Island Light: Seize the Day
East Chop Gems in their cradles.
East Chop Gems in their cradles.
Touch of fall across an Edgartown saltmarsh.
Touch of fall across an Edgartown saltmarsh.
Swans paddle at the Head of the Lagoon.
Swans paddle at the Head of the Lagoon.
Trees turn in the Vineyard Haven cemetery.
Trees turn in the Vineyard Haven cemetery.
Wind in the willows at the Waterworks at Tashmoo.
Wind in the willows at the Waterworks at Tashmoo.
Cormorant turns into the weather in Menemsha.
Cormorant turns into the weather in Menemsha.
High seas beach a horseshoe crab on East Chop.
High seas beach a horseshoe crab on East Chop.
Waves crash under the fish pier in Oak Bluffs.
Waves crash under the fish pier in Oak Bluffs.
This week's rain has greened up Chilmark woods.
This week's rain has greened up Chilmark woods.
Rainy day on the Shenandoah.
Rainy day on the Shenandoah.
Baptist Church stained glass window illuminates the night.
Baptist Church stained glass window illuminates the night.
Chilmark style.
Chilmark style.
Gray day at the Camp Ground.
Gray day at the Camp Ground.
Neither wind, nor rain, nor waves deter fishermen from the Menemsha jetty during the derby.
Neither wind, nor rain, nor waves deter fishermen from the Menemsha jetty during the derby.
Water flows down Fulling Mill Brook.
Water flows down Fulling Mill Brook.
Airborn over Sengekontacket.
Airborn over Sengekontacket.
Rob Douglas.
Rob Douglas.
This week's wind brought kitesurfers out in force.
This week's wind brought kitesurfers out in force.
Menemsha Coast Guard heads out for training exercises.
Menemsha Coast Guard heads out for training exercises.
Heron keeps watch at the Oak Bluffs Pumping Station.
Heron keeps watch at the Oak Bluffs Pumping Station.
Taking out a vintage car for a ride around Katama.
Taking out a vintage car for a ride around Katama.
For all of us, this three-day weekend is festive, as befits a moment in the year when we first feel the sharp tang of autumn and realize that we can no longer take for granted this season's balmy weather. Each day is a more sharply appreciated gift.
It's always good advice to seize the day. Here, in the sweet month of 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.