Island Light: April Begins
East Chop Lights stands tall and white against gray sky.
East Chop Lights stands tall and white against gray sky.
Quiet fog envelopes Oak Bluffs.
Quiet fog envelopes Oak Bluffs.
"Who turned out the lights?" A curious lamb gets into trouble.
"Who turned out the lights?" A curious lamb gets into trouble.
Not the Easter bunny, but a newborn lamb.
Not the Easter bunny, but a newborn lamb.
Karen Ogden walks Myles around the airport to get used to the big world out there.
Karen Ogden walks Myles around the airport to get used to the big world out there.
Myles sister Quetzi patiently waits and wonders what's the big deal anyways?
Myles sister Quetzi patiently waits and wonders what's the big deal anyways?
Smooth shore of Sengekontacket seems as good a place as any.
Smooth shore of Sengekontacket seems as good a place as any.
Like a forest sprite, the sign at Mermaid Farm looks out.
Like a forest sprite, the sign at Mermaid Farm looks out.
Squibnocket beach, rugged and rough.
Squibnocket beach, rugged and rough.
The blue eyes have it.
The blue eyes have it.
Old Island stone wall stands the test of time.
Old Island stone wall stands the test of time.
Union Chapel.
Union Chapel.
The poet who called April the cruelest month never emerged from a Vineyard winter. We had little snow and few weeks of shocking cold this season past, but there was an surfeit of cold rain and gray days. All the more welcome the coming of sunshine and sweater weather, and soon an army of Islanders will emerge to paint, hammer, rake and otherwise renew and improve the houses and yards of our patch of land in the sea.