Island Light: What Happened
Final ice cream cones for the season. And maybe a treat for the pup.
Final ice cream cones for the season. And maybe a treat for the pup.
Paulie Berard sails his homemade kites at the WInd Festival in Oak Bluffs.
Paulie Berard sails his homemade kites at the WInd Festival in Oak Bluffs.
Quiet moment to catch his thoughts for Bob Jackson at the Plane View.
Quiet moment to catch his thoughts for Bob Jackson at the Plane View.
Smiles from the Giordano's crew.
Smiles from the Giordano's crew.
Menemsha bike ferry plies water from Chilmark to Aquinnnah.
Menemsha bike ferry plies water from Chilmark to Aquinnnah.
Yellowlegs wade into the water at Little Beach.
Yellowlegs wade into the water at Little Beach.
Horseshoe crab surfaces in the Lagoon.
Horseshoe crab surfaces in the Lagoon.
Bangs shuck shack.
Bangs shuck shack.
Gathering clouds over Vineyard SOund.
Gathering clouds over Vineyard SOund.
East Chop Light.
East Chop Light.
Late summer brings fishing enthusiasts to water's edge.
Late summer brings fishing enthusiasts to water's edge.
Hooligan in Menemsha harbor.
Hooligan in Menemsha harbor.
Solitude.
Solitude.
Osprey has a few words to say.
Osprey has a few words to say.
Ocean Park homes.
Ocean Park homes.
Eastville.
Eastville.
Ferry Sankaty braves hurricane force winds Friday afternoon.
Ferry Sankaty braves hurricane force winds Friday afternoon.
Katama waves brought on by the storm.
Katama waves brought on by the storm.
Squibnocket.
Squibnocket.
With one more week of summer left, and with Islanders greeting one another on the streets and in the coffee shops again, that familiar old question tumbles out: What happened to summer?
July and August were anchored by beautiful beach days and soft, foggy nights punctuated by the slow clanging of the bell buoy off East Chop. Daisies, lupines, coreopsis, butterfly weed and black-eyed Susans met their appointments with summer in perfect succession. There was good swimming and there were good dinners on the porch with grilled swordfish and cold littlenecks and tomatoes still warm from the August sun.
What happened to summer? It just slipped away, that’s all. We turned around and it was gone.