Island Light: Spring Ahead
After the storms, a perfect time for sea glass and shell foraging.
After the storms, a perfect time for sea glass and shell foraging.
Allen Farm sheep take advantage of rare bit of blue sky this week.
Allen Farm sheep take advantage of rare bit of blue sky this week.
Glacial erratic at Cedar Tree Neck but no one to climb on it.
Glacial erratic at Cedar Tree Neck but no one to climb on it.
Melting clay at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Melting clay at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Ocean waves swirl around the south shore at Lucy.
Ocean waves swirl around the south shore at Lucy.
View from an East Chop pier.
View from an East Chop pier.
Extreme high tide on Edgartown Harbor.
Extreme high tide on Edgartown Harbor.
Menemsha slowly waking up.
Menemsha slowly waking up.
Brant and geese in formation over Ocean Park.
Brant and geese in formation over Ocean Park.
State beach in March.
State beach in March.
Unique hood ornament in West Tisbury.
Unique hood ornament in West Tisbury.
Red row boat brings a splash of color in gray March.
Red row boat brings a splash of color in gray March.
End of the day in Menemsha.
End of the day in Menemsha.
March is a coming out time for the Island, a month that writes winter's obituary and introduces spring, our prelude to the season of summer. This is always a disorderly time of year, when the Vineyard struggles with a seasonal chaos that blurs the line between winter's end and the advent of spring. But this weekend will raise even the darkest spirits. At 2 a.m. this morning we leapt forward into Daylight Saving Time.
The coming of this spring will seem especially sweet, for it follows a winter of northeasters, rain and cold. Now the search begins for those first signs of spring, for the color of crocuses, the song of pinkletinks and soon the cream and pink of shadbush or wild pear, the golden flash of daffodils and forsythia.