June 20

I spent this day with my grandmother, visiting various family members around the Valley.

First, my aunt's house in the West Hills:


The brunch spread. Pretty darn tasty, and bagels in the back.


Cucumberfish!


I am being shown the small garden where they have been planting things like lettuce and eggplant. Some are doing well, others have been suffering from the heat.


My aunt doesn't know I took this picture. She actually does have eyes, although you can't see them here.


My cousin is quite lovely. She's almost my height and wears a larger shoe size than I do, and she's only 12. She's going to be an Amazon.


The dawgs, Mona and Harley. Mona is a good dog. Harley is not.

Then a visit with my great-aunt Ruth and great-uncle Milton. They keep their house very dark, so the photo quality here is not as good.


Ruth is loud and fiesty, or at least she used to be until she was diagnosed with "sugar diabetes" and thinks that she can't eat anything so she might as well just die. This is not pleasant to hear.


Milton is really nice, and has always been a sweet guy. He lets Ruth push him around, but he has a sense of humor about it. He has Alzheimer's, which wasn't too bad on this day, but on other days, he forgets who people are. This is also very sad.

But, things will be okay. Ruth is actually pretty healthy, and Milton is positive about things.