Perfect days continue as we move from summer into fall. I watch for daily changes in the landscape, like the tops of trees beginning to show color where the sun hits them first or asters beginning to bloom. A cloudless blue sky over all. No sign of rain.
I have begun drip-watering my rhododendrons and trees, hoping to prepare them for the oncoming winter. Still picking vegetables and getting ready to plant garlic, but have begun cutting down the perennial gardens. For two cents I would pave my entire yard about now, just to be done with worrying about water and maintenance. I know I will feel excited again by next spring. I guess I will feel excited again by next spring. Always have in the past. But it becomes discouraging to see everything looking awful and no rain predicted yet another week, seemingly never again.
I was shocked to learn that Beach Bennett died on Sept. 17. Too young. Barbara Lampson let me know there will be a celebration of her life at the Ag Hall this Sunday, Sept. 28, from 2 pm to 5 pm. Please bring a dessert to share. I hope the gathering and stories will bring comfort to her family.
Friends are invited to an 11 am mass at St. Augustine’s Church in Vineyard Haven this Saturday, Sept. 27, to celebrate the life of Edward Colligan. There will be a burial ceremony at Oak Grove Cemetery followed by a potluck at the Ag Hall.
Too many losses of late. May our gathering together bring comfort to the Bennett/Nelson and Colligan families and to one another.
Chuck Hodgkinson invites everyone to the first public forum of the Mill Brook Watershed Management Planning Committee. It will convene at the West Tisbury library on Monday, Sept. 29, at 5:30 pm. The committee will give a brief overview of its formation and its charge, and what it has learned so far. They want to hear what town residents would like to see addressed, to hear our questions and concerns. Knowing Chuck, there will be several meetings and we will all be well-informed.
Tuesday evening, Sept. 30, come to Flatbread Pizza for dinner and benefit the West Tisbury Library Foundation.
And then it will be October.
Birthdays this week are Megan Mendenhall, now a freshman at Smith College, this Monday. Tuesday, Sept. 30, is Julie Kimball’s birthday. Oct. 1 is for Rose Herman and Judith Linn. Wishing a happy day to you all.
A quiet week. Mike and I have both had colds. Fortunately we were entertained for two hours every evening by “The Roosevelts” on PBS. David McCullough was one of the historians who spoke. What a fabulous documentary by Ken Burns. I hope Beth gets it at the library so we can watch it all over again.
Meanwhile, still no rain.
