Island Light: December Days
Cold moon rises above the Bandstand in Ocean Park.
Cold moon rises above the Bandstand in Ocean Park.
Seasonal lights bring joy to Oak Bluffs.
Seasonal lights bring joy to Oak Bluffs.
Almost full moon in Vineyard skies.
Almost full moon in Vineyard skies.
Edgartown steeple has rooms available, but the birds must be out.
Edgartown steeple has rooms available, but the birds must be out.
Chappaquiddick's Mytoi garden is worth a visit year-round.
Chappaquiddick's Mytoi garden is worth a visit year-round.
Vestige from another era on Chappy.
Vestige from another era on Chappy.
Eider duck splashes down in Oak Bluffs.
Eider duck splashes down in Oak Bluffs.
Ferry Woods Hole fills the frame in Vineyard Haven.
Ferry Woods Hole fills the frame in Vineyard Haven.
Red as a present's bow.
Red as a present's bow.
Vintage car fresh from a detailing.
Vintage car fresh from a detailing.
Right whale remains on East Beach.
Right whale remains on East Beach.
Under the boardwalk, boardwalk.
Under the boardwalk, boardwalk.
Moonlight mile over State Beach.
Moonlight mile over State Beach.
The Vineyard becomes a place of light in this season: the single candles in the windows of houses as dusk gathers along Island roads, the lights strung along the lines of a sailboat at Menemsha, the gorgeous multitude of white lights at the Dr. Daniel Fisher House in Edgartown, the colored lights strung around the evergreen trees — Christmas trees — occupying places of honor in hundreds of Vineyard homes. Even on a cloudy day, Vineyard Sound can shine like a luminescent opal, crossed by the bright white vessels of the Steamship Authority.