Nature & Science
In an unscheduled stopover, the Polynesian sailing vessel put in at Menemsha for the night on Monday. She is due to sail to Vineyard Haven Tuesday. Tentative arrival time is 1 p.m.
With funding for the Island’s tick-borne illness reduction initiative soon to end, health agents and others face an uphill battle in stemming the advance of lone star ticks, which have gained a foothold.
The Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club opened their Blooming Art Show with a reception on Thursday evening. The event continues through Sunday, June 26 at the Old Mill in West Tisbury.
Late Monday night, near midnight, the last quarter moon rises in the east.
Tisbury will host a family shellfishing day on June 25 from 9 a.m. to noon.
It is close to the peak of the breeding season, and soon the early morning chorus of bird song will start quieting down.
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.