Scenes From Martha's Vineyard: August 2023
Paddling into Nashaquitsa Pond on a quiet morning.
Paddling into Nashaquitsa Pond on a quiet morning.
Seasonal colors in an August garden along Seaview avenue.
Seasonal colors in an August garden along Seaview avenue.
Collecting Flying Horses brass rings requires concentration.
Collecting Flying Horses brass rings requires concentration.
Sugust skies over Squibnocket.
Sugust skies over Squibnocket.
Taking advantage of every minute of daylight.
Taking advantage of every minute of daylight.
Pod of humpback whales in Vineyard waters.
Pod of humpback whales in Vineyard waters.
Little Lady is Menemsha fishing boat regular.
Little Lady is Menemsha fishing boat regular.
Boat travel under a full moon.
Boat travel under a full moon.
Manuevering into her Island port.
Manuevering into her Island port.
Sail MV students learn the art of sailing in Lagoon Pond.
Sail MV students learn the art of sailing in Lagoon Pond.
Summer scene on Circuit avenue.
Summer scene on Circuit avenue.
Sunflowers reach to the sky at Katama Farm.
Sunflowers reach to the sky at Katama Farm.
Even cows enjoy a beach day on the Island.
Even cows enjoy a beach day on the Island.
Bike day in Oak Bluffs.
Bike day in Oak Bluffs.
Cooling off aboard the Shenandoah off Chappy.
Cooling off aboard the Shenandoah off Chappy.
Fledgling screech owl.
Fledgling screech owl.
Heading out of Menemsha harbor to wet some lines.
Heading out of Menemsha harbor to wet some lines.
Quiet moment at Little Beach in Edgartown.
Quiet moment at Little Beach in Edgartown.
A day at the beach stretches into the late afternoon, when the sun drops low in the sky and the wind backs off in perfect synchrony with a falling tide. Coastal ponds around the Island are full of quahaugs and blue claw crabs. Striped bass and summer flounder swim in the deeper waters in Nantucket Sound. In the harbors, osprey fish for their dinner. Some days, out on the barrier beaches at around dusk a stillness falls over the landscape, a profound quiet broken only by the occasional voice of a tern or an oystercatcher. It's August on the Vineyard and the natural beauty of our surroundings shows itself off around every turn.