The Flying Horses carousel opened its 150th season on Saturday, and hundreds of kids and parents flocked to the carousel to wait in line, choose a horse, and reach for the coveted brass ring that allows for an extra ride free of charge.
The Flying Horses carousel opened its 150th season on Saturday, and hundreds of kids and parents flocked to the carousel to wait in line, choose a horse, and reach for the coveted brass ring that allows for an extra ride free of charge.
Island friends and fellow farmers gathered with the Fischer family at Flat Point Farm to pay respect and honor the animals that died in last week's barn fire.
This is one of the best times of the year to walk in the woods, and the Vineyard is lucky to have so many beautiful conservation properties for such walking. Snowdrops and crocus have opened in the warming sun. Daffodils can be found pushing up through the forest floor near an old foundation.
Overall, 140 players from eight states took to the state forest on Saturday for the 1th annual Vineyard Social disc golf tournament.
As the saying goes, everybody is Irish on St. Patrick's Day, so raise a glass, or since this is morning, perhaps a mug of Irish coffee and join photographer Tim Johnson as he travels the Vineyard with his camera.
After nearly a decade of planning, two years of construction, over $30 million raised, and the restoration of exactly 1,008 refractors on the Fresnel lens, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum is open to the public in Vineyard Haven.
Cracks in the resolve of winter have shown this week. The temperature has warmed and earlier this week's snow has melted along roadsides and in the shady corners of woodlands. And today is Daylight Saving time.
Islanders can take solace from the fact that this dance of one step forward, two back, is the norm and not the exception where this time of year is concerned.
It was a gentle snowfall and it arrived Wednesday night through the early morning hours. Other than dustings, no real snow until the last day of February. That's late for the Island, but still this brief storm worked its magic across the Vineyard countryside.
The light lingers well past five o'clock now, and the late day sky is streaked with fuchsia punctuated by scudding, slate-colored clouds.
A large blocking high over Canada’s Hudson Bay this week displaced the polar vortex southward, pouring the continent's coldest air into New England.
The snow storms this winter have been far apart and few, but the Vineyard received a dusting this week.
Tuesday night’s full moon, the Snow Moon, rose in perigee in Vineyard skies. You probably wouldn't have noticed by looking at the moon, but the full moon was closer than normal. It was about 221,681 miles away.
Resident winter birds are plentiful in February during the stretch between winter and spring, and northbound migrants begin to arrive.
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Shadows linger, trees fall, boats rest easy and homes full of bright colors nestle next to others boarded up for the off-season. The journey of the seasons breathes softly as days grow longer and the chill of one day contrasts with the warmth of another.
When the calm of February settles, the woods and the roads, the waterways and the wildlife always seem to speak louder. Walk slowly to any destination with eyes, ears and nose open. The rewards are plentiful.