Island Light: Autumn Lingers
Ripple in still water. Cloud reflections in Oak Bluffs harbor.
Ripple in still water. Cloud reflections in Oak Bluffs harbor.
Bounty of gourds outside the Ag Hall in West Tisbury.
Bounty of gourds outside the Ag Hall in West Tisbury.
Tree trunk in Christiantown has weathered many years.
Tree trunk in Christiantown has weathered many years.
All is quiet at the Katama Bay boat landing.
All is quiet at the Katama Bay boat landing.
Yellowlegs scours the shoreline around Sengekontacket.
Yellowlegs scours the shoreline around Sengekontacket.
Since you went away the days grow long, And soon I'll hear old winter's song. Autumn leaves in the Camp Ground.
Since you went away the days grow long, And soon I'll hear old winter's song. Autumn leaves in the Camp Ground.
Old rusted roof at Five Corners.
Old rusted roof at Five Corners.
Menemsha fish shack and fish pots pulled up on the dock for the off-season.
Menemsha fish shack and fish pots pulled up on the dock for the off-season.
Katharine Cornell Theatre currently being used as Tisbury town hall offices.
Katharine Cornell Theatre currently being used as Tisbury town hall offices.
Bittersweet vines grow around abandoned farm equipment in West Tisbury.
Bittersweet vines grow around abandoned farm equipment in West Tisbury.
Maple leaves against a mossy green background.
Maple leaves against a mossy green background.
Mayhew Chapel.
Mayhew Chapel.
Dusk gathers over the Martha's Vineyard Museum in Vineyard Haven.
Dusk gathers over the Martha's Vineyard Museum in Vineyard Haven.
On the Vineyard autumn lingers like two friends over coffee; no need to rush to the next appointment on the calendar. Lawns are still green, herb gardens redolent with rosemary, farm fields freshly turned. Nantucket Sound is navy blue and the salt ponds lie still in the evening hush with a thousand stars splashed overhead.