Island Light: Suddenly August
After the rains, comes the rainbow.
After the rains, comes the rainbow.
East Chop Lighthouse, always postcard worthy.
East Chop Lighthouse, always postcard worthy.
Quite the full capacity in Edgartown harbor.
Quite the full capacity in Edgartown harbor.
Artist Ovid Osborn Ward's whale tail illustrates Edgartown's whaling past.
Artist Ovid Osborn Ward's whale tail illustrates Edgartown's whaling past.
Flowers cascade down amongst summer bikes.
Flowers cascade down amongst summer bikes.
Sunflowers lift their heads to blue skies overhead.
Sunflowers lift their heads to blue skies overhead.
Heading into Oak Bluffs for the nighttime scene ... and ice cream.
Heading into Oak Bluffs for the nighttime scene ... and ice cream.
Zinnias for sale at a West Tisbury roadside farm stand.
Zinnias for sale at a West Tisbury roadside farm stand.
Gull surveys its surrounding at Vineyard Haven's seawall.
Gull surveys its surrounding at Vineyard Haven's seawall.
Old pier on the Lagoon has seen better days.
Old pier on the Lagoon has seen better days.
Grand willow tree at Tisbury Waterworks. Can you spot the osprey?
Grand willow tree at Tisbury Waterworks. Can you spot the osprey?
Nothing could be finer.
Nothing could be finer.
Now, as the midpoint of summer rushes toward us, it is apparent that the days are drawing in. Dawn is more grudging with its earliest light, and evening shadows grow long before we are quite ready for darkness to come. July arrived only a moment ago, but we blinked, and now the month has packed its bags and departed.
But the change from July to August is like the opening of a Great Pond; everything stays the same, but the character of the content alters. The August people are here, and the reckless headlong skitter through the days accelerates. In other words, it's summer on Martha's Vineyard, and the weather is flashing its usual perfection.