Island Light: Heat Wave
Jumping from the Big Bridge is summer tradition for generations of families.
Jumping from the Big Bridge is summer tradition for generations of families.
Waves at South Beach draw Islanders to the shore to cool off.
Waves at South Beach draw Islanders to the shore to cool off.
Out of reach of the sun's rays under umrellas at the Seafood Shanty.
Out of reach of the sun's rays under umrellas at the Seafood Shanty.
Shenandoah brings a charter into Vineyard Haven harbor.
Shenandoah brings a charter into Vineyard Haven harbor.
Rambling roses cascade over a Chilmark stone wall.
Rambling roses cascade over a Chilmark stone wall.
Petunias have a Camp Ground porch to themselves until evening cools the air.
Petunias have a Camp Ground porch to themselves until evening cools the air.
Dave Donald provides helpful hints at the information kiosk in Vineyard Haven.
Dave Donald provides helpful hints at the information kiosk in Vineyard Haven.
You can almost smell the pine along a State Forest road.
You can almost smell the pine along a State Forest road.
Thank you for flying.
Thank you for flying.
End of day over the Sengie saltmarsh.
End of day over the Sengie saltmarsh.
View from Owen Park shows a full Vineyard Haven harbor.
View from Owen Park shows a full Vineyard Haven harbor.
Vintage Plymouth behind the Summercamp in Oak Bluffs.
Vintage Plymouth behind the Summercamp in Oak Bluffs.
Artist Anne Molasky documents the scene at Big Bridge.
Artist Anne Molasky documents the scene at Big Bridge.
Sailing solitude.
Sailing solitude.
Barnacles revealed on Lagoon pond washashore.
Barnacles revealed on Lagoon pond washashore.
Noah and Gus Ben David with their snapping turtle friend.
Noah and Gus Ben David with their snapping turtle friend.
Sunset oiver the harbor.
Sunset oiver the harbor.
July moon.
July moon.
Don Herman patrols Katama with rip current warnings in the surf.
Don Herman patrols Katama with rip current warnings in the surf.
Forest of masts.
Forest of masts.
Public art or grafitti? You decide.
Public art or grafitti? You decide.
Despite the humidity of recent days, this has been a relatively hot and dry summer. A. Look at the Vineyard Skies column in this week’s Gazette with the record of our past week’s precipitation shows seven days of goose eggs. The advantage is that it's been nigh perfect weather for our vacationing friends —every day a sunny beach day, every evening a milder delight.
Our hopes are modest: a thoroughly soaking rain for three hours between midnight and dawn three or four nights a week would do very nicely, thank you. A little less humidity during the day. And let's keep the pleasant evenings, please. That's not much to ask, is it?