Badminton?

Badminton?

Here's a couple pictures of me and my brother Ricky playing badminton. This was in the back of my Burford grandparents' house in Watervliet, Michigan. There was a dirt alley behind their house, that went between the backs of the houses on their street and the backs of the houses on the next street over. This picture was taken from the back steps of my grandparents' house.

Not sure just what's going on here. Ricky has dropped his racquet -- or maybe he never had one to begin with. It looks like this friendly game has devolved into a volleyball/baseball/badminton hybrid. Or maybe something worse. I don't like the look in my eyes there. I'm pretty sure Ricky survived. I'm also pretty sure I won the game...

This picture was taken from the alley behind the house. In the background you can see the house next door. As I recall, a little old lady lived there. She was called "Ms. Clipp". Between my grandparents' house and Ms. Clipp's house was a vacant lot that I guess my grandparents owned. Looks like they were growing a garden in that lot when this picture was taken.