Island Light: Finer Stuff
The question is who is taking who for a walk along Beach Road.
The question is who is taking who for a walk along Beach Road.
Changing colors reflected in Ice House Pond.
Changing colors reflected in Ice House Pond.
Working harbor of Menemsha still has activity in month of October.
Working harbor of Menemsha still has activity in month of October.
Fish pots at the ready.
Fish pots at the ready.
Weather is just right to get outside at Boys & Girls Club.
Weather is just right to get outside at Boys & Girls Club.
Seasonal pumpkins outside Jim's Package Store benefitting Oak Bluffs School.
Seasonal pumpkins outside Jim's Package Store benefitting Oak Bluffs School.
Vintage Ford rolls through vintage Oak Bluffs.
Vintage Ford rolls through vintage Oak Bluffs.
Maple tree puts on her pretty fall coat in Vineyard Haven.
Maple tree puts on her pretty fall coat in Vineyard Haven.
Pine cones decorate Lambert's Cove Road.
Pine cones decorate Lambert's Cove Road.
Turtled dinghies reveal colorful hulls alongshore Edgartown Lighthouse.
Turtled dinghies reveal colorful hulls alongshore Edgartown Lighthouse.
Harbor View Hotel glows in late afternoon light.
Harbor View Hotel glows in late afternoon light.
September straddles two seasons, but there's no ambivalence about October. You can't mistake an October day for summer; it's made of finer stuff.
October is autumn through and through, and autumn is for walking. Alongshore, in the fields and forests, no month rewards the walker more handsomely, and although this may be somewhere truer than on the Vineyard, we don't know where that place might be.