Native bees deserve much credit, and are impressive in their pollinating talent, diversity and sheer numbers.

Migratory birds, fish, pollen, plant seeds, and vacationers are on the move, as was a celestial visitor, asteroid 2014 JO25.

Out with winter and in with more yellow. Forsythia flourished and dandelions bloomed, beckoning the buzzy bees, all in their golden glory.

Without making a sound, plants speak volumes.

Have we been fleeced? That is the question West Tisbury resident and concerned citizen Ginny Jones has been asking.

While this has been a winter of discontent for many of us, the leaves of the beech tree have calmly endured.