Island Light: Winter's Wonders
Waves cross the Atlantic from the Azores, landing on Aquinnah shore.
Waves cross the Atlantic from the Azores, landing on Aquinnah shore.
Gulls take over East Chop Beach Club pier during off-season.
Gulls take over East Chop Beach Club pier during off-season.
Good samaritans pick up trash along East Chop Drive during daily walk.
Good samaritans pick up trash along East Chop Drive during daily walk.
Moorings pulled for the winter.
Moorings pulled for the winter.
Paddling around Edgartown.
Paddling around Edgartown.
Edgartown waterfront viewed from the harbor.
Edgartown waterfront viewed from the harbor.
Bird's eye view over the Felix Neck saltmarsh.
Bird's eye view over the Felix Neck saltmarsh.
Ferry Island Home makes her way back to Woods Hole.
Ferry Island Home makes her way back to Woods Hole.
Great heron takes off.
Great heron takes off.
Sculptural art or Katrama driftwood?
Sculptural art or Katrama driftwood?
Wondering when warmer weather will return.
Wondering when warmer weather will return.
Geese fly in formation over Katama.
Geese fly in formation over Katama.
Menemsha gangplank.
Menemsha gangplank.
Off-season for Home Port delivery.
Off-season for Home Port delivery.
Steaming toward East Chop en route toward Vineyard Haven.
Steaming toward East Chop en route toward Vineyard Haven.
Summer Camp Hotel from across the harbor.
Summer Camp Hotel from across the harbor.
Basking in the sun on a chilly January day.
Basking in the sun on a chilly January day.
Old Whaling Church under blue skies.
Old Whaling Church under blue skies.
Red-tailed hawk surveys its surroundings.
Red-tailed hawk surveys its surroundings.
Walking the state forest amid snow flurries.
Walking the state forest amid snow flurries.
Vineyard pride.
Vineyard pride.
Along the Tisbury Meadow Preserve.
Along the Tisbury Meadow Preserve.
Ferry Island Home.
Ferry Island Home.
Night descends on State Beach.
Night descends on State Beach.
Edgartown's Reading Room.
Edgartown's Reading Room.
Only eight days left in January and the Island now enters a final run through the back side of winter. The weather of our wintry season has been anything but predictable to this point. All the patterns seem confused and perhaps it will remain so until the gathering of another Vineyard spring.
We may look back on this winter and think of it as a season where periods of thaw were interrupted occasionally by stretches of cold. Stay tuned to this season. More surprises may be on the way.