Scenes From Martha's Vineyard: February 2023
End of the line.
End of the line.
Coming into her Island port.
Coming into her Island port.
Bookmark the kitten keeps watchful eye out at Bunch of Grapes.
Bookmark the kitten keeps watchful eye out at Bunch of Grapes.
Lone beach walker enjoys a mild day.
Lone beach walker enjoys a mild day.
Golden sunset illuminates the Alabama in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Golden sunset illuminates the Alabama in Vineyard Haven harbor.
Ring-billed gull shares a joke with laughing gulls.
Ring-billed gull shares a joke with laughing gulls.
Cold snap brought fog over Island water.
Cold snap brought fog over Island water.
Sunrise over the south shore.
Sunrise over the south shore.
Moshup Trail in Aquinnah.
Moshup Trail in Aquinnah.
Docked in Menemsha.
Docked in Menemsha.
Island laid eggs.
Island laid eggs.
End of day at Slough Cove in Edgartown Great Pond.
End of day at Slough Cove in Edgartown Great Pond.
Scratching Sengie for quahaugs.
Scratching Sengie for quahaugs.
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.