Island Light: Summer’s Herald
Readying the boat for a sunset sail.
Readying the boat for a sunset sail.
Ferns unfurl in the shape of a heart.
Ferns unfurl in the shape of a heart.
Bulls on parade.
Bulls on parade.
Large and small vessels.
Large and small vessels.
Passing ferries in the fog.
Passing ferries in the fog.
On Time II makes her way between Edgartown and Chappy.
On Time II makes her way between Edgartown and Chappy.
Coast Guard honored Memorial Day in Vineyard Haven.
Coast Guard honored Memorial Day in Vineyard Haven.
Priester's Pond frog.
Priester's Pond frog.
Ready to be back in the water.
Ready to be back in the water.
Museum on the hill.
Museum on the hill.
Painting along the shore of Priester's Pond.
Painting along the shore of Priester's Pond.
Windy path in Alley Park.
Windy path in Alley Park.
Preening willet.
Preening willet.
June is the month of bursting colors and beguiling aromas, and now we are on the threshold of summer. The new season officially arrives a few weeks from now, but Memorial Day often is a truer marker of the Vineyard’s summer, and truer yet are the warm days and cool nights of early June. Sailboats glide in the distance on the blue depths of Nantucket Sound and the gaudy good cheer of colorful kites dart in the air above our beaches.