Island Light: Wonderously New
The surface of Ice House Pond is like glass, reflecting clouds overhead.
The surface of Ice House Pond is like glass, reflecting clouds overhead.
Taking advantage of a sunny day to dry the sheets on the line.
Taking advantage of a sunny day to dry the sheets on the line.
Still produce and flowers in farmstands across the Island.
Still produce and flowers in farmstands across the Island.
Autumn sail.
Autumn sail.
Pausing to take in the view at Sheriff's Meadow Preserve.
Pausing to take in the view at Sheriff's Meadow Preserve.
Treetops tower overhead.
Treetops tower overhead.
Clouds scud across the sky above the East Chop Light.
Clouds scud across the sky above the East Chop Light.
Repair work being done on the fence.
Repair work being done on the fence.
Turkeys forage in the pumpkin fields.
Turkeys forage in the pumpkin fields.
Catching the end of day light at West Chop.
Catching the end of day light at West Chop.
Harrier sccours the fields of Katama in search of food.
Harrier sccours the fields of Katama in search of food.
Edgartown shellfish department seeds the pond.
Edgartown shellfish department seeds the pond.
Classic plane takes off at the airport.
Classic plane takes off at the airport.
Tisbury Meadow Preserve.
Tisbury Meadow Preserve.
Wetting a line off Memorial Wharf.
Wetting a line off Memorial Wharf.
Old friend Mark Lovewell greets fellow photographer.
Old friend Mark Lovewell greets fellow photographer.
Menemsha props.
Menemsha props.
Snow goose mingles with Canada geese.
Snow goose mingles with Canada geese.
Off they go!
Off they go!
Catboat Tigress docked in Edgartown harbor.
Catboat Tigress docked in Edgartown harbor.
Tashmoo landing.
Tashmoo landing.
Yesterday's partial solar eclipse.
Yesterday's partial solar eclipse.
Familiar places become wondrously new in the recast light of October. This is never more evident than at the edges of the day, when you can’t help but notice a clean, fine quality in the light as the first beams of the sun — or the last — slant across lawns and open places. Already the huckleberry on hillsides and in old fields is beginning to show tinges of red, a taste of the colorful show to come. Too soon, the leaves will be underfoot, and children will scuffle to school and play afterwards amid piles stacked high.