First Snow on the Vineyard
Snow the alpaca (yes, his name really is Snow) grazes Sunday morning.
Snow the alpaca (yes, his name really is Snow) grazes Sunday morning.
Edgartown's Main street is still wet with rain as snow begins to fall Saturday night.
Edgartown's Main street is still wet with rain as snow begins to fall Saturday night.
Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs has a Currier and Ives feel to it.
Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs has a Currier and Ives feel to it.
Afternoon sun casts long shadows on the snowy roofs of Arrowhead Farm in West Tisbury.
Afternoon sun casts long shadows on the snowy roofs of Arrowhead Farm in West Tisbury.
Crunchy underfoot in Edgartown's Cannonball Park during a Sunday walk.
Crunchy underfoot in Edgartown's Cannonball Park during a Sunday walk.
Turtled dinghies rode out the storm with no problems on Lagoon Pond's boat landing.
Turtled dinghies rode out the storm with no problems on Lagoon Pond's boat landing.
Old barn boards stippled with snow in West Tisbury.
Old barn boards stippled with snow in West Tisbury.
Melting snow turns to ice as cold temperatures and high winds freeze the Island.
Melting snow turns to ice as cold temperatures and high winds freeze the Island.
All is quiet and all is beautiful on a snowy end of the year 2012.
All is quiet and all is beautiful on a snowy end of the year 2012.
Gull flies through snow as illustrated on old Island secession art.
Gull flies through snow as illustrated on old Island secession art.
Though much of Saturday featured heavy rain, snow fell on the Vineyard in the evening and the Island awoke to a dusting of crunchy, icy snow.