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West Tisbury
September 15, 2005
Hermine Hull - 508-693-2525 - hrmhull@gis.net
The weather has continued to be perfect for the weekend's weddings and end-of-the-season parties. The West Tisbury Fire Department picnic was held at Flat Point Farm on Sunday, a festive occasion in a beautiful place. The Moffett Race was held, despite not much wind. I gather that many of the boats were unable to finish the course this year.
Ann Fielder celebrated her 80th birthday with a family picnic at Quansoo. Her real birthday isn't until September 26, but she was afraid that it might be too cold on the beach by the end of the month, so decided to have her party when she wanted it. It is her birthday, after all. Family members showed up from all over the country. I cannot believe that Ann is 80; she seems as busy as ever. Happy Birthday, Ann.
Happy belated birthday to my mother-in-law, Bobby Hull. Her birthday was last Wednesday and I forgot to mention it in last week's column. I also forgot that the Farmer's Market stopped their Wednesday market after Labor Day. When I went to get Bobby a birthday bouquet of her favorite sunflowers, there was no market. Fortunately, Jared brought her roses that afternoon, and I found a topiary rosemary that she had wanted, so it all worked out. Bobby and Cecily had lobster rolls in Menemsha for lunch, then she and Richard had dinner with Jared, BZ, and Charlotte that night.
Dorothy Barthelmes and Bob Henry have returned to their winter home in Bethesda, Maryland, after a lovely six weeks at the Slocum House. They went to the beach almost every day at Long Point. Bob also enjoyed lots of golf during the days and bridge in the evenings. Dorothy was kind enough to model for me wearing a very elegant ivory-colored jacket she bought early in the visit. It is always fun for all of us having them here and I look forward to their return next summer.
John and Dolly Beecher will be staying in the Slocum House for the next week. Then Rose (Hull) Terrell will arrive from California for a family visit.
Sue Hruby and her cats, Scooter and Willow, have returned to Tiasquam Road. They spent August in the Georgia mountains while Lou and Frieda Kaplan were here from New Haven, Conn. Sue is busy unpacking from her trip and settling into her fall gardening projects.
Sarah Murphy surprised us for an unexpected overnight at the Murphy house on Music Street. Mike (who is the Murphy's caretaker) had left for a day sailing in the Moffett Race with Ernie Mendenhall and Kathy Logue when Sarah appeared looking for a key. I had remembered Mike mentioning that the key was in his truck, now in Vineyard Haven, but fortunately, I found a spare. Sarah had been in the United States on business and decided to spend a night on the Vineyard. She had a perfect beach day at Hancock, then left on Sunday to visit her father, Steve, on the mainland before returning to London.
West Tisbury photojournalist Alan Brigash will be exhibiting his photographs at the Chilmark Library for the next two weeks. Entitled "Textures," the exhibit contains a series of landscapes, seascapes, skyscapes, and cityscapes photographed on the Vineyard as well as in Namibia, Brazil, and South Africa.
For those of us whose animals are patients of Dr. Michelle Jasny's, last week's Hurricane Katrina had a personal story. Keith Jackson, who has worked for Michelle for several years, had just returned to New Orleans to begin his fall semester at the University of New Orleans. The sign in the office when I took Talley in for her annual check-up said, "Keith is fine." He had been missing for several days before calling home on Saturday to tell his family that he was being evacuated to Dallas and was safe. Finally, he was able to return to the Vineyard for a quick visit on his way to Boston, where displaced University of New Orleans students were accepted at UMass Boston.
Congratulations to Manny Estrella IV and his family, who were awarded an affordable housing lot in West Tisbury. I am so happy for you.
I took Abigail Higgins's advice from her last column and began cutting down my bedraggled perennial garden. It already looks better just being tidy. I hope Abigail and Jean Wexler will write about xeriscape gardening and drought-resistant plants over the winter so I (and others) can begin to plan something more sensible for next year.
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