Island Light: Gateway to Summer
Heading out to the jetty at sunset time in Menemsha.
Heading out to the jetty at sunset time in Menemsha.
Chilmark dressed in purple for the holiday.
Chilmark dressed in purple for the holiday.
Daniel Lichtman contemplates the horizon at Long Point.
Daniel Lichtman contemplates the horizon at Long Point.
End of the day at Edgartown Light.
End of the day at Edgartown Light.
Variety of boats fill Vineyard Haven harbor.
Variety of boats fill Vineyard Haven harbor.
Lucy Vincent Beach cliffs, a year after the collapse.
Lucy Vincent Beach cliffs, a year after the collapse.
Old farm equipment still in fields at Pecoy Point.
Old farm equipment still in fields at Pecoy Point.
Tern has its eyes on you.
Tern has its eyes on you.
Start of the season for Menemsha's fishing fleet.
Start of the season for Menemsha's fishing fleet.
Thunder clouds scud over East Chop.
Thunder clouds scud over East Chop.
Deer munches on tender leaves in Chilmark woods.
Deer munches on tender leaves in Chilmark woods.
Not only birds fill Vineyard skies.
Not only birds fill Vineyard skies.
Beach plum blossoms take on a pink hue on Sengekontacket.
Beach plum blossoms take on a pink hue on Sengekontacket.
Driftwood sculpture is a community build at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Driftwood sculpture is a community build at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Fish head on a stake, because, why not?
Fish head on a stake, because, why not?
Photo opportunity.
Photo opportunity.
Memorial Day weekend on the Vineyard stands each year as the gateway into busy summer. But even as it offers a sweet foretaste of the season to come, Memorial Day invites us to look back and to remember, even to grieve, for those who sacrificed any chance to savor the sweetness of another May.