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.
A week into the new year, the Vineyard has had its first snap of bitter cold. The temperatures fell to 3 degrees in Edgartown overnight on Wednesday, with the wind chill making it feel even colder.
The Vineyard greeted the new year with cold temperatures (a high of 41 degrees).
Champagne was ready for toasting and the Sultans of Swing and Mike Benjamin Band provided tunes.
"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us."
Gazette photographer Tim Johnson captures the deep quiet of the day up Island and down.
There are only a few more days until we turn the calendar on another year. The Vineyard is welcoming her quiet season. Join photographer as he focuses his camera toward the Island at rest.
It snowed as if it would never stop snowing. Then rain came in buckets and later it became so dry it was as if it might never rain again. This was the year in weather in 2014.
Fishing, farming, football and fairs. These were all part of the year 2014. Relive this past year in photos.
Down Island streets are busy with Islanders bustling from shop to shop, greeting friends, and carrying bags.
Donaroma's Nursery hosted an Evening of Enchantment: the Miracle of Life, which featured a pageant of twinkling trees.
Light flurries began falling, almost on cue, at the start of the Christmas parade in Edgartown on Saturday. But clear skies prevailed as the flashing blue lights of an Edgartown police car signaled the commencement of the annual event.
Well, the rain surely did come down this past week. According to the Edgartown weather station the Vineyard received nearly four and a half inches of rain. More than our monthly average already.
The fifth annual Rise Vineyard Performing Arts holiday show kickstarted the season in style on Sunday with two performances featuring ballet, tap, jazz, modern, and hip-hop dance.
The garlands are wrapped around the lampposts; the wreathes on the Old Whaling Church have been hung. The tree stands and colored lights have been taken out of storage.