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Island Light: Full Flower

With temperatures in the 90s, Inkwell Beach was filled with umbrellas.
Timothy Johnson
With temperatures in the 90s, Inkwell Beach was filled with umbrellas.
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End of the day on Lake Tashmoo.
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End of the day on Lake Tashmoo.
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Sunflowers in coffee cans appear on roadsides slowing buyers in cars.
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Sunflowers in coffee cans appear on roadsides slowing buyers in cars.
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Surfer aims to hang ten at the end of the day at Squibnocket.
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Surfer aims to hang ten at the end of the day at Squibnocket.
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A splash of cool water.
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A splash of cool water.
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The long view over Holmes Hole, now known as Vineyard Haven.
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The long view over Holmes Hole, now known as Vineyard Haven.
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Susan and Sherm Goldstein share a summer dance at the Mansion House.
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Susan and Sherm Goldstein share a summer dance at the Mansion House.
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Sunset sail aboard the Alabama in Vineyard Sound.
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Sunset sail aboard the Alabama in Vineyard Sound.
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Gig rowers practice their craft on Grace.
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Gig rowers practice their craft on Grace.
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Niantic Park's new basketball courts are getting lots of use this summer.
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Niantic Park's new basketball courts are getting lots of use this summer.
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Young deer keeps an eye on you at Lambert's Cove.
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Young deer keeps an eye on you at Lambert's Cove.
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Poolful of golden pups at Sunstruck Goldens beat the heat.
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Poolful of golden pups at Sunstruck Goldens beat the heat.
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Summer is in full flower, with hot, humid weather on its way and wildflower fields and cutting gardens in peak bloom. Pink, white and blue hydrangeas are voluptuous and varied, from the lacecap variety to the huge blue globes that are so beautiful in arrangements. Classic dahlias climb against tall stakes, surrounded by a tumble of mint and tea roses. Lacy cosmos nod in the summer sun. Masses of black-eyed Susans, yarrow and coneflowers fill the eye, against a backdrop of distant Nantucket Sound, also in bloom with sailboats, windsurfers and fishing crafts, their occupants in hot pursuit of summer flounder and striped bass. It's July.



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