Island Light: Declarations
Daffodils greet passersby along North Road in Chilmark.
Daffodils greet passersby along North Road in Chilmark.
Bluebird houses welcome their seasonal tenants at Felix Neck.
Bluebird houses welcome their seasonal tenants at Felix Neck.
Is it a pond? Or just a puddle from this week's rain.
Is it a pond? Or just a puddle from this week's rain.
West Tisbury's historic oak tree lays her branches on the ground.
West Tisbury's historic oak tree lays her branches on the ground.
Cottager's Corner in Oak Bluffs.
Cottager's Corner in Oak Bluffs.
Fog crept in over the water and cloaked the drawbridge between Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven.
Fog crept in over the water and cloaked the drawbridge between Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven.
Winters worth of storms and its effect on Edgartown Great Pond.
Winters worth of storms and its effect on Edgartown Great Pond.
At the Martha's Vineyard Shipyard.
At the Martha's Vineyard Shipyard.
Colony of gulls wing into the hard wind in Oak Bluffs.
Colony of gulls wing into the hard wind in Oak Bluffs.
Rain keeps water moving briskly at Priester's Pond.
Rain keeps water moving briskly at Priester's Pond.
This week's raging wind and messy rain has settled, and warm air followed close behind. The cold weather is (we hope) almost done, and daffodils are making their bright declarations of spring, and the sun is longer and stronger by the day.