Island Light: Autumn Delights
Dramatic clouds catch the eye over Katama.
Dramatic clouds catch the eye over Katama.
Late season zinnias for sale at a West Tisbury roadside stand.
Late season zinnias for sale at a West Tisbury roadside stand.
Fall foliage at Duarte's Pond.
Fall foliage at Duarte's Pond.
Scalloping in Sengie for Sunday's dinner.
Scalloping in Sengie for Sunday's dinner.
Birches at Polly HIll Arboretum.
Birches at Polly HIll Arboretum.
Flock of swallows swoop as one through the sky.
Flock of swallows swoop as one through the sky.
West Tisbury's Ag Hall dressed for the season.
West Tisbury's Ag Hall dressed for the season.
Playing on the Menemsha dock.
Playing on the Menemsha dock.
Mushroom scene.
Mushroom scene.
The view from atop Peaked Hill.
The view from atop Peaked Hill.
Katama seal has its eye on you.
Katama seal has its eye on you.
October's bounty.
October's bounty.
West Tisbury barn.
West Tisbury barn.
Autumn days this year have been wonderful with mild temperatures conducive to all the best the Vineyard has to offer: hiking through long woodland trails with the soft crunch of newly fallen leaves underfoot, dip-netting for scallops and hauling a basket home to shuck for early Sunday supper, gathering armfuls of russet and teal hydrangeas from the garden to bring indoors, taking one last sail, one last paddle, and for the brave, one last bracing swim.