking for signs of spring. I am sure they are all around us . . . if only we could see over the snow drifts. Ice is still drifting around in the harbor and outside. The pieces are huge and there are lots of them. Everyone says, “I never saw anything like it here,” so I am assuming it is a first for several generations. Hope you took pictures!
Chilmark will miss Chet Wisneiewski who died in early February. He had lived on Flanders Lane for many years and was known to many. Chet was a successful architect and had worked in New York city.
Chilmark is enjoying some up-Island quiet this week. There are very few cars on the road, and even the bell buoy off Menemsha Beach is quiet, due to the ice build up I suspect.
