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We are on Martha's Vineyard for few days and today seems to be our second day of rain.

 

Our first day and a half were sunny and included a trip on the Menemsha bike ferry and then a lovely ride on roads with sights of the sound and beautiful beaches and dunes.  For lunch we stopped at Larson's Fish Market and sat outside on the dock on our beach chairs eating fried clams and fresh lobster.  A car pulled up next to us.  We did not notice its cargo until we got up to leave. Loaded on a trailer were about six large metal boxes marked "DANGER.  LIVE SKUNK."  

 

Many years ago when my kids were little we camped on the Vineyard and a skunk unexpectedly walked through our site. We froze.  One wrong move and we would have been curtains for our trip.  Luckily the animal just sniffed around and went happily on his way.

 

I am not sure of their evolutionary development.  I suppose there were a few skunks with just bad gas and they lived while all the other skunks were eaten. 

 

Yesterday, despite the rain, we had a lovely day and ate well and drank beer and bought some books and a very nice piece of pottery for our dining room table that is really a sink but passes for a large bowl with a hole in the bottom.

 

We will see what we discover today.  No skunks hopefully.

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Corey Bearak


Good to avoid those smelly varmints. Rain messed up the day until eve BBQ with friends from high school (some go back to junior high; many grew up in the garden development where we gathered. Remotely my son helped me convert some audio files (a 1978 Springsteen capitol theatre show and Neil Young Bridge School 24 brief set ( along acoustic Sugar Mountain and Comes A Times that opened the show where Buffalo Springfield reunited). I was able to use the time to sort through an listen to music I downloaded and left for "processing" in my downloads folder for some time. I was able to nearly clear the darn thing. Just some Poco shows remain to sort through.
Fred Klein

The sense of smell is quite compelling. Especially for my puppy Charcoal.

Submitted by NULL (not verified) on Mon, 08/04/2014 - 01:14

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I grew up with the Larson boys ( as I spent all my summers until finishing college) in Chilmark, and working in Menemsha. My parents had two houses in Chilmark and they first went to MV in 1936. I also spent a number of summers working for Everett Poole at his fish market and other businesses. I know the entire island well and a part of it is always with me. But I don't recall ever encountering skunks. Must be a new addition to the population (perhaps the Clintons introduced them). Jeff Crowther.i

Submitted by Janet_Adler on Mon, 08/04/2014 - 03:47

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Janet Adler

Spent many an enjoyable and memorable week at the Inn on the Vineyard. I wonder if Henry is still the maitre d'e (always wore a bow tie)...lucky you the lobster...can't get any in Florida.

Submitted by SoniaSaleh on Mon, 08/04/2014 - 15:22

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Sonia Saleh

Never been, hope to go one day. Enjoy!

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