Nature & Science
Guided Featherstone Walk
Join the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank staff on a guided natural history walk of Featherstone Farm in Oak Bluffs on Sunday, Nov. 6, beginning at 1 p.m. The walk lasts approximately one and a half hours.
Meet at the Featherstone Farm trailhead off Barnes Road.
The walk takes place rain or shine; dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes or boots. People are asked to carpool, if possible, as parking is limited.
For information, call 508-627-7141.
Venus, the brightest planet, hovers over the southwestern sky just after sunset. In the month ahead, Venus gets higher in the west and more visible. Tonight and for the coming week, the planet Mercury will also be visible, hovering right beneath Venus.
Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
Oct. 21 72 56 Trace
Oct. 22 64 50 .00
Oct. 23 64 42 .00
Oct. 24 60 38 .00
Oct. 25 62 49 .01
Oct. 26 60 47 .00
Oct. 27 57 51 .33
Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 59º F.
Every birder has a nemesis bird, a bird so frustrating you might consider tearing your hair out. Allan Keith’s nemesis bird on Martha’s Vineyard was a yellow-headed blackbird. Allan can now relax; he saw the yellow-headed blackbird at the Maxner home on Oct. 20 thanks to Joyce Thigpen, Matt Pelikan and yours truly.
Eat, drink and be scary is good advice on Halloween.
To terrify others is perhaps the best suggestion I can give you if you consider what could happen if you don’t invoke fear and loathing from everyone that you meet during the upcoming holiday.
A Scottish saying asks that the
Good Lord, deliver us,
From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night.
Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
Oct. 14 71 63 .70
Oct. 15 73 57 .18
Oct. 16 68 57 Trace
Oct. 17 66 55 .12
Oct. 18 65 55 Trace
Oct. 19 68 55 .00
Oct. 20 70 61 1.67
Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 66º F.
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.