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Island Light: Daylight Saving

Parralel parking at Blackwater Farm.
Timothy Johnson
Parralel parking at Blackwater Farm.
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Lighthouse view from an Edgartown dock.
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Lighthouse view from an Edgartown dock.
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We wonder what the story behind this is.
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We wonder what the story behind this is.
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Lights on in Cow Bay.
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Lights on in Cow Bay.
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Care should be take on the jetty.
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Care should be take on the jetty.
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Not much guarding necessary in March.
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Not much guarding necessary in March.
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East Chop Lighthouse.
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East Chop Lighthouse.
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Quiet Circuit avenue.
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Quiet Circuit avenue.
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Colorful paint adorns an older rower.
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Colorful paint adorns an older rower.
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Lambert's Cove Beach is pretty year-round.
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Lambert's Cove Beach is pretty year-round.
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Hines Point in March.
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Hines Point in March.
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Lagoon Pond reflections.
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Lagoon Pond reflections.
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Cracks in the resolve of winter have shown this week. The temperature has warmed and earlier this week's snow has melted along roadsides and in the shady corners of woodlands. And today is Daylight Saving time.

There are also reports of first arrivals: the blooming of crocuses and snowdrops, the sounds of songbirds absent through the winter. Soon will come the distinctive choral cry of tiny tree frogs known in these parts as pinkletinks.

If you didn't last night, turn your clocks ahead one hour.



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