Laura Brown, who works at Bayberry Gardens in Truro, planted this container to create the illusion of cooler temperatures on hot days. She chose an aluminum trough for its watery […]
Visual Stories
SAILING
Light Winds and a Slow-Motion Start to Summer Racing Season
Four Provincetown Yacht Club boats sailed forth on Sunday, just for fun
PROVINCETOWN — After two weekends of dangerously high winds, the forecast for July 7 predicted winds of seven to nine knots — “perfect conditions” for the Provincetown Yacht Club’s first […]
SMILAX
Nothing to Smile At
’Round these parts, venturing off the forest trail and into the brush is not without some risk. Poison ivy is common, Lyme-bearing ticks lie in wait, and the native vine […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, July 9 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Summer Heats Up — With a Boost From Mars
You’ll go far. But where to?
Things are starting to heat up, and I don’t just mean the weather. As the Sun begins to leave its trine with Saturn, it enters a sextile with Mars. This […]
QUAHOG REPORT
For Clam Growers, It’s Planting Time
As this year’s harvest is devoured, shellfish farmers look two years out
For most clam lovers, the labor involved in enjoying the bivalves is about as rigorous as scooping them baked and stuffed out of their shells, or perhaps balancing them, along […]
LEAPS AND BOUNDS
Young People Revel in the Blessings of the Day
PROVINCETOWN — MacMillan Pier was busy on the misty morning of the Blessing of the Fleet on Sunday as our family rushed past the twirling skirts of dancers in Lopes […]
FESTIVAL COLORS
At Play Among the Hydrangeas
Jenny Faw combines technique and experimentation in her watercolor workshops
Jenny Faw steps lightly up the wooden front steps of what she calls her “princess shed” — a small, sturdy outpost built for her by her husband, the architect Peter […]
CHARACTER STUDIES
The East End Is Perfect for Billy From Bradford
Billy Jarecki’s floral design fame was transitory, but first it was fabulous
I called ahead and ordered an Italian from Angel Foods. I’m eating it as I walk down Commercial Street to the far East End, chomping as a tomato slips out […]
FROM THE LARDER
Cocktail Hour for a Lazy Summer Day
Pickled oysters and a pitcher of drinks to make ahead, then serve with flair
After one of his days at the beach, Christopher sees nothing wrong with inviting friends to get together for drinks without giving the first thought to what we’ll serve with […]
MORNING FLIGHT
Whale Watching Is for the Tubenoses
Going offshore for a closer look at seabirds
I’ve always loved visiting nature in ways that make me feel out of my element. We have so dominated nature, so domesticated it, so segregated it from our normal lives […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
When Sweet Sea Breezes Are Winds That Won’t Quit
Finding stripers at the Cape’s tip, but bluefish are in hiding
I’m not a scientist, but as a more-than-casual observer of all things ocean-related, it seems to me that it’s been getting windier out here. What I have known since childhood […]
IN VIEW THIS WEEK
The Other Red, White, & Blue
PEER REVIEWS
The Scoop on the Outer Cape’s Scoops
Independent writers give their takes on ice cream
Ice cream is always a good idea. But with so many choices, a good idea can easily become an intense deliberation: where is it creamiest, which flavor to choose, is […]
PINK FLAMINGOS
A Local Rose Has Its Day
The last days of May saw the first beachside blooms of the naturalized Asian species Rosa rugosa, and June was filled with the dramatic, arching white displays of multiflora rose, […]
