Taking In the Show at Menemsha, Morning Through Night
Fishermen gather on the jetties on either side of the channel.
Fishermen gather on the jetties on either side of the channel.
Trying their luck offshore.
Trying their luck offshore.
Dennis Jason Jr.'s boat Little Lady, refelcted in the water.
Dennis Jason Jr.'s boat Little Lady, refelcted in the water.
Osprey flies overhead with the catch of the day.
Osprey flies overhead with the catch of the day.
Fishing shacks are artistic inspiration.
Fishing shacks are artistic inspiration.
September skies.
September skies.
After a rain shower.
After a rain shower.
Golden hour as the sun sets low in the west.
Golden hour as the sun sets low in the west.
Reflection in a fishing shack window.
Reflection in a fishing shack window.
Crowd gathers to take in the final moments befiore the sun falls below the horizon.
Crowd gathers to take in the final moments befiore the sun falls below the horizon.
Popular fishing spot, morning, day, and evening.
Popular fishing spot, morning, day, and evening.
End of the day.
End of the day.
Weathered fishing shacks, stacks of lobster pots and piles of crushed blue mussels, quahaugs and oysters everywhere are the signs you are in Menemsha. People beach, bring their boats in the harbor and kayak in the pond.
And when the sky begins to turn golden — the first sign of the show — the beach is packed. Watchers look westward to take in the show from their boats and the dock. Onlookers sip cups of chowder and slurp oysters.
As the blaze slips beneath the horizon beyond the sea, the crowd claps. A boat honks, and the parking lot begins to empty. People walk up Basin Road, back to their cars, past a sculpture in the dunes of a man, his harpoon and his catch.