Island Light: Overdrive
Beverly Bergeron shows off her zinnias she grows and sells.
Beverly Bergeron shows off her zinnias she grows and sells.
Graceful tree leans over Duarte's Pond.
Graceful tree leans over Duarte's Pond.
Kite flying in Ocean Park is summer tradition.
Kite flying in Ocean Park is summer tradition.
Afternoon sail in Vineyard Haven.
Afternoon sail in Vineyard Haven.
Disembarking at the airport, fully masked.
Disembarking at the airport, fully masked.
Mike Creato's red biplane at Katama airfield.
Mike Creato's red biplane at Katama airfield.
Snail inches its way along a milkweed leaf.
Snail inches its way along a milkweed leaf.
Sengie sunset.
Sengie sunset.
Gazette pickup truck at the 175th anniversary opening at the Martha's Vineyard Museum.
Gazette pickup truck at the 175th anniversary opening at the Martha's Vineyard Museum.
Kerry Thompson on the tarmac at the airport.
Kerry Thompson on the tarmac at the airport.
Water lilies float on pond's surface.
Water lilies float on pond's surface.
Roadside flower stand attracts visitors.
Roadside flower stand attracts visitors.
Mushroom grows in Chilmark woods.
Mushroom grows in Chilmark woods.
Island memorabilia at the museum.
Island memorabilia at the museum.
Just when you think the pace of Vineyard summer has reached its peak, the season reaches back, shifts and accelerates into a kind of overdrive. We call it August.
According to one theory that has a certain compelling simplicity, it's all a matter of the heat: Just as water boils at higher temperatures, perhaps time itself starts to percolate in a new way as the Island's warmest month arrives.