April 2020

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The Nature of April

By Mary Richmond / April 29, 2020

A Cape Cod sketch book Text and art by Mary Richmond Spring on the Cape is an ephemeral thing, here today but tomorrow, maybe not so much. She bounces back and forth from warm to cold, wet to dry, sunny days to stormy ones, with…

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Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.

By Scott Lajoie / April 29, 2020

In response to a global emergency in recycling, Cape Cod is working to find destinations for its recycling closer to home, eliminate contamination, and reduce plastic use overall. Do you consider yourself a good recycler when it comes to household or business waste? Have you…

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Photography for Good

By Elizabeth Shaw / April 29, 2020

“Small Works, Big Cause” helps photographers of Nantucket give back to the beautiful community that inspires them The Nantucket Daffodil Festival weekend is known for its bright flowers, brighter outfits and the promise of sunny, beautiful summer. But the weekend is abou…

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Where Cape Legends Flower

By Susan Dewey / April 29, 2020

17 garden clubs to celebrate famous Cape Codders in aspecial event at Heritage Museums & Gardens  “Black Sam” Bellamy. Jackie Kennedy. Iyannough. Edward Gorey. Ralph and Martha Cahoon. Cape Cod has long been a place that attracts legendary personalities. Artists…

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Let Them Eat Cake (and pastries and cookies!)

By Elizabeth Shaw / April 29, 2020

After four years, Brewster hot spot Eat Cake 4 Breakfast has a new home, and owner/chef Danielle Nettleton shows no sign of slowing down Julia Child said, “To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard…

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Grist for the Mill

By Chris White / April 29, 2020

Every spring, for thousands of years, the sites of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History and the Stony Brook Grist Mill & Museum have hosted a collision of natural forces. The geological genesis for this convergence arises from the close of the last Ice…

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Get Wild

By Allyson Plessner / April 29, 2020

Bachelor buttons and daisies and wild rose bushes, oh my! Night falls and the sun sends an impassioned, fiery farewell to the day, simultaneously welcoming the stars as they blink into existence. The Milky Way arches over the vast, dark mass of the rolling ocean,…

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Wildflowers & Watercolor

By Brenna Collins / April 29, 2020

Botanical Artist Ellen Duarte expresses her green thumb through painting, in the garden, and in the classroom. Artwork by Ellen Duarte Whether it be our desire to connect more deeply with nature or simply an appreciation of beauty, plants surely have an effect on people.&hel…

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Naturally Narcissus

By Brenna Collins / April 29, 2020

Each year, these iconic blooms herald the trumpeted arrival of spring The arrival of spring marks the reemergence of colorful hues in our wardrobes, homes, and of course, in nature. Amidst the gardens of Cape Cod, the narcissus’ iconic yellow varieties serve as a cheerful&…

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Artfully Available

By Julie Craven Wagner / April 29, 2020

Across the Cape, the Islands and even statewide, the first week of May makes sure everyone is an artist The harbingers of spring include iconic daffodil blooms, deep greens found in lawns and new leaf buds, and the cacophony of the birds as they set…

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Gunkholing: We Had A Party In His Honor

By Brian Shortsleeve / April 20, 2020

In February, if my father was alive, he would have turned 100-years-old. Several of us, starting with my nephew Chris Miller and my brother John, decided we should have a 100-year memorial birthday party in Dad’s honor; someplace where we could accommodate the entire famil…

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