The bougainvillea at the east end of the front porch got a lot bushier than it appears here, and we seem to have favored it as a backdrop for photos of the extended family.

Here, we’re extended only to the nuclear group. Yours truly, as usual, with eyes shut…

Same spot, different group of four. This time, we’re four patriarchal generations of firstborn Andersons. In late 1965 or very early 1966, left to right: Pappy (H. Duane Anderson), me (Richard Bryan Anderson, Senior), Rick (Richard Bryan Anderson, Junior), and Grandpa (Francis Emmanuel Anderson).