Justine sent me more pictures from Martha’s Vineyard.

There are different kinds of houses on Martha’s Vineyard. The older or classic style of the island homes is the Salt Box, which is a simple cedar shingle covered structure, typically with a shed roof to the north side and 1-1/2 stories facing the south. These are designed for efficient heating and resistance to the storms that cross the island.

The island’s whaling industry collapsed towards the end of the 19th century and was replaced with the summer colonies that are still present today. The Victorian style houses date from middle of the 19th century to the around 1900. There are also Bungalow style houses from the turn of the century through the middle of the 20th century.

The "painted lady" style of decorative painting is actually not historically correct for this region. It is recently borrowed from the San Francisco fashion of decorating the ornamentation of the Victorian houses with bright colors. A real east coast Victorian house was never pink, orange or lavender until recently.

You will notice that there is a stiff breeze blowing in all of the photographs below that causes all the trees and houses to list badly. It is as I have always said, Justine is "a bubble off plumb".