The Chicago Van de Graaffs

(L to R): David, Bill, Mary Kay and Michael Van de Graaff.

David and Michael are my nephews; Bill (my brother) is a physician in pulmonary and critical care at the Hines VA Hospital in Chicago. I corraled them just before Michael drove off to return to Lawrence University in Wisconsin to start his junior year, and Marylee and I flew back to Massachusetts (the weekend was all too short).

They are sitting in "the shelter" in their wonderfully newly redone back yard (it's in yesterday's blip).