Island Light: Cool Nights
Pasture beyond a stonewall in Chilmark.
Pasture beyond a stonewall in Chilmark.
Downtown Vineyard Haven from the top of the Mansion House.
Downtown Vineyard Haven from the top of the Mansion House.
Vintage tractors at the Ag Hall fairgrounds in West Tisbury.
Vintage tractors at the Ag Hall fairgrounds in West Tisbury.
Ferries cross paths in Vineyard Sound.
Ferries cross paths in Vineyard Sound.
Pumpkins ripen in the fields at Katama Farm.
Pumpkins ripen in the fields at Katama Farm.
Fishermen brave the waves on the Menemsha jetty.
Fishermen brave the waves on the Menemsha jetty.
Bring your foul weather gear.
Bring your foul weather gear.
Scarecrow at the Good Farm.
Scarecrow at the Good Farm.
High school soccer action.
High school soccer action.
Celebration after a goal.
Celebration after a goal.
Alumni Erik Bruguiere retired coach Jay Schofield and Robert (Bubba) Rudulph enjoy the game.
Alumni Erik Bruguiere retired coach Jay Schofield and Robert (Bubba) Rudulph enjoy the game.
Sweet Mary pulled up on the shore of Oak Bluffs harbor.
Sweet Mary pulled up on the shore of Oak Bluffs harbor.
Schooner Alabama.
Schooner Alabama.
St. Andrews Church under cloudy Edgartown skies.
St. Andrews Church under cloudy Edgartown skies.
Vendors cooking aromas filled the air in Oak Bluffs on Tivoli Day.
Vendors cooking aromas filled the air in Oak Bluffs on Tivoli Day.
End of summer festival crowds fill Circuit avenue.
End of summer festival crowds fill Circuit avenue.
NAACP Road Race is about to start.
NAACP Road Race is about to start.
And they're off!
And they're off!
Now the year moves on and there is no lovelier time on the Vineyard than that moment of seasonal change from summer to autumn.
The story of the changing seasonal guard is told not in the skies but in the lands and the sea around us. The gathering of autumn turns thoughts ahead to the golden weeks of late September and October, to noble days and cool nights, to high ocean skies and flecks of glitter in Island waters. This is a season when the clarity of light pushes the horizon back to infinity.