Island Light: Summer Is Here
Back flipping off the Fish Pier in Oak Bluffs.
Back flipping off the Fish Pier in Oak Bluffs.
Splashdown!
Splashdown!
Roses tumble over an Edgartown fence.
Roses tumble over an Edgartown fence.
Missing performing, John O'Toole plays music for one at Tashmoo.
Missing performing, John O'Toole plays music for one at Tashmoo.
All systems ready for summer at the airport.
All systems ready for summer at the airport.
Dining out will be different this season.
Dining out will be different this season.
Lush greens at Fulling Mill Brook.
Lush greens at Fulling Mill Brook.
Taking a break, mid mow.
Taking a break, mid mow.
Wild peas in Katama.
Wild peas in Katama.
Beating the heat.
Beating the heat.
Familiar scene from Middle Road.
Familiar scene from Middle Road.
Phragmites bloom along Lagoon Pond.
Phragmites bloom along Lagoon Pond.
Leading up to the museum reopening.
Leading up to the museum reopening.
Red-winged blackbird.
Red-winged blackbird.
The long and winding road at West Chop.
The long and winding road at West Chop.
Wednesday morning brings a small turn of the calendar page, but a giant leap for the whole Island community. For Wednesday brings July, and July begins the grand journey we call Vineyard summer. We push away from the shore of June, so many of us from so many places and so many different backgrounds, drawn together to share in this Island's sparkling passage through a season that will wait for us no longer. Summer is here, says July, and we must seize the day.