Friday Morning After the Rain

I was inspired by the clearing skies on Friday morning following Thursday's big rain to get off the couch and out of the house before sunrise, hoping to find interesting skies and seas, and I was glad I did. My mission also included testing the new G7. So, off I went, loaded for bear with two EOS Rs, the 70-200, the 15-35, and the G7 (mostly to check out its video capabilities). My first stop was the Edgartown Reading Room, where I found an inner harbor still full of boats, and a view northeast towards the yacht club, the light house, and the rising sun; then onward to South Beach, where I found a flooded parking lot, a congregation of seagulls, a lone fisherman, roaring surf, and a misty sunrise.

Photo-therapy

These strange times continue, approximately one week in. My consolation continues to be my walks - in and around town and beyond - and employing my Lumix to capture the world around me; the walking and creative efforts serving as distractions to an otherwise depressing situation, occasionally running into other humans out and about, walking the streets, all of us grateful to share a smile and a "hello" (from a distance, of course).



A splash of color is very welcome on a gray day.

This bench along the yellow trail at the Caroline Tuthill Preserve has no takers today. 

From a distance, I thought the swans were swimming among white buoys.



Anthier's Pond lies just over this hill.

A South Beach Sunset never disappoints. 

Sometimes we hope for empty streets and no traffic, but after a week's worth, it's getting old. 

Fishermen's Pier - different every day. 

Hurricane!

Hurricane Sandy - which advance reports were touting as a "Frankenstorm," due to an unusual confluence of weather systems - arrived in the wee hours on Monday. So far, Edgartown has not been hit as hard even as near-by Oak Bluffs (I may have been the last car passing into that town via Beach Road this morning before it was closed for the day; I have since heard that the road near the sea wall has completely washed out), and certainly the Vineyard is not being hit as hard as New Jersey is currently being slammed (as I write on Monday evening); these photos being a somewhat relaxed photo journalistic report of a meteorological event that is, farther down the US Atlantic coast, in the process of creating a disaster zone.



High tide Monday morning, Anthier's.


State Beach looked more like South Beach this morning.


My sweet little Bend in the Road, now churning, frothing, and foreboding.


Fishermen's Pier.


High tide, minus three hours.


The bottom of Main Street.


Derby HQ


The Reading Room


Collins' Beach


"No Parking Between Signs," right fork parking lot, South Beach.


South Beach