After Sandy

Edmund Willoughby, at the fore in Edgartown's post-Sandy clean-up.





Edgartown Yacht Club


Edgartown's nearly-empty outer harbor, a rare occurence.


Ditto for the inner harbor.








Boats are going back into the water.


Captain Sandy Fisher readies for another day of scalloping, having barely missed a beat.


The beat goes on, as well, for Clinton Fisher and Steve Kuehne who are Cape Pogue-bound. The question for today is, "Will the scallops still be out there, or did they get blown away?"


Good luck, fishermen.


This little dinghy stood up to its namesake storm just fine.


One of the three Edgartown Sandy Fishers - a fisher by name and by trade, and Clinton's Uncle.


Scalloping partners Jake Bassett and Jay Bennett, carrying on another family legacy - the long-standing Bassett-Bennett connection.


Davis Lane


The Hagerty crew.


High tide at South Beach.

From My Window

Some days, I don't have to travel far to find something to blog about.

This tree, in John and Pat Hayes' Main Street front yard, two doors down from me, had been ailing for some time. Pat told me back in August that the town was going to remove it, so I grabbed a quick shot of it while it was still standing - just to have the memory of what it has looked like for years and years, and you'll have to admit, it's a classic look. I took this photo in August, but the bare branches seemed to indicate that we were in the middle of winter. So yes, it was time to get the axe.







Earlier this week, Bob Hagerty and his crew spent a couple of days dismantling the old elm.










I love the new view from my bathroom window. The sky above and around the town clock has opened up dramatically, and I don't have to duck and bob and weave to see what time it is anymore.