The rhythms on the Vineyard shift as the winds change to the northeast. You can taste it in the October air on that last bracing sail before the boat goes into storage for another season.
The rhythms on the Vineyard shift as the winds change to the northeast. You can taste it in the October air on that last bracing sail before the boat goes into storage for another season.
The sights and sounds of September measure the Island year better than any calendar. Look to the longer evening shadows under a sinking sun, to the bow of sunflowers and to the song of crickets and cicada.
Kite making, kite flying, model sailboat racing and frisbee games charmed young and old alike.
Sunday, Sept. 6, was quite a day for a small group of Island birders.
Nostalgia and admiration lit up faces admiring the cars at the Tisbury Firefighters Association Car Show.
Wasn't the Fourth of July just yesterday, or perhaps the day before? Can it already be time to be dreaming of that special fishing spot and a prize catch in the bass and bluefish derby?
Before Vineyard students head back to classrooms, student athletes laced up this week and headed back to the sports field.
Fair winds and sunny skies as 13 model sailboats competed for prizes in an annual summer racing regatta.
The moon hung high in the sky, casting a yellow glow through thin clouds. A hazy late-summer heat lingers well into the dark hours. The big dipper winks in the west, surrounded by a thousand other constellations known and unknown.
The 40th annual Oak Bluffs fireworks display had all the usual components. There were crowds filling Ocean Park and lining the sea wall, eating ice cream and carrying glow sticks.
Fun for all at the 154th Agricultural Fair at the West Tisbury fairgrounds.
Under a new moon and summer air, crowds gathered at the Camp Ground to mark the 147th Grand Illumination Night.
Illumination Night. The Agricultural Fair. The Oak Bluffs Fireworks. Oh, and President Obama and First Family are here. It truly was the peak of summer this week on the Vineyard. But there still is one week left of August and time to get in those lactivities that you might have missed.
Mission accompished. Dean Bragonier set out July 11 for a swim around Martha's Vineyard to raise awareness about dyslexia.
It happens every year. You can feel the weather change. The nights become cooler and you pull a blanket out for the bed. But the days, and the warmth of the sun still remain. Look up and feel it on your face after your morning swim and take advantage of these last few weeks of August.
Under a steady downpour on Tuesday, the Gay Head Light resumed its watch over Vineyard Sound and the waters off Aquinnah. A large crowd gathered in Aquinnah Circle, peering up from under their umbrellas and hoods to witness the end of the lighthouse’s longest period of darkness since 1856.