Island Light: Labor Day Weekend
Flying Old Glory on Ocean Park.
Flying Old Glory on Ocean Park.
Unsettled weather brings heavy surf to South Beach.
Unsettled weather brings heavy surf to South Beach.
To dive in or not.
To dive in or not.
New best friends forever.
New best friends forever.
Bird watchers gather at John Butler’s Mudhole in search of a marbled godwit.
Bird watchers gather at John Butler’s Mudhole in search of a marbled godwit.
Interior of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Oak Bluffs.
Interior of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Oak Bluffs.
Stained glass windows opened in late summer.
Stained glass windows opened in late summer.
When the sun sets at Tashmoo you dance of course.
When the sun sets at Tashmoo you dance of course.
Keeping cool in West Tisbury.
Keeping cool in West Tisbury.
Cotillion of terns on Edgartown's Little Beach.
Cotillion of terns on Edgartown's Little Beach.
Sunflower season.
Sunflower season.
Meeting of the herd at Katama Farm.
Meeting of the herd at Katama Farm.
Camp Ground cottages face the harbor.
Camp Ground cottages face the harbor.
Swan reflection in Crystal Lake.
Swan reflection in Crystal Lake.
Lights go on at the Summercamp Hotel.
Lights go on at the Summercamp Hotel.
Sengie sky.
Sengie sky.
Keeping the crowds fed at Beach Road Weekend.
Keeping the crowds fed at Beach Road Weekend.
View of Veterans Park from adjacent rooftops.
View of Veterans Park from adjacent rooftops.
See you next year!
See you next year!
Offshore Katama.
Offshore Katama.
Cruise ship spends the night in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Cruise ship spends the night in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Morning Glory Farm displays their bounty at farmers' market.
Morning Glory Farm displays their bounty at farmers' market.
Zinnias add color to back of pickup truck.
Zinnias add color to back of pickup truck.
Delanie Pickering performs.
Delanie Pickering performs.
August is now over, having passed once more in its overwhelming headlong hurry. September, this wonderful month of harvest and ripeness, now stretches before us, its thirty days a seeming eternity. Poised between summer's rush and fall's recessional, this month occupies a special place in every Island year — first in anticipation, then in savored enjoyment and finally in happy memory.