Island Light: New Beginnings
Red-tailed hawk finds a perch near the hospital.
Red-tailed hawk finds a perch near the hospital.
Spring snowfall dusts Vineyard Haven harbor.
Spring snowfall dusts Vineyard Haven harbor.
Allen Farm Sheep wait for new spring grass.
Allen Farm Sheep wait for new spring grass.
Glenn Pachico puts a fresh coat of paint on the family business, John's Fish Market.
Glenn Pachico puts a fresh coat of paint on the family business, John's Fish Market.
A classic white barn on Lambert's Cove Road.
A classic white barn on Lambert's Cove Road.
Canoer plies Menemsha waters.
Canoer plies Menemsha waters.
Ocean Park building look even brighter on a gray March day.
Ocean Park building look even brighter on a gray March day.
Lights are on at Island Home.
Lights are on at Island Home.
Father and son hockey time at Cumberland Farms parking lot.
Father and son hockey time at Cumberland Farms parking lot.
Gay Head sunset.
Gay Head sunset.
The shift from winter to spring feels like an entirely different season, a period of anticipation. An early spring snow falls on budding flowers and we wonder if this is the last snowfall of the winter; 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.