Island Light: October's Palette
Change of hue at Priester's Pond.
Change of hue at Priester's Pond.
Egrets settle down in Sengie's saltmarsh.
Egrets settle down in Sengie's saltmarsh.
Geese have the right idea staying out of trouble at Tisbury Waterworks.
Geese have the right idea staying out of trouble at Tisbury Waterworks.
Sentry.
Sentry.
Fishermen line Eastville's breakwater as the Derby winds down.
Fishermen line Eastville's breakwater as the Derby winds down.
Serene Music street in West Tisbury.
Serene Music street in West Tisbury.
Menemsha mooring.
Menemsha mooring.
Pontoon plane lands at airport, no water in sight.
Pontoon plane lands at airport, no water in sight.
Endless waves at Squibnocket.
Endless waves at Squibnocket.
Crossing over the drawbridge from Oak Bluffs to Vineyard Haven.
Crossing over the drawbridge from Oak Bluffs to Vineyard Haven.
Late season cosmos riotously bloom along fence.
Late season cosmos riotously bloom along fence.
Gathering ground for gulls at Edgartown's Little Beach.
Gathering ground for gulls at Edgartown's Little Beach.
Working boat heads out.
Working boat heads out.
Fading flowers of summer.
Fading flowers of summer.
Turning leaves along the Fulling Mill Brook path.
Turning leaves along the Fulling Mill Brook path.
October’s palette is new, as befits the new season. Most of the real flowering of summer is past now, although the goldenrod hangs on brilliantly, and adding their harmonious color in this month that partakes entirely of autumn are the golden pumpkins.
October is autumn through and through, and autumn is for walking. Alongshore, in the fields and forests, no month rewards the walker more handsomely, and although this may be somewhere truer than on the Vineyard, we don’t know where that place might be.