Island Light: November Loveliness
Jackie Willey gears up and wades into the Lagoon in search of the elusive scallop.
Jackie Willey gears up and wades into the Lagoon in search of the elusive scallop.
Dancing among the leaves in the Field Gallery lawn.
Dancing among the leaves in the Field Gallery lawn.
Leaves on the ground at the Field Gallery show off their own artistic colors.
Leaves on the ground at the Field Gallery show off their own artistic colors.
Cliffs at Lucy Vincent Beach rise like modern sculpture.
Cliffs at Lucy Vincent Beach rise like modern sculpture.
A lone jogger goes from right fork to left fork in Katama.
A lone jogger goes from right fork to left fork in Katama.
Lobster pots are put away for the season at Oak Bluffs Harbor.
Lobster pots are put away for the season at Oak Bluffs Harbor.
Red and blues, an Owen Park scene on a brisk day.
Red and blues, an Owen Park scene on a brisk day.
Getting ready for the cold, building a log pile in Vineyard Haven.
Getting ready for the cold, building a log pile in Vineyard Haven.
"The stripped and shapely Maple Grieves the loss of her Departed Leaves," John Updike wrote about November. "The ground is hard, As hard as stone. The year is old, The birds are flown.
"And yet the world, Nevertheless, Displays a Certain Loveliness."
Bare trees and frost are here to stay until the spring. Timothy Johnson traveled the Island to find the loveliness in the waning of the year.