Scenes From Martha's Vineyard: February 2021
Taking flight.
Taking flight.
Leave only tracks behind.
Leave only tracks behind.
Snow fences in snow.
Snow fences in snow.
Looking down the south shore from the Vanderhoop Homestead.
Looking down the south shore from the Vanderhoop Homestead.
Harbor reflections.
Harbor reflections.
Traps on Menemsha dock.
Traps on Menemsha dock.
Squibnocket sunset.
Squibnocket sunset.
The poetry of trees at Polly Hill Arboretum.
The poetry of trees at Polly Hill Arboretum.
Harbor seal doesn't mind the cold on Philbin Beach.
Harbor seal doesn't mind the cold on Philbin Beach.
Short-eared owl in Vineyard skies.
Short-eared owl in Vineyard skies.
Tracks in the snow at Menemsha.
Tracks in the snow at Menemsha.
Calm waters in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Calm waters in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Geese in flight.
Geese in flight.
Lobsterman puts in to Menemsha to unload catch.
Lobsterman puts in to Menemsha to unload catch.
Now the path of the new year leads us into February, another month that has its whole being in the season of winter. But unlike our lives, winter is a story whose ending we already know. Each gray day of February is bearable because we know it carries us closer to the advent of spring.