A Summer Wander Up Island Glimpses Eternity
Little Lady heads out to Vineyard Sound.
Little Lady heads out to Vineyard Sound.
Karsten Larsen arrives at 5 a.m. to prepare the fish market for day of business.
Karsten Larsen arrives at 5 a.m. to prepare the fish market for day of business.
Little Lady sets her net.
Little Lady sets her net.
Patterns.
Patterns.
Beetlebung Farm barn.
Beetlebung Farm barn.
Picking sweet peas.
Picking sweet peas.
Covey of quail take a meander down a Squibnocket road.
Covey of quail take a meander down a Squibnocket road.
Mama and papa swan take their clutch of eight cygnets out for a swim.
Mama and papa swan take their clutch of eight cygnets out for a swim.
Finding solitude on a summer beach in July is a rare tret.
Finding solitude on a summer beach in July is a rare tret.
Snow geese beat the heat.
Snow geese beat the heat.
Our great challenge is to slow down this sprint through summer, to savor this fleeting season's sweetness and try to make it last.
"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in," wrote Thoreau. "I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains."
Island summer, in its very evanescence, is a glimpse of eternit.y