Island Light: Grand and Beautiful
Across the pond to the barrier beach at Long Point.
Across the pond to the barrier beach at Long Point.
Blue skies above Menemsha Pond.
Blue skies above Menemsha Pond.
Stone walls bound properties in Chilmark.
Stone walls bound properties in Chilmark.
Stars twinkle over East Chop Light.
Stars twinkle over East Chop Light.
Moss gives a splash of color at Sheriff's Meadow Pond.
Moss gives a splash of color at Sheriff's Meadow Pond.
Tender at rest in calm waters of Vineyard Haven harbor.
Tender at rest in calm waters of Vineyard Haven harbor.
Squibnocket sunset.
Squibnocket sunset.
Owen Park bandstand.
Owen Park bandstand.
Stairway down to Lagoon Pond.
Stairway down to Lagoon Pond.
Twilight shopping at Alley's General Store.
Twilight shopping at Alley's General Store.
Stately whaling captain's houses line North Water street.
Stately whaling captain's houses line North Water street.
High Tide covers Menemsha docks.
High Tide covers Menemsha docks.
Beached dinghies ring Vineyard Haven harborfront.
Beached dinghies ring Vineyard Haven harborfront.
Martha's Vineyard Bank anchors downtown Oak Bluffs.
Martha's Vineyard Bank anchors downtown Oak Bluffs.
Portuguese American Club.
Portuguese American Club.
Quitsa boat house.
Quitsa boat house.
Chappy ferry lights.
Chappy ferry lights.
Atlantic Drive.
Atlantic Drive.
As our mild winter continues, we think of the work of Henry David Thoreau, who went walking in woods and fields more than a century ago and found the experience decidedly therapeutic. “I come to myself,” he wrote, “I once more feel myself grandly related, and that cold and solitude are friends of mine. I suppose that this value, in my case, is equivalent to what others get by churchgoing and prayer. I come home to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home. I thus dispose of the superfluous and see things as they are, grand and beautiful.”