Party in the Park

Saturday, June 27

26 of the Robertson clan (plus two dogs) between the ages of 7 and 90 gather 5 hours around a picnic table in Wascana Park......

Conversation and laughter....talk of farming, jobs, career plans, and summer holidays....

Piles of cousins and nieces and nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews and Aunt Isabel who talks with everyone with her letterboard (and wrote the party speech) ....

And Uncle Ben who turned 90 this month......

Birthday cake and photos and "the speech".....

A talented 16 year old bagpiper....Road to the Isles....Skye Boat Song.......Scotland the Brave.....Bonnie Dundee.... and The Green Hills of Tyrol.

Opportunity to remember our Robertson clan heritage and family members gone before us....

Wind and sun and clouds.....walks to the lake and games of catch.....

And a promise to gather again next year.....

Gratitude for 26 of the clan who find ways to organize their lives to gather once again on a summer day in a beautiful park....

And Isabel tucked in on Saturday night with a new bagpipe CD playing the songs of the afternoon.

Happy Summer Everyone!