We're expecting a winter storm in my part of #Massachusetts tonight, so I got my #MiniAussie to the #Beach this morning to zoom out some energy.

It's not spring yet! The birds will soon be swooping in to gobble up these winterberries (Ilex verticillata) that have hung on through the winter until the time when they are most needed by wildlife. Not long ago one of "our" squirrels was in this shrub gathering a meal.

So the day job in #Fairhaven #Massachusetts can be fun. This summer on Thursday afternoons I'll be a barber/dentist/surgeon demonstrating "Dreadful Medicine" at Fort Phoenix.

It was a misty spring morning on the shore of Buzzards Bay at West Island in #Fairhaven #Massachusetts. The WWII watch tower has stood near the shore since the 1940s.

Morning view of my hometown. #Fairhaven #Massachusetts #SouthcoastMA

I'm preparing a new historical program called Dreadful Medicine to be presented weekly at Fort Phoenix in #Fairhaven #Massachusetts during the summer. It will include discussion and demonstrations of medical practices by a barber surgeon around the time of the American Revolution. #history #reenacting #18thcentury #southcoastma #fairhavenma #fortphoenix #barbersurgeon #dentistry

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#amwriting
#MiniAustralianShepherd
#perennials
#gardening
#SouthcoastMA
#CapeCod
#BuzzardsBay
#18thcentury
#circus
#sideshow
#broadwaymusical
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"Sneaking" native plants into public spaces, I planted this winterberry, Ilex verticillata, to add winter color outside the town's visitors center. I also have two growing at home. #nativeplants #winterberry #southcoastma

Hi, I'm a #Massachusetts person poking around on the internet and writing a mystery novel in my spare time. #introduction Interests include #writing #illustration #cozymystery #mysterywriter #southcoastma #nativeplants #puppetry #magic #historicalreenacting