I *think* this photoooo is pretty okay to post. It shows a few people at the annual cFam xmas party but definitely not everyone who attended and those shown are not easily identifiable although my daughters and the racc are in the middle, back in the background. But I’ve got nothin’ else for a pic today.

Getting there was a bit of an odyssey though. FlaMan was missing some items in his apartment and we had to drive NORTH from where the party was to deal with that and deliver some food. We had Little Cat Z with us for that little excursion and she was of great help. Although we spent most of the time in the living room watching Gunsmoke reruns. Gunsmoke is actually not a bad show as long as the volume is down and you aren’t streaming it from someplace that inserts five minutes of ads every fifteen minutes. When we got there, FlaMan was in a deep sleep and a sweet FlaMan whisperer was in his apartment doing some cleanup chores. She was calling both him and the GG “babe” if memory is accurate. Eventually at least some of his missing items were found and LCZ heated up a frozen dinner for him. Alas, he wasn’t really in a good place to go to the party. Which was kind of a good thing because we’d’ve had to drive him home again, adding 20-30 minutes to *our* trip home. Oh don’t worry, he was okay, just not in the mood to party. After an hour and a half at his place, I was ready for some whine.

My modus operandi for these parties has become to sit at the kitchen table with the Lady of Linden (it’s at her house) and let people come around and talk to me. So that is what I did. Like many families these days, our family is a bit politically divided but after a while some of the younger folk migrated to the table and we had a meeting of minds about our current government. They know what I’m all about. I also had some good (and polite) discussions with some of those who disagree with my views. There was even some laughter about Trump/MAGA hats at some point. Throughout all of it, the little kids romped around like wild Indians, oblivious to politics. Siblings and cousins and second cousins. I didn’t manage to count how many people were there.

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