Island Light: Snow Days
Kelly Carmody enjoys the peaceful winter scenery in Menemsha.
Kelly Carmody enjoys the peaceful winter scenery in Menemsha.
Red buoy guides boats through thick icy water to Menemsha Pond.
Red buoy guides boats through thick icy water to Menemsha Pond.
Menemsha takes the day off after snow.
Menemsha takes the day off after snow.
Still water in Menemsha Harbor.
Still water in Menemsha Harbor.
Icicles grow longer from the Carousel House in Oak Bluffs.
Icicles grow longer from the Carousel House in Oak Bluffs.
Snow piles grow larger as Ocean Park is cleared.
Snow piles grow larger as Ocean Park is cleared.
The sun came out and brightened Edgartown Lighthouse.
The sun came out and brightened Edgartown Lighthouse.
Great blue heron surveys the scene at Long Point.
Great blue heron surveys the scene at Long Point.
State Forest pines look beautiful with some winter frosting.
State Forest pines look beautiful with some winter frosting.
Mail boxes watch out for plows, or vice versa.
Mail boxes watch out for plows, or vice versa.
The snow moved in mid morning and the storm front was at sea before the Island awoke. Last Saturday was spent indoors with eyes at the window. And as the day progressed, the Vineyard was sheathed in white, bringing with it hues of lavender, pale blue, yellow and pink. The snows will return in the wintry weeks ahead. But on the Vineyard it is the first real snow of 2017, as old as the chill of winter, that always arrives to the fresh astonishment and wonder of all.