Island Light: Into February
Edgartown's Whaling Church, looking grand in the afternoon sun.
Edgartown's Whaling Church, looking grand in the afternoon sun.
Crow takes a lunch break at the Lagoon Pond boat landing.
Crow takes a lunch break at the Lagoon Pond boat landing.
On a flat calm Lagoon on a bright sunny day.
On a flat calm Lagoon on a bright sunny day.
Not much wake, more like off-season napping, at Tashmoo.
Not much wake, more like off-season napping, at Tashmoo.
Turning around from the sunset at Chilmark Pond.
Turning around from the sunset at Chilmark Pond.
Never ending waves at an overcast, rough Squibnocket.
Never ending waves at an overcast, rough Squibnocket.
Lobsterville Beach is like a big kids' sandbox this winter.
Lobsterville Beach is like a big kids' sandbox this winter.
Gay Head Cliffs retain their color even on a cloudy, rainy day.
Gay Head Cliffs retain their color even on a cloudy, rainy day.
Beautifully colored sun reveals itself like a painting over an empty beach.
Beautifully colored sun reveals itself like a painting over an empty beach.
Ripple in still water. When there is no pebble tossed. Nor wind to blow.
Ripple in still water. When there is no pebble tossed. Nor wind to blow.
All the colors of an artist's palette over Tisbury Great Pond.
All the colors of an artist's palette over Tisbury Great Pond.
Self portrait by the photographer at East Chop Light.
Self portrait by the photographer at East Chop Light.
Now the path of the new year leads us into February, another month that has its whole being in the season of winter. But unlike our lives, winter is a story whose ending we already know. Each gray day of February is bearable because we know it carries us closer to the advent of spring.