Island Light: Changeover
Monarch alights on butterfly weed in West Tisbury field.
Monarch alights on butterfly weed in West Tisbury field.
First blush of color on ages-old apple tree at Pecoy Point Preserve.
First blush of color on ages-old apple tree at Pecoy Point Preserve.
Reaching to the sky, or in this case, drops of rain.
Reaching to the sky, or in this case, drops of rain.
Clean lines along the Vineyard Haven waterfront.
Clean lines along the Vineyard Haven waterfront.
Sun sets over the Lagoon.
Sun sets over the Lagoon.
West Chop pier stretches out into the Sound under unsettled skies.
West Chop pier stretches out into the Sound under unsettled skies.
Governor Charlie Baker and wife Lauren visit the Vineyard.
Governor Charlie Baker and wife Lauren visit the Vineyard.
Waiting for the next high tide to free.
Waiting for the next high tide to free.
We call it the changeover weekend and nothing confirms the rush of the high summer season on the Vineyard better than the departure of the July people, the arrival of the August people. And so it is farewell to our July friends returning to their mainland homes and welcome to our August visitors just now landing to enjoy the height of summer, the Vineyard's most robust of all seasons.