"Tunnel of Fun"

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Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, July 2016. Poppy's niece and nephews practice their agility skills.

Ah, Recess

Sacred Heart School, Melrose Park, Illinois, May 1967. It looks like we're playing "Red Rover."

Fetch!

Lovely Kitty

Puzzled

Suburban Chicago, 1965. The sister on the left is Sister Margo, my beloved second-grade teacher.

Presidential Memento

Kaunas, Lithuania, July 7, 1928. The American Consul to Lithuania wrote, "At five o'clock, Lily and I called on Mrs. Smetona and played dice as usual, after having coffee. Lily bought a photograph of President Smetona a few days ago and she asked Mrs. Smetona to request the President to sign it. The adjutant went to his office and brought the picture back signed."

Thanks to the Consul's Granddaughter for making this photo available to us.

Go

Google solves the game.

(Recall I used to play Go.)

Related by Marriage: Boyhood

Suburban Chicago, 1961. Mr. Irene inspects a new friend.

Party Posing

Suburban Chicago, April 1959. Two of the boys are not camera shy.

A "Lamb Gang"

"It's a good game."

Madison, Wisconsin, October 1994. Mr. Irene introduces the tennis ball to Pupa, the puppy. Older sister Žulė shows Pupa how to chase the ball. Pupa later became an expert at tennis-ball games. She excelled at "Boom," a volleyball-like exchange in which we tossed the ball to her, and she flipped it back at us with her nose.

The Mouse Trap Game

Suburban Chicago, December 24, 1965. My Toronto Cousin helps me assemble one of my Christmas gifts.

Rejection

Volleyball or Table Tennis?

Camp Aušra (later Camp Kretinga), Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada, 1957. The weather is warming; sharpen your game.

Friday Afternoon, in Three Takes

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Beardmore, Ontario, Canada, 1947 or 1948. Toronto Al's Dad, Vladas, relaxes at the lumber yard.

Thanks to Toronto Al for making these photos available to us.

An Animal in Every Shot

Evanston, Illinois, October 1979. That cat enjoyed sitting in my favorite chair.

Exchanging Portraits (Part 8)

Brooklyn, New York, December 1957. In Lithuania, this man and my maternal Grandfather, Jake, were colleagues in the army. Mom recalls the two men played card games almost every weekend.

"Survivor" Reunion

Season 7 "Survivor" winner, Lithuanian-American Aras Barauskas, returns this season to the show with his brother, Vytas.

Related by Marriage: Board Game

Suburban Chicago, December 1970. Mr. Irene plays Monopoly with his cousins.

"Hay! Let's stop here to relax."

Near Vilnius, Lithuania, about 1920. The croquet players take a break from their game. Suzanne—the wife of my Dad's older cousin, Henry—is the woman wearing white on the far left.

(Ha ha. The blog already had a "hay" label.)

Thanks to my Kaunas Cousin for making this photo available to us.