Island Light: Land and Sea
Katama General Store features a cornucopia of seasonal bounty.
Katama General Store features a cornucopia of seasonal bounty.
Ocean as far as the eyes can see ... until you reach the Azores.
Ocean as far as the eyes can see ... until you reach the Azores.
South Beach carved with high tides and waves.
South Beach carved with high tides and waves.
Island towns showed respect to Paris with flags flown at half mast, this on Memorial Wharf.
Island towns showed respect to Paris with flags flown at half mast, this on Memorial Wharf.
In the off season, everyone is a lifeguard.
In the off season, everyone is a lifeguard.
Katama Farm, mown and put to bed for the season.
Katama Farm, mown and put to bed for the season.
Shadows decorate a lone Edgartown pier.
Shadows decorate a lone Edgartown pier.
Oak Bluffs harbor seen over East Chop Yacht Club moorings.
Oak Bluffs harbor seen over East Chop Yacht Club moorings.
Reflections of the way life used to be in Menemsha.
Reflections of the way life used to be in Menemsha.
Sun goes down like a big bald head off Katama.
Sun goes down like a big bald head off Katama.
End of the day looking westward from West Chop.
End of the day looking westward from West Chop.
Darkening skies over Oak Bluffs' Ocean Park street lights.
Darkening skies over Oak Bluffs' Ocean Park street lights.
The upcoming Thanksgiving holiday marks the end of one season and the beginning of another, but this year there is a distinct sense of procrastination about it all. Suddenly we are in no real hurry for winter with its hard freeze and slate-colored sea roughed up by whitecaps.
Nature agrees, and on the Vineyard autumn lingers like two lovers over coffee; no need to rush to the next appointment on the calendar. Lawns are still green, herb gardens redolent with rosemary, farm fields freshly turned. Nantucket Sound is navy blue and the salt ponds lie still in the evening hush with a thousand stars splashed overhead.