Welcome to the Vinalhaven Sightings Report – November 5th 2019
Brought to you with pleasure by MCHT and VLT
Blip - #5 – limited editions.
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| best naturalist |
PSA – You
should be wearing orange when out in the woods these days – it
is deer hunting time in Maine. Currently we are in archery season and while
there are certainly less of these hunting types, youth
day is approaching quickly (October 26), with fire arm season (Nov 2-30) and muzzleloader/expanded archery extending the season until mid-December (Dec 14). Exciting times in the
woods, for sure. Good idea to get in the habit of orange hats, jacket, vest,
gloves, etc. just to announce your presence a little more. Especially when close to deer habitat which is
pretty much the entire island.
There is no hunting statewide on Sundays and never hunting on the Lane’s
Island Preserve.
And so…..it’s
been a while, the entire staff at the VSR was gone, outta state, outta mind for
a stretch. To make a long story short, the VSR was placed on the royal
“backburner” maybe a dozen times over the last two months. Things collected –
piled up really, some good stuff too. We have now come to the conclusion that
we won’t have enough time in one “fell swoop”, so instead we will be making “little swoops” – kind of blips and bleeps, “shorties” for
those Aqua Teen Hunger Force fans – and so here they come.  |
| if only football was year round.... ...then we could have football tailgate ritz whenever we wanted its okay to dream |
Thanks of course to all those who
have shared and continue to share sightings – natural and beyond – because
sharing is what the VSR is all about. Send your photos, stories and emails to vinalhavensightings@gmail.com – it’s what the cool kids are doing!
And by the way – we welcome any and
all photos of “limited edition” foods as
they can be disturbing, pleasing, or a combination of the two. Here we
celebrate the wonderful marketing scheme of “limited edition” foods – you know the Hostess flavors you wait for all
year!
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| I hope this is limited edition. is nothing sacred? |
New stuff - It is that limited
edition time of the year again! I know – seems like it never ends….
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| I hear that is an actual side effect of eating these.... |
Halloween and fall editions – How can Snow Balls
get any scarier? Make them glow….
Glow Balls and Scary Cakes take Hostess products to that extra
level of grossness.
Chocolate cake Twinkies with s’cream filling round out the upcoming holiday theme…
…but we’ll stick with Twinkies for a Moonberry flavor – assuming it is in honor of the moon landing
anniversary,
and pumpkin spice Twinkies to bring us
into the “limited longer” season of autumn and all the fall flavors and colors.
Here we go!
Not sure if “limited time originals” should count as “limited” is in the brand
name – but we’ll count it since it has so many legendary, seasonal fall items.
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| so cool |
Cups! Cups!
Baths salts!
Soap!
Salsa!
Flapjack mix!
Almonds!
Seltzer water!
Let’s not forget Ziploc! And their ode to fall colors!
Oreos continues
to delight with mystery flavor package – my guess is crap! –
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| someone couldn't wait..... |
And Maple crème Oreos as well. Cuz everyone knows fall is maple time!
Hostess brand also has donettes apparently – and some are
limited editions – I think the “value
size” is what is limited edition here. In other words, soon they will only
be available in less affordable sizes, somehow making the Hostess name even more exclusive. When will the craziness end!
Apparently some made man in a coffee
lab wasn’t satisfied with the excellence that coffee already has achieved, no,
they had to add pumpkin to it. Well, takes all kinds – even the ones with
horrible taste. 
