Island Light: Spring Color
Camp Ground cottage has seen many seasons.
Camp Ground cottage has seen many seasons.
Spring sunshine on Philbin Beach.
Spring sunshine on Philbin Beach.
Simple beauty at the Ocean Park bandstand.
Simple beauty at the Ocean Park bandstand.
Red chimney on East Chop.
Red chimney on East Chop.
Coastwise Wharf.
Coastwise Wharf.
A host of golden daffodils up-Island.
A host of golden daffodils up-Island.
Waves line the shore like lace.
Waves line the shore like lace.
Osprey nest with a view of Oak Bluffs harbor.
Osprey nest with a view of Oak Bluffs harbor.
White barn, Lambert's Cove Road.
White barn, Lambert's Cove Road.
Famliar Oak Bluffs skyline.
Famliar Oak Bluffs skyline.
Famliar red roof of historic Corbin-Norton House.
Famliar red roof of historic Corbin-Norton House.
Old telephone pole at Duarte's Pond.
Old telephone pole at Duarte's Pond.
Painted House in Aquinnah.
Painted House in Aquinnah.
Gibbous moon over a pine tree at Duarte's Pond.
Gibbous moon over a pine tree at Duarte's Pond.
Beauty in the details: pinecone at Duarte's Pond.
Beauty in the details: pinecone at Duarte's Pond.
Yellow house, up-Island.
Yellow house, up-Island.
Late April and the trees are still bare. Gray and brown still dominate the palette. The winter coat is still on the hook.
The landscape slowly starts to boom with color: first the forsythia, and now the daffodils brighten the roadsides. The first green buds appear on trees. While we wait for the the new season to come fully into focus, Timothy Johnson searched the landscape for the colors that have been there all along in architecture and elsewhere.