Island Light: Sweet Time
Seasonal change highlights Priester's Pond in October.
Seasonal change highlights Priester's Pond in October.
Montauk daisies cascade over a fence in Oak Bluffs.
Montauk daisies cascade over a fence in Oak Bluffs.
Blustery wind doesn't stop a family walk.
Blustery wind doesn't stop a family walk.
From farm fields to front porches.
From farm fields to front porches.
Low tide finds this conch high and dry.
Low tide finds this conch high and dry.
Sunny day trip over Dike Bridge to East Beach.
Sunny day trip over Dike Bridge to East Beach.
Edgartowns whaling history shown by vintage anchors.
Edgartowns whaling history shown by vintage anchors.
Quiet mid week in Edgartown harbor.
Quiet mid week in Edgartown harbor.
Chappy Ferry churns back and forth between her ports.
Chappy Ferry churns back and forth between her ports.
Blue skies and autumn clouds.
Blue skies and autumn clouds.
Sandpipers dance along the wrack line at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Sandpipers dance along the wrack line at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Richard Arnold tied up on her Menemsha dock.
Richard Arnold tied up on her Menemsha dock.
Mussels.
Mussels.
Unsettled weather keeps boats at home.
Unsettled weather keeps boats at home.
September is the Island's month of transition, the month we enter at summer's breakneck pace and leave in the leisure of autumn. But October on the Island is autumn through and through, and here, safely landed on the far shore of another busy summer, October unfolds in its own sweet time.