Family Reunion 2019. Chaos and mosquitoes.

Every couple of years we host a family reunion up at the lake.  It's a lot of fun, although it requires a fair amount of work to pull it off successfully.  Magnificent weather helps a great deal.  Here's the lake ready for company.

Still Life with inner tubes and frog hunter.

There is always that in between demographic.  Certainly not kids anymore but so far not locked into the parent-serious grown up status.  Here one of the Fun Uncles gets a much deserved comeuppance.

In this snazzy but disorienting 21st century families are often smaller and more diverse in geography and other ways.  So it takes a bit of effort to round up an approximation of the big, raucous extended families of some half remembered or totally imagined bygone era.  Here we are all having pizza and beverages while small children dash about and grandparents relax and sip.  For some reason it reminds me of a Fellini movie but with beer instead of wine.

Everyone is safely back to their respective homes now.  Thanks for coming!