What a vivid painting of an evening and a family!

I’m remembering my own bubble of a staid, sleepy bedroom community halfway between Des Moines and Ames, where everyone’s parents either commuted south to work in offices or north to teach at Iowa State.

I briefly dipped my toes into a world filled with an alternative scene, and my family would have freaked out if they saw any of it.

But then I didn’t have your family. Or your talent with balloons. ;-)