Island Light: Cabin Fever
Friday's snow was an unwelcome visitor after temps neared 60 earlier.
Friday's snow was an unwelcome visitor after temps neared 60 earlier.
Snow, sleet, and rain came down in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Snow, sleet, and rain came down in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Yuck.
Yuck.
The lesson is, don't put away the shovels quite yet.
The lesson is, don't put away the shovels quite yet.
Outside eating in a few weekes maybe at Porto's Pizza.
Outside eating in a few weekes maybe at Porto's Pizza.
Spending off-season on the shore.
Spending off-season on the shore.
Ebba Hierta scratched up a bushel of quahaugs for dinner.
Ebba Hierta scratched up a bushel of quahaugs for dinner.
Low tide in Edgartown harbor.
Low tide in Edgartown harbor.
Clamming under gray skies in late winter.
Clamming under gray skies in late winter.
Taking it easy at Slough Farm.
Taking it easy at Slough Farm.
Chilmark oak.
Chilmark oak.
Riding the waves in Aquinnah.
Riding the waves in Aquinnah.
Gay Head Cliffs.
Gay Head Cliffs.
Turkey vulture on the lookout for dinner.
Turkey vulture on the lookout for dinner.
This week comes March, with the all promise of the mud season that so often suffices to separate winter from summer on the Island. Spring may still be more than three weeks away, but the mush is here already, subject of course to periodic rounds of refreezing as dictated by the whims of the weather that has buffeted us through this winter.
Cabin fever is epidemic. We're soon hopefully through taking pictures of the Vineyard’s winter wonderland, done with clearing a path out the back door for the family dog, finished with tissues and windshield scrapers and drying our boots by the wood stove.