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Island Light: Hazy, Hot and Humid

With no breeze, a sailboat floats idly in the Lagoon.
Timothy Johnson
With no breeze, a sailboat floats idly in the Lagoon.
Timothy Johnson
Edgartown meadow filled with butterfly weed and stately oak.
Timothy Johnson
Edgartown meadow filled with butterfly weed and stately oak.
Timothy Johnson
Nothing like a fly-in to Katama Airfield for a swim at South Beach.
Timothy Johnson
Nothing like a fly-in to Katama Airfield for a swim at South Beach.
Timothy Johnson
With little on-shore breeze, few takers for this Oak Bluffs bench.
Timothy Johnson
With little on-shore breeze, few takers for this Oak Bluffs bench.
Timothy Johnson
East Chop Lighthouse with hazy blue back drop.
Timothy Johnson
East Chop Lighthouse with hazy blue back drop.
Timothy Johnson
Artist studies nature's pallete of colors.
Timothy Johnson
Artist studies nature's pallete of colors.
Timothy Johnson
Sun sets gloriously at end of another day over Sengekontacket.
Timothy Johnson
Sun sets gloriously at end of another day over Sengekontacket.
Timothy Johnson

With temperatures routinely peaking at 90 degrees, the Vineyard sweltered under the blanket of a heat wave. Although uncomfortably hot, it was the humidity that drove people to the beach . . . or to their air conditioners.



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