Island Light: Solstice
Rosa rugosa blooms in front of East Chop Gems in their cradles.
Rosa rugosa blooms in front of East Chop Gems in their cradles.
I swear there was a frog here a second ago.
I swear there was a frog here a second ago.
Skating at day's end along East Chop Drive.
Skating at day's end along East Chop Drive.
Harbor lights.
Harbor lights.
Roses climb an Edgartown fence.
Roses climb an Edgartown fence.
Tern returns to nest with a minnow snack.
Tern returns to nest with a minnow snack.
Oak Bluffs pirate ship departs under foggy skies.
Oak Bluffs pirate ship departs under foggy skies.
Before the rain.
Before the rain.
Today is the summer solstice, the turning point in the celestial year when the sun in the Northern Hemisphere is at its greatest distance from the equator. The days will in fact grow shorter from this point on, but that is a thought for another day.
Appropriately, this weekend featured picture-perfect summer days — sunny and clear with canopies of green leaves and roses in bloom and the water in Vineyard Sound so blue it must have been painted from the sky.