Less than a quarter mile visibility, and the foghorn is blaring... This year's August in #winthropMa has pretty much been like a May.

Kinda sick how good phone's cameras are now. Pixel 7 Pro, had about 5s to take the pic, didn't even try to focus, just zoomed to 10x and started taking snaps.
#loganAirport #winthropMa

Today's tomatoes with my "Charlie Brown" plant which actually managed to put out fruit being planted in a tiny pot with crap soil in it. (was a leftover plant I didn't want to just chuck).

Also, bonus grapes that seemed to ripen early this year. Usually an end-of-august thing.

#Gardening #winthropMa

#Birding or #birdwatching question: is there anyone in the #Boston area who has either a good spotting scope or binoculars better than 10x, or is a member of Cottage Park Yacht Club in #WinthropMA ? I keep seeing #swallows of some species that appear to be roosting under the metal cap on one of their dock pillars, but they're dark all over, with only one having even a slightly pale belly. I don't have a telephoto lens- I need help ID'ing the species in person.

Thanks!

This bunny is lucky I'm not a hawk!

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First #tomato day here in #winthropMa 🎉

Took this one early so I can have at least one before the animals get to it.

I didn't have time to seed my own this year, so this is just a Early Girl from the local hardware store. Homegrown are ALL good tomatoes!

Double rainbow in #winthropMa

Lots of bunnies in #winthropMa and around #deerIsland. This one was in my backyard under the grapevine. Saw so many climbing the hill on Deer Island I had to slow down.

Surprised I've not heard the coyotes yipping out there this year. Maybe they are too full <urp>

took a little walk around #DeerIsland in #winthropMa today.

The growth on the dune is as high as a mastodon's eye... Well, maybe not that high, just as high as my eye. Still impressive. All kinds of flowers still popping off, but it's clearly past the peak.

Never noticed this until living on the coast...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dragonfly-undertakes-epic-multi-generational-migration-each-year-180971190/

Started seeing waves of them the past week or so. Some times in the evening they can get pretty thick in the air flying NW.
#winthropMa

So foggy in #winthropMa right now that the trellis for my tomatoes is condensing the water out of the air and directing it down to little puddles on the deck. So weird.

All the random showers have been kinda annoying, but the container garden is kinda loving it. #winthropMa #tomatoes #pleaseLeaveMeSomeRacoons

Yoink... Mockingbird swoops in to "steal" a bit of apricot.

#birdsofmastodon #winthropma

Dune really popping...

#Flowers #WinthropMa

Oystercatchers I think.... Used my phone like binocs

#BirdsOfMastodon #WinthropMa

Was allegedly out to shoot birds, but ended up taking a bunch of shots of the plants. I blame watching too much "Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't" on youtube...
#winthropMa #DeerIsland

Broken tip...

#winthropMa #deerIsland

#deerIsland #winthropMa

Well, that ain't good. Emergency out on #deerisland in #winthropMa

Heard they are stopping people at the security station, so won't be able to walk around.

Looks like there's something hanging off one of the blades on something flexible. Saw it moving freely yesterday, so not sure if the brakes are working. Wind is very strong out of the East so if it lets go it will slingshot North or South.

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1995/april/death-valiant-mugford

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If you've been to Deer Island you passed over Pulling Point Gut. The hurricane of '38 filled it in 🙂