Nature & Science
Chicken Little would do well to duck and consider taking cover if he were a Martian.
The little green men should definitely watch out and possibly follow his lead. The sky may not be falling, but an asteroid is!
Last week brought the news of a football-field-sized asteroid making a beeline for the equator of Mars. The odds are good that it will hit.
By LYNNE IRONS
I like rain and don’t even mind the cold, but this hardened snow/ice/treacherous footing is totally irritating. Never being one to stay indoors, I still attempt to do outside activities. I have been using a pitchfork to keep myself upright while tending to my chores. I trudged to my pigs carrying a five-gallon bucket of hot water to melt the ice in their water trough. They took one sip and promptly spilled it. I resorted to name-calling.
Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
Dec. 21 38 32 Trace
Dec. 22 38 34 .00
Dec. 23 45 33 .00
Dec. 24 55 33 .75
Dec. 25 45 34 .00
Dec. 26 43 23 .00
Dec. 27 40 26 .08
Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 43º F.
Late-night revelers will be out on New Year’s Eve celebrating under a Last Quarter Moon. The moon rises in the eastern sky, less than an hour after the arrival of the New Year. The moon is in the zodiacal constellation Leo, a constellation most often associated with spring and summer.
Hippie, beatnik, bohemian are all words that have been used to describe someone who is different than the norm. Other definitions of the adjective bohemian are wanderer or vagabond. And that is exactly what is occurring in Massachusetts with a particular bird which was given a perfect name: bohemian waxwing.
Two plants that merge into one, growing together to the benefit of each other. Sounds strange, but lichens are unique combinations of fungi and algae growing together, yet they are distinct from either of their components. They are abundant in nature, occurring just about everywhere: silvery gray flat patches growing on tree trunks, rocks, roofs and other flat surfaces. Well, most of the time that is what they are.
Almanac
A comprehensive guide to weather and tides on the Island.
Vineyard Gardener
I guess this past week weather-wise is called a January thaw. We did not really experience it the last several years as December was unseasonably warm.
Farm & Field
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.