Island Light: Wonderful Ride
East Chop Lighthouse opens its doors every Sunday evening.
East Chop Lighthouse opens its doors every Sunday evening.
Men's basketball league carries on during height of summer.
Men's basketball league carries on during height of summer.
Summer morning breaks quietly over Lagoon Pond.
Summer morning breaks quietly over Lagoon Pond.
Fern covered pathway offers quiet respite.
Fern covered pathway offers quiet respite.
Knobby tree trunk rises in West Tisbury woods.
Knobby tree trunk rises in West Tisbury woods.
East Chop pier stretches out into Vineyard Sound.
East Chop pier stretches out into Vineyard Sound.
West Chop Lighthouse
West Chop Lighthouse
Off West Chop
Off West Chop
We were once a place apart, but now, each August, the world comes to us. It is a month of dizzying choices, a month that is in every respect too much, a wonderful ride that is over too soon and a surfeit of pleasures that leaves us ready for the quieter, calmer days of September.