Another Island Summer

Little boy with puppy backpack on a leash to Dad.

Black artist sketches and waits.

Reggae band leader quarrels with ferry crew as spittle flies.

Young woman wearing pants and dress both with only one pant leg rolled up to her knee.

Portly middle aged man wearing Day-Glo orange sandals.

Young women in sun dress tends to her baby in carriage.

Techie guy sips Blood Mary's and smiles at his laptop from the outdoor table while yelling hello to passing trucks.

Slim woman jogs by with music in her ears.

Real estate agent in shorts, white shirt, and tie hurries to put up “open house” signs with arrows.

Boy pulls and pulls as fast as he can at cord to start stubborn motor on skate board.

Elderly woman drives quietly by in island golf cart.

Man on motor scooter zooms up and down the roads.

Dad with arm around son points out the view and keeps a watchful eye on his daughter.

Man with electric sander smoothes and feels the hull of his fishing boat.

Young woman with dark sunglasses stares off into the distance.

Boy with cell phone eats ice cream cone.

Dignified man in electric wheelchair waits for restaurant door to be opened.

Young lovers sit at table and laugh.

Visitors file into the coffee shop and queue up.

Enormous colorful kites punctuate the horizon.

Teen with childlike face waits on tables outside on the patio.

Shopkeepers make last minute adjustments to the souvenirs.

Freckled natural woman pushes her blonde hair through the back of her baseball cap.

Women sit on benches and wait to rent kayaks.

Family sits on the dock while the Dads fish the kids play and mom rocks the baby in her pouch carrier.

Another summer begins on the island.