Island Light: Windy Days
Kite boarders sail across and above Sengekontacket Pond.
Kite boarders sail across and above Sengekontacket Pond.
Keep your eyes to the sky and your head covered.
Keep your eyes to the sky and your head covered.
White caps help propel boat across the Sound off an East Chop porch.
White caps help propel boat across the Sound off an East Chop porch.
In the lee of the Camp Ground, cheerful colors light up porch.
In the lee of the Camp Ground, cheerful colors light up porch.
Bikers head out to Edgartown from Oak Bluffs under blue skies and white clouds.
Bikers head out to Edgartown from Oak Bluffs under blue skies and white clouds.
Cottage City rises over Sunset Lake on a beautiful September day.
Cottage City rises over Sunset Lake on a beautiful September day.
Heavy winds swirl the waves from the north toward West Chop shore.
Heavy winds swirl the waves from the north toward West Chop shore.
Beaches on Katama bear little resemblance people-wise to last month.
Beaches on Katama bear little resemblance people-wise to last month.
An albie is hauled in off Lighthouse Beach on Edgartown's harbor.
An albie is hauled in off Lighthouse Beach on Edgartown's harbor.
Wetting some lines at the mouth of the Menemsha channel.
Wetting some lines at the mouth of the Menemsha channel.
Cairns greet the setting sun under the Gay Head Cliffs.
Cairns greet the setting sun under the Gay Head Cliffs.
A perfect way to end the day in Aquinnah.
A perfect way to end the day in Aquinnah.
The winds of fall kicked it up a notch this week, blasting faces along the shore and lifting kite boarders into the sky. The pendulum of the season is now in its fullest swing, robbing us of nearly twenty minutes of daylight in a single week. Autumn is underway, and in the slanting light of our cool Island evenings, you can see past the end of September and into October.