I wish I could post to this blog just how sweet the air smells on the island. The wild roses and the rosa rugosa are blooming. This is the air that God meant for us to breathe. What a blessing!
The weather was unsettled last weekend; the sunset was spectacular early but faded out as a cloud bank moved in from the west. There were thunderstorms that night.
What a beautiful weekend on the island! I’ll have a couple of great sunsets and a delicious sunrise to ease the nostalgia sometime when we’re far away, but for today I’d like to share Saturday’s stunning weather phenomenon. In the early afternoon we were in town and noticed how a brooding grey fog bank blanketed the shores of America, while on the island it was sunny and warm. But later in the day a fog rolled in out of the west, shrouding the North Light in mystery.
Later, the fog thickened, a dark roiling grey lying on the sea just beyond the dunes of the National Seashore.
Then it closed in.
Our last trip out to the island already seems so long ago! It’s hard to believe it was less than a month, and harder still to believe that the fall season is almost over. On that last trip, we spent a good part of Friday on the standby line at Point Judith–from an hour before the first ferry of the morning until the 3:30pm ferry, when we finally got the car onto the boat. “We have to get a house someplace closer,” Dan pretended to complain that evening. “We left the house at 6am, and we didn’t get here until 5pm.” But on a day that promised only clouds and rain, the sky gave us a treat at Pt. Judith as the storm system rolled in–and another one on the island when the sun lined up with a gap in the clouds for an unexpected display.
Cloud front moving in at Pt. Judith
A hole in the clouds just at sunset
The island was stunning this past weekend. Here is a pair of photos that witness the sky display from the deck on Saturday.
Looking southwest over Sachem Pond, 4:30pm
Sunset over Sachem Pond, 6:10pm
I almost just about can’t stand looking at the weather forecast any more.
Today Showers Likely Hi 73 °F |
Tonight Chance Showers Lo 61 °F |
Tuesday Chance Tstms Hi 70 °F |
Tuesday Night  Chance Tstms Lo 61 °F |
Wednesday Tstms Likely Hi 75 °F |
Wednesday Night Chance Tstms Lo 62 °F |
Thursday Chance Showers Hi 76 °F |
Thursday Night  Chance Showers Lo 62 °F |
Friday Chance Showers Hi 79 °F |
Honestly, it’s been so grey and wet here in New England the last two months that moss is starting to grow on the windowsills and doormats. The formerly white garage door is turning green.
It’s so rainy that a family down the street is building an ark in their back yard.
The average high temperature in June in Boston is 77ºF.
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