It would be really fun for me to see this scene over the weekend. What are my chances?
I am headed to the New Jersey shore— not the beach, as everyone might assume, but the bay. My great aunt and uncle bought an old hunting lodge there back in the 1930’s, and we have been going there ever since I was a kid. Here is my father, doing his birding thing as we leave the house by boat, the only way to come and go to Sedge Island. That’s my great-aunt Helen on the left, in her characteristic scarf and crisp white blouse, and I am sure there is a cigarette lit in her hand. She was a tough cookie and scared me a little, but I knew she loved me. Now her grandsons—my cousins— and I go every year with their families.
I plan to draw while there, so will see you tomorrow.
How lovely to have those kinds of rituals to look forward to. Have a great long weekend!
Little more brevity in the caption would make this one a real winner! “Sometimes, it’s not about the fries.” Anyone who’s ever been to beach with food and seagulls would get it! That, forgive my suggestion. I’m no less a fan. (Just an incessant editor.)