Fall Bonus

Fall weekends in the Pines can be iffy.

Not this year.  There was more beauty . . .

More people, including a pair of Matthews (both Pines virgins who play volleyball with Varick in Massachusetts) . . .

More food and a final group meal with Victor and Tommy . . .

More cuddles . . .

More shared sentimentality (from a book commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Fire Island Pines Property Owners Association; despite the capitalist bent of the organization, I teared up as I read it aloud) . . .

More critters . . .

(I swear this eight-point buck stopped me for headshots on Fire Island Boulevard.  Taking a selfie with hooves must be hard!)

 

More swimming . . .

More walks . . .

And more Grove.