Island Light: Overdrive
Color all over the shore of Menemsha Pond.
Color all over the shore of Menemsha Pond.
Working the flower fields on a hot August day.
Working the flower fields on a hot August day.
Harvesting bouquets at Tea Lane Farm in Chilmark.
Harvesting bouquets at Tea Lane Farm in Chilmark.
Native Joe Pye Weed brightens the side along Middle Road.
Native Joe Pye Weed brightens the side along Middle Road.
Semipalmated plover wets his feet to cool off.
Semipalmated plover wets his feet to cool off.
Aloha Paddle group beat the heat in Menemsha Pond.
Aloha Paddle group beat the heat in Menemsha Pond.
Menemsha Texaco with a vintage look in front.
Menemsha Texaco with a vintage look in front.
Swallowtail butterfly finds a landing place in Oak Bluffs.
Swallowtail butterfly finds a landing place in Oak Bluffs.
Rowboat afloat on water teeming with life in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Rowboat afloat on water teeming with life in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Mail boxes in West Tisbury show their fashion sense.
Mail boxes in West Tisbury show their fashion sense.
Kissed by the sun, ripe summer tomatoes at a roadside stand.
Kissed by the sun, ripe summer tomatoes at a roadside stand.
Sailing in at the end of the day around West Chop.
Sailing in at the end of the day around West Chop.
Sun sets in the west behind the Nashaquitsa overlook.
Sun sets in the west behind the Nashaquitsa overlook.
Just when you think the season of summer has reached its unsurpassable peak on Martha's Vineyard, the month of August reaches back and finds another gear. It's called overdrive, in case you're wondering, and you'd better hang on.