Scenes from Martha’s Vineyard: September 2024
Hop growers toast a successful season at Offshore Ale.
Hop growers toast a successful season at Offshore Ale.
Awaiting chess players on the Oak Bluffs harbor.
Awaiting chess players on the Oak Bluffs harbor.
Sun sets through beach grass at Katama.
Sun sets through beach grass at Katama.
Common raven performs a little dance.
Common raven performs a little dance.
Boatful of late summer sunflowers bloom in Eastville.
Boatful of late summer sunflowers bloom in Eastville.
Early days of autumn mean empty beach chairs on Vineyard Haven harbor.
Early days of autumn mean empty beach chairs on Vineyard Haven harbor.
Sunrise over Chappy from the Big Bridge.
Sunrise over Chappy from the Big Bridge.
Kire surfers take advantage of northeast winds in Sengekotacket.
Kire surfers take advantage of northeast winds in Sengekotacket.
Endless waves crash on the shore of Lucy Vincent Beach.
Endless waves crash on the shore of Lucy Vincent Beach.
Schooner Shenandoah anchored off Lobsterville with Island schoolchildren aboard.
Schooner Shenandoah anchored off Lobsterville with Island schoolchildren aboard.
Well trod path to late summer beach days
Well trod path to late summer beach days
Sun rises over Nantucket Sound.
Sun rises over Nantucket Sound.
A rookery of cormorants gather to discuss the day's events.
A rookery of cormorants gather to discuss the day's events.
Alabama heads out of Vineyard Haven harbor for sunset sail.
Alabama heads out of Vineyard Haven harbor for sunset sail.
View up the East Chop Lighthouse winding stairway.
View up the East Chop Lighthouse winding stairway.
Island Queen still delivers daytrippers to Oak Bluffs.
Island Queen still delivers daytrippers to Oak Bluffs.
Model sailboat races watcher is transfixed.
Model sailboat races watcher is transfixed.
Herreshoff races in Menemsha Pond.
Herreshoff races in Menemsha Pond.
Menemsha shadows.
Menemsha shadows.
Weather advice at the Katama Airfield.
Weather advice at the Katama Airfield.
The year moves on and the season turns, heading out as if on a shifting tide.
September forms a boundary between summer in its waning days and the approach of autumn. The glory of September is that it blends two seasons into one of unusual beauty on the Island.