Island Light: Endings and Beginnings
Crossland Nursery finishes up the decorations in Ocean Park.
Crossland Nursery finishes up the decorations in Ocean Park.
East Chop Light against blue November sky.
East Chop Light against blue November sky.
Clouds over Katama.
Clouds over Katama.
Bringing in the oysters to harbor from Katama Bay.
Bringing in the oysters to harbor from Katama Bay.
Jewelry designer Watumbe at Vineyard Haven harbor.
Jewelry designer Watumbe at Vineyard Haven harbor.
Remembering Moshup at the Cliffs.
Remembering Moshup at the Cliffs.
Waves swirl on the shore at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Waves swirl on the shore at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Stairs to and fro.
Stairs to and fro.
Splash!
Splash!
Greg Coogan aboard his gaff sloop Welwyn.
Greg Coogan aboard his gaff sloop Welwyn.
Inside the Island Alpaca Farm barn.
Inside the Island Alpaca Farm barn.
Sea of red in the Katama plain.
Sea of red in the Katama plain.
Museum at dusk.
Museum at dusk.
Thanksgiving marks the end of one season and the beginning of another, but this year there is a distinct sense of procrastination about it all. Suddenly we are in no real hurry for winter with its hard freeze and slate-colored sea roughed up by whitecaps.
Nature agrees, and on the Vineyard autumn lingers; no need to rush to the next appointment on the calendar. Lawns are still green, herb gardens redolent with sage and rosemary, farm fields freshly turned and dusted with a fine powder of lime. Nantucket Sound is navy blue and the salt ponds lie still in the evening hush with a thousand stars splashed overhead.