Island Light: Winter Weather
Cold and wind combine to give this West Chop pier icicles.
Cold and wind combine to give this West Chop pier icicles.
Group of Jaws fans make their way down East Chop Drive in search of Sheriff Brody's house.
Group of Jaws fans make their way down East Chop Drive in search of Sheriff Brody's house.
Taking flight in Vineyard Haven.
Taking flight in Vineyard Haven.
Choppy seas eat away at the base of the Gay Head Cliffs.
Choppy seas eat away at the base of the Gay Head Cliffs.
Renovations continue at the Gay Head Light.
Renovations continue at the Gay Head Light.
4-H Club group, the Cowpokes, tend to their livestock.
4-H Club group, the Cowpokes, tend to their livestock.
Sunny sky over Menemsha Pond.
Sunny sky over Menemsha Pond.
Path through the dunes along Moshup Trail.
Path through the dunes along Moshup Trail.
Waves at Philbin Beach.
Waves at Philbin Beach.
Saltmarsh at Felix Neck looking across Sengie.
Saltmarsh at Felix Neck looking across Sengie.
Gathering of ducks on the Lagoon.
Gathering of ducks on the Lagoon.
Dredging the Little Bridge channel.
Dredging the Little Bridge channel.
Mourning dove at Katama.
Mourning dove at Katama.
Patriot boat, the Quickwater, on her trip to Oak Bluffs and Falmouth.
Patriot boat, the Quickwater, on her trip to Oak Bluffs and Falmouth.
Tisbury waterworks.
Tisbury waterworks.
Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs.
Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs.
West Chop Lighthouse.
West Chop Lighthouse.
Tabernacle at night.
Tabernacle at night.
Cold though this week has been, it’s not yet time to conclude that the Island is seeing a hard winter in January — certainly the wind has howled, but the trip to Chappaquiddick still requires a ferry ticket, not a sturdy pair of hiking boots. And there’s still time in which we may reasonably hope for that welcome break in the season which punctuates more Island winters than not, the traditional January thaw.