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Island Light: Longer Days

Signs of spring along Ocean Park avenue.
Tim Johnson
Signs of spring along Ocean Park avenue.
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Crossland Landscape gardeners work hard to keep the park beautiful.
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Crossland Landscape gardeners work hard to keep the park beautiful.
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The bandstand.
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The bandstand.
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Dramatic clouds overhead.
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Dramatic clouds overhead.
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Tulips bloom at the end of April.
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Tulips bloom at the end of April.
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Ocean Park.
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Ocean Park.
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East Chop Lighthouse.
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East Chop Lighthouse.
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Dinghy pulled ashore awaits warmer days.
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Dinghy pulled ashore awaits warmer days.
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Pigs enjoy the warmer weather at Katama Farm.
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Pigs enjoy the warmer weather at Katama Farm.
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Menemsha dock.
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Menemsha dock.
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Scallop shells reveal a bountuful harvest.
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Scallop shells reveal a bountuful harvest.
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Soon boats will fill the harbor again.
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Soon boats will fill the harbor again.
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Keep Menemsha beautiful.
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Keep Menemsha beautiful.
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Fishing boat Richard Arnold.
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Fishing boat Richard Arnold.
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Something here is not like the others.
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Something here is not like the others.
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Evening rolls in at the Airport Shell station.
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Evening rolls in at the Airport Shell station.
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Tomorrow is the first day of May, month of unfolding green leaves and longer days; the prelude to summer. Pollen swirls in puddles of spring rain and bees begin their trips from flower to hive, an ancient dance.



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