Strangers From A Strange Land:

The following are several photos of strangers that seem to find their way to our home every so often.  They have a tendency to keep coming back.

Actually, they are not strangers, but relatives (or potential relatives) of my brothers and sisters.  They have an obscure relationship to me, which makes them fair game. Since they are from out of town, they are from strange lands.

Matt with Lindsay. 

Lindsay is Matt's woman from Iowa.  They are not engaged (yet ??).

I must admit that Lindsay handles the extreme mental torture that my sisters and I  give to her on an on-going basis very well.  I hope she manages to hang around for a while. 

Chrissie and Diane

Chrissie is from St. Louis although she grew up in the Peoria.

Jon's In-laws From St.Louis/Peoria

Lindsay, hugging Trevor, and hoping to befriend him.

Tony's mother, Marie

Marie use to live in San Francisco, but recently moved to the Chicago area.  This is important since when Kathy & Tony would get into an argument, Kathy would yell out "Go cry to your Mamma !"  One time, Tony took Kathy up on her request  it and flew out to San Francisco.  Do you know how much it cost to walk up and purchase tickets at the gate.  Well, let's me tell you, Kathy had to put in some extra hours at the local A&P  and cash in a year's supply of green stamps before that was paid off.

Now, Kathy can say the same thing, but it will only cost a few dollars in gas money.