Island Light: Moment to Pause
Season to take in the changing foliage.
Season to take in the changing foliage.
Ocean Park's bandstand against azure skies.
Ocean Park's bandstand against azure skies.
Gnarled trunk of an Island oak tree.
Gnarled trunk of an Island oak tree.
Milkweed release their seeds into autumn air.
Milkweed release their seeds into autumn air.
Brock Callen takes advantage of this week's waves.
Brock Callen takes advantage of this week's waves.
Who's watching who here.
Who's watching who here.
Mail box and hay loft, both open.
Mail box and hay loft, both open.
Horseshoe crab makes its way along the shore of Menemsha Pond.
Horseshoe crab makes its way along the shore of Menemsha Pond.
At rest in Eel Pond.
At rest in Eel Pond.
Less boats in Chilmark Pond in October.
Less boats in Chilmark Pond in October.
Perfect weather for reading a book.
Perfect weather for reading a book.
Lobsterville fishing shack.
Lobsterville fishing shack.
Docks of Menemsha.
Docks of Menemsha.
Dusk on Vineyard Haven's waterfront.
Dusk on Vineyard Haven's waterfront.
Casting a line under the drawbridge.
Casting a line under the drawbridge.
Night time is the right time.
Night time is the right time.
Our perspective on Columbus may have changed, but our conviction has only grown stronger that, at this point in the Vineyard year, we definitely are ready for a holiday.
It's always good advice to seize the day. Here, in October, are three of them. It's a moment to be outdoors drinking in the Island's beauty, a moment to pause and breathe deeply here on the far shore of Vineyard summer.