Island Light: Spring Gift
Tulip time in Ocean Park.
Tulip time in Ocean Park.
Historic bandstand's graceful architecture.
Historic bandstand's graceful architecture.
Late afternoon sun at Five Corners.
Late afternoon sun at Five Corners.
Leafing out at Sweetened Water Pond.
Leafing out at Sweetened Water Pond.
Trying her luck in Sengekontacket.
Trying her luck in Sengekontacket.
Horse and buggy takes passengers through downtown Edgartown.
Horse and buggy takes passengers through downtown Edgartown.
Entering Oak Bluffs.
Entering Oak Bluffs.
Sewer work on Vineyard Haven's Main street.
Sewer work on Vineyard Haven's Main street.
Putting up fencing to protect nesting plovers on Little Beach.
Putting up fencing to protect nesting plovers on Little Beach.
Snowy owlets were hatched under a chicken with Gus Ben David's supervision.
Snowy owlets were hatched under a chicken with Gus Ben David's supervision.
Clouds scud over Oak Bluffs Fish Pier.
Clouds scud over Oak Bluffs Fish Pier.
Water flows at Vineyard Haven harbor.
Water flows at Vineyard Haven harbor.
Rob Douglas catches the wind.
Rob Douglas catches the wind.
Ocean Park.
Ocean Park.
Showing the way around downtown Oak Bluffs.
Showing the way around downtown Oak Bluffs.
Pulling over along East Chop Drive to view the sunset.
Pulling over along East Chop Drive to view the sunset.
End of day in Vineyard Haven.
End of day in Vineyard Haven.
The first few days of warm weather always feel like a gift, especially following a cold, gray spring. In a few months the sun will be the exception, not the rule. But for now everyone heralds the blue skies, the warm air, the returning summer birds, the thought of the first swim. Isn't it nice out, everyone says. It almost feels like summer.