Island Light: Nature Knows
Water flows over the falls at Priester's Pond in West Tisbury.
Water flows over the falls at Priester's Pond in West Tisbury.
Wet weather is evident everywhere you look.
Wet weather is evident everywhere you look.
Lichen and moss green up the Island landscape.
Lichen and moss green up the Island landscape.
Still off-season at the Katama Bay boat ramp.
Still off-season at the Katama Bay boat ramp.
Beach arrnagement of found objects.
Beach arrnagement of found objects.
Waves curl and crash at South Beach.
Waves curl and crash at South Beach.
Window shopping outside of C.B. Starks in Vineyard Haven.
Window shopping outside of C.B. Starks in Vineyard Haven.
You never know what you'll find.
You never know what you'll find.
Raindrops on Duarte's Pond.
Raindrops on Duarte's Pond.
The old brick building of Edgartown National Bank.
The old brick building of Edgartown National Bank.
Summercamp Hotel viewed across Oak Bluffs harbor.
Summercamp Hotel viewed across Oak Bluffs harbor.
Entering downtown.
Entering downtown.
Gray weather at the Tisbury Waterworks.
Gray weather at the Tisbury Waterworks.
Rumbling down Main street, Vineyard Haven.
Rumbling down Main street, Vineyard Haven.
Erosion eats away the cliff beneath a stairway at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Erosion eats away the cliff beneath a stairway at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Atlantic Ocean is calm today.
Atlantic Ocean is calm today.
Fog settles in around the Black Dog Tavern.
Fog settles in around the Black Dog Tavern.
The Mansion House anchors Main street.
The Mansion House anchors Main street.
Bus ride, anyone?
Bus ride, anyone?
Evening ferry arrival.
Evening ferry arrival.
The shift from winter to spring feels like an entirely different season, a period of anticipation. We look for signs of new growth in every tree. Now is the time to finish the winter's chores, to make way for a new season.
Let us relish the in-between. Each cold day brings us closer to warmth, each rainfall helps along the flowers and the grass that nourishes the sheep in the fields. The osprey are starting to return. Even if we don't feel it quite yet, nature knows: spring is afoot.