Island Light: Rainbow of Farewell
Smattering of clouds over the Ocean Park fountain.
Smattering of clouds over the Ocean Park fountain.
Hopeful times ahead.
Hopeful times ahead.
Sign of the season as beach umbrellas brighten our shores.
Sign of the season as beach umbrellas brighten our shores.
Daisies lift their heads to the sun on State Beach.
Daisies lift their heads to the sun on State Beach.
Osprey returns to nest on East Chop to feed family.
Osprey returns to nest on East Chop to feed family.
Biodiversityworks Liz Olson and Amber Litterer check on the status of the nesting birds on the Little Beach, Edgartown.
Biodiversityworks Liz Olson and Amber Litterer check on the status of the nesting birds on the Little Beach, Edgartown.
Committee of terns.
Committee of terns.
Calm reflections.
Calm reflections.
Duarte's Pond water lily, worthy of Monet.
Duarte's Pond water lily, worthy of Monet.
Whaling Church rises beyond the Daniel Fisher House in Edgartown.
Whaling Church rises beyond the Daniel Fisher House in Edgartown.
Tigress at rest.
Tigress at rest.
Helen L. docked in Menemsha.
Helen L. docked in Menemsha.
All quiet these days at Tisbury School.
All quiet these days at Tisbury School.
Fog out at sea behind the bus bench on Seaview ave.
Fog out at sea behind the bus bench on Seaview ave.
Meeting place on the Oak Bluffs boardwalk.
Meeting place on the Oak Bluffs boardwalk.
End of day on Lagoon Pond Road.
End of day on Lagoon Pond Road.
Sunset always atracts photographers on Beach Road.
Sunset always atracts photographers on Beach Road.
Sunset over Sengie.
Sunset over Sengie.
Summercamp wears what we all feel.
Summercamp wears what we all feel.
It is early in June that we again become besotted with light, the longer into the evening the better. The red ball that rises earlier each crisp morning turns golden and gilds the Island, then suffuses the day with piercing clarity until it departs in a rainbow of farewell beyond Gay Head.