Along with the daffodils, there are many election posters along our roads in anticipation of next week's town meeting and election.
The calendar says it's spring but as I write this, winter is taking us for one last dance.
The West Tisbury Library Foundation and West Tisbury School principal Donna Lowell-Bettencourt have stepped up to organize free child care during our annual town meeting on April 12.
For anybody who just landed, pinkletink is our local nickname for a tiny frog, also known as the pseudacris crucifer.
March definitely roared in like a lion, with news of terrific defiance and courage overseas, inspiring even though we wish it were not necessary.
And so begins the quietest week of our island year, with many people gone on quests for snow or sun or surf.
Congratulations to the West Tisbury School boys basketball team, which Coach Matt Gebo guided to victory against Oak Bluffs in the Island championship last week.
Well, we had ourselves a spot of weather over the weekend.
This week's column will be filled with midwinter magic and superstition.