Island Light: Summer's Joys
Charter fishing boat Skipper plies the Sound for fish.
Charter fishing boat Skipper plies the Sound for fish.
Sunset tour aboard the Alabama in July, what could be finer?
Sunset tour aboard the Alabama in July, what could be finer?
Bill Shanok and Beau take in the sights at Squibnocket.
Bill Shanok and Beau take in the sights at Squibnocket.
Turkey in the grass.
Turkey in the grass.
Heidi Raihofer gives diving lessons in the Lagoon.
Heidi Raihofer gives diving lessons in the Lagoon.
Family watches the drawbridge from Oak Bluffs side.
Family watches the drawbridge from Oak Bluffs side.
Giving the bike a once over at Mid-Island Repair in West Tisbury.
Giving the bike a once over at Mid-Island Repair in West Tisbury.
Steer graze in the field at Brookside Farm.
Steer graze in the field at Brookside Farm.
Wind filling the sails off Vineyard Haven.
Wind filling the sails off Vineyard Haven.
Bucolic scene on Middle Road in Chilmark.
Bucolic scene on Middle Road in Chilmark.
Driver's view entering Oak Bluffs.
Driver's view entering Oak Bluffs.
We savor July much as we listen to a favorite song — our enjoyment only deepened when we look into its depths and see the passage of the years. We see a child tossed into the air by his father, giggling and calling out in glee, Do it again, Daddy! Do it again! That's the way it is with summer on the Vineyard. This season is filled to brimming over with revisited joys that we both remember and anticipate with the passage of each new year.