Island Light: Signs of August
Learning to sail off East Chop.
Learning to sail off East Chop.
Island waters are full of boats in August.
Island waters are full of boats in August.
Zinnias brighten a West tisbury flower stand.
Zinnias brighten a West tisbury flower stand.
Normalcy returns to Main street, Vineyard Haven, with due caution.
Normalcy returns to Main street, Vineyard Haven, with due caution.
Any pole will do for an osprey.
Any pole will do for an osprey.
Traversing downtown Oak Bluffs.
Traversing downtown Oak Bluffs.
Strand Theatre under blue skies.
Strand Theatre under blue skies.
Island Theatre at the base of Circuit avenue.
Island Theatre at the base of Circuit avenue.
Cumulus clouds over the Island.
Cumulus clouds over the Island.
On the way to the airport.
On the way to the airport.
Kayaks overflow the stand at Tashmoo.
Kayaks overflow the stand at Tashmoo.
Tashmoo landing.
Tashmoo landing.
Oak Bluffs boardwalk.
Oak Bluffs boardwalk.
New beach at North Bluff is popular downtown destination.
New beach at North Bluff is popular downtown destination.
Corbin-Norton house overlooks Ocean Park.
Corbin-Norton house overlooks Ocean Park.
Oak Bluffs bandstand empty of concerts this year.
Oak Bluffs bandstand empty of concerts this year.
Jetskis make a racket in Island waters.
Jetskis make a racket in Island waters.
Family gathering on an East Chop porch.
Family gathering on an East Chop porch.
Islanders know the signs of August. Summer light, the smell of a breeze, the sound of cicadas, when the striped bass move into deeper water and the bonito begin to run — that’s August. When sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers and eggplant ripen in farm fields, when the beaches are full at high noon, when the sunset floods the far horizon in flaming pinks and reds and shooting stars streak across the night sky — that’s August.