Island Light: Change of Season
Ceaseless waves swirl around the rocks of Lucy Vincent Beach.
Ceaseless waves swirl around the rocks of Lucy Vincent Beach.
Clay cliffs erode with the passage of time.
Clay cliffs erode with the passage of time.
Rowing gig at rest in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Rowing gig at rest in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Forest of masts rise over Boch Park.
Forest of masts rise over Boch Park.
Schooner Alabama.
Schooner Alabama.
Still a busy harbor scene at the Black Dog Wharf.
Still a busy harbor scene at the Black Dog Wharf.
Dahlias bloom at the Emily Post house in Edgartown.
Dahlias bloom at the Emily Post house in Edgartown.
Peaceful garden through the arbor.
Peaceful garden through the arbor.
Architectural details on an Ocean Park house.
Architectural details on an Ocean Park house.
Waiting for the sun.
Waiting for the sun.
You don't need a weathervane to know which way the wind blows.
You don't need a weathervane to know which way the wind blows.
East Chop bulkhead.
East Chop bulkhead.
Ferry Island Home docks in Vineyard Haven.
Ferry Island Home docks in Vineyard Haven.
Jon Mayhew flies his drone at the Tisbury Firefighters Car Show.
Jon Mayhew flies his drone at the Tisbury Firefighters Car Show.
Felix Neck osprey ponders when to migrate south.
Felix Neck osprey ponders when to migrate south.
Peaceful easy feeling at Sunset Lake.
Peaceful easy feeling at Sunset Lake.
Norton Farm zinnias.
Norton Farm zinnias.
A parcel of oystercatchers.
A parcel of oystercatchers.
Dawn broke on the first day of fall Thursday with rain and a hard wind. Intrepid windsurfers raced through whitecaps on Sengie, framed on the barrier beach saltmarsh that swayed and danced with every gust. Further inland the swamp maples have begun to turn, dropping scarlet leaves onto moss carpets. In the meadows and along the hillsides, goldenrod has emerged in great waves of lemon and ochre.
Autumn begins, with a promise that there is still plenty of summer weather left to come.