Island Light: Fall Rhythms
Emelyn Autumn Majkowski fits right in with the other pumpkins at Morning Glory Farm.
Emelyn Autumn Majkowski fits right in with the other pumpkins at Morning Glory Farm.
Island ponds are starting to show their fall colors.
Island ponds are starting to show their fall colors.
Stonewalls criss-cross across farm land off Middle Road.
Stonewalls criss-cross across farm land off Middle Road.
October rains bring bounty of mushrooms.
October rains bring bounty of mushrooms.
Vineyard football squad mixes it up on the field.
Vineyard football squad mixes it up on the field.
Fisherman braves northeast winds and waves off Squibnocket.
Fisherman braves northeast winds and waves off Squibnocket.
Ready for the storm, using Yankee ingenuity for anchoring.
Ready for the storm, using Yankee ingenuity for anchoring.
Alex at The Collection, in Vineyard Haven, helps out a prospective buyer.
Alex at The Collection, in Vineyard Haven, helps out a prospective buyer.
Scott Morgan walks his puppy, Manny, around Edgartown Harbor.
Scott Morgan walks his puppy, Manny, around Edgartown Harbor.
These rhythms in the Island's human community echo the new melody in the natural world around us. You can taste it in the October air on that last bracing sail before the boat goes into storage for another cold season. You can hear it in the recessional song of the Canada geese, honking southbound, and you can see it in the bright blooms of chrysanthemums in village dooryards and the red of poison ivy vines along a favorite path. October's clock slows and invites us to savor the moment, but even so, it will be November too soon.