Island Light: Blizzard Week
Not a day for swimming.
Not a day for swimming.
Dragging for icicles
Dragging for icicles
Woodland magic.
Woodland magic.
Ocean Park at rest.
Ocean Park at rest.
Tashmoo Overlook brings the crowds.
Tashmoo Overlook brings the crowds.
Menemsha moment.
Menemsha moment.
Now showing: Blizzard 2022.
Now showing: Blizzard 2022.
First class storm.
First class storm.
Time to reflect.
Time to reflect.
The schooner Tangier broke free from its mooring.
The schooner Tangier broke free from its mooring.
Off season.
Off season.
Standing tall and white in a snowstorm.
Standing tall and white in a snowstorm.
At the harbor.
At the harbor.
Delanie and Kevin serve up the coffee.
Delanie and Kevin serve up the coffee.
Cloud cover.
Cloud cover.
Chappy Ferry captain, Brock Callen.
Chappy Ferry captain, Brock Callen.
Ocean Park dressed in its snowy finery.
Ocean Park dressed in its snowy finery.
Cleaning up the runways.
Cleaning up the runways.
Buckets of snow everywhere.
Buckets of snow everywhere.
A blizzard arrived last week with force and depth as if to say, this winter is far from over. It was a weekend warrior, hitting its stride on Saturday, and taking its time to linger until Tuesday when the weather turned.
On Friday the rain came to wash most of the week away, except the memories — of sledding and shoveling, of workers plowing the streets on overdrive, and a harbor community coming together to save a schooner.
A snowstorm can be a clean slate, if you let it be.