In my youth, each summer when it was getting close to Labor Day and soon, back to school for the young ones, my family [paternal side] would always hold a family reunion in the park. And there were a lot of those that attended each year as you can see by all the cars in the background...a very large family. I've often wondered since becoming an adult, if they really knew what caused all those kids! From grandparents, to the youngest sibling or cousin. The food was always something to behold set up on many many picnic tables. Fried Chicken, Hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans, breads and corn bread, lemonade, beer, root beer, fruit salads, pies, cakes...all topped off with a huge gathering at the end of the day with someone at the crank, making home-made ice cream. My dad would always hide one "Dad's Root Beer" for me when the ice cream was made, and always made me a root beer float as he knew I really liked them. But, while someone was manning the ice cream machine, the adult women would gather around grouped-up tables and play games or just chit-chat. The men would gather around and have a grand ol' B S session or some would even go off to the lake and try their luck at fishing, or even have a very challenging [and noisy] game of horseshoes. The older kids would roam around, making up games of their own, away from the pestering little ones who tried to keep up with them. We younger ones would play kick the can, gunnysack races, tag, mother may I and such. It was simpler times, and lives were happy but not less stressful than we have today. Their stressors were different from today, but all too similar. Budgets, putting food on the table, family issues, wars, etc. etc.
I found this image on the laptop in a "save" folder and thought...why not? Share some happy times!!
My two older siblings [Darrel and Gene] were nearing adult-hood [a family of 5 siblings], but we three were close in ages...
Left to right:
My sister, Sharon. In the middle is my brother, Lary [one 'R'] and of course me, all sunshine and smiles and mischievous as all get-out.
I also checked out, for fun, the mirror avatar gizzywich that Sandra has been sharing the past few days. I made a few, played with it, changed my blog profile to one I made to a 'birder' after I sent it to myself and took off some of the clipart and added birds. But, I will probably change it back in the future to the 'real me'. Anyway, after I dubbed around, making them, I realized that the app really drained the battery on the phone. It went from 98% to 20% within such a short period of time. Needless to say, I saved some and put them on the laptop for safe keeping [I'll share some more soon]...but the app has since then, been uninstalled off my phone!! Too much power is being wasted. It, I'm sure, can become addictive. I have notifications enabled, and while playing with the avatars "app mirror avatar is draining your battery, put it to sleep?" I'd much rather view blogs and use Google Search during the day with power left over for the next day's usage....on my phone! I don't want to be charging 2-3 times a day, even if it IS fun and creative.