Island Light: Revisited Joy
Jumping off Big Bridge is perennial favorite — but please be careful.
Jumping off Big Bridge is perennial favorite — but please be careful.
Back flip with poise.
Back flip with poise.
Jumping for joy.
Jumping for joy.
Paulee and Douglas Davies enjoy some boat time in the Oak Bluffs harbor.
Paulee and Douglas Davies enjoy some boat time in the Oak Bluffs harbor.
New chess boards along the Oak Bluffs bulkhead are popular attraction.
New chess boards along the Oak Bluffs bulkhead are popular attraction.
Your move.
Your move.
Rambling roses grow along an East Chop fence.
Rambling roses grow along an East Chop fence.
Foggy time of day at Owen Park in Vineyard Haven.
Foggy time of day at Owen Park in Vineyard Haven.
Crowded Inkwell Beach on the holiday weekend.
Crowded Inkwell Beach on the holiday weekend.
Ominous clouds brought downpours across the Island.
Ominous clouds brought downpours across the Island.
Rumbling thunder accompanied the storm front.
Rumbling thunder accompanied the storm front.
Taking a hard swing at the Shark Tank.
Taking a hard swing at the Shark Tank.
MV Sharks look on from their dugout.
MV Sharks look on from their dugout.
Blues guitarist Delanie Pickering.
Blues guitarist Delanie Pickering.
Performing with Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish.
Performing with Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish.
Cam Igo keeps the beat.
Cam Igo keeps the beat.
Snail navigates a milkweed leaf at Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary.
Snail navigates a milkweed leaf at Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary.
Tashmoo reflections.
Tashmoo reflections.
Stealing a kiss at sunset on a West Chop raft.
Stealing a kiss at sunset on a West Chop raft.
Boarding the ferry at the Oak Bluffs ferry terminal.
Boarding the ferry at the Oak Bluffs ferry terminal.
We savor July much as we listen to a favorite song — our enjoyment only deepened when we look into its depths and see the passage of the years. That's the way it is with summer on the Vineyard. This season is filled to brimming over with revisited joys that we both remember and anticipate with the passage of each new year.