Random

A short walk on Monday yielded these results:



South Water Street. The pagoda tree- Edgartown's Giant Pagoda - on the right, was brought to Edgartown from China in 1812 as a seedling by a Captain Thomas Milton. This tree enjoys a degree of fame; one of its offspring graces the Edgartown Public Library's front lawn on North Water Street.







A sure sign of spring are these mooring markers, ready and waiting to be set out into the harbor.






A rare sight: looking at the sky through the ceiling of Edgartown's Memorial Wharf, the top-side of which is under re-construction.
 The corner of Cooke and School Streets; the Achelis house.  

Timeless Yet Different

I'm still on a bit of a gray/black and white jag, inspired by my mother's poem, I guess, and egged on by the fact that her birthday was a couple of days ago (November 18).

More from one of my favorite haunts, the Reading Room (locals have been wondering for years, whatever do they read in that place?), also including one of my favorite Edgartonians, Steve Ewing; these from a recent gray and drizzly November day.

I think I gravitate to the harbor because it links me to the days of yore - the days of whale ships and sea commerce. There's something somewhat timeless about these harbor scenes, I believe. Timeless, yet a different configuration of boats, people, activities, and sky and sea conditions is to be found every time I venture down there, giving Edgartown Harbor - seemingly bleak to the casual or one-time observer at this time of year, I am sure - a particular dynamism and life.