AND ONE MORE GRANDKID IN NOVEMBER

 My youngest son  (who is depicted in this sketch) with his son Cayden and Cayden's mom) is going to have a little girl in November (not with Cayden's mom) but with his partner.  Now all four of my son's will each have a daughter and son(s).  She will be my fourth granddaughter and I have six grandsons.  

John and Carmen (Cayden's mom) never married but have always had a good relationship between them because of Cayden.  Cayden has like four sets of grandparents all who love him a lot.  He is a lucky guy.  He has graduated this last school year, as has one of my granddaughters and great niece. (my sister's granddaughter).  Time has passed so fast.  Another granddaughter will graduate next year.

This little painting was mostly done by Cayden when he was about 10.  He did the background and wanted help with the figures.  His mom is a day person and dad has always been a night person.  I was amazed at his reason for this painting - wanting to show a strong connection between them all.  Cayden has an absolutely wonderful supportive step dad and a great dad - my son.  He's a lucky guy but also a very sensitive person and I don't think ever got in trouble going through high school.  Unlike some of my sons who really challenged my patience, lol.  

I came across this painting again in one of my folders and it brought back a good memory of creating something together with Cayden.  Eventually before we gave it to each one of them, he wanted to divide the painting in half and each one got half of him.  This was all totally his idea.  

And that's my sharing for today.  Hope u are all staying cool if you are in heat zones and warm if you are in winter somewhere.  

A TRIP DOWN THE MOUNTAIN RECENTLY

We were going down the mountain one day when we rounded the corner on the mountain hwy and saw this man.  I felt sorry that he appeared homeless and decided to  take his belongings and head down to the city below.   

There are a lot of homeless people that find places to camp in summer up in the mountains where its' cooler and in winter they head back down where it's warmer.  I was surprised to see him going down where it's hotter.  

In a perfect world there would be a home and food for every one.  This bothers me that so many have lost their houses or jobs.  The price of houses and the rental prices have skyrocketed.  We were down in 105 or hotter temps yesterday and where in the heck do these people go to stay cool.   

When we saw him we were in our small jeep.  If we had seen him and  we were driving a truck I would have hoped we could have given him a ride to wherever he was headed. 

Hope u are all coping with what I read these days, to be extreme weather in many places, floods, fires, etc.  California has some big fires right now and I think a big one over in the next mountain range is almost contained now called the Vista Fire that started in Lytle Creek and headed toward Mt. Baldy.

I love the Yucca plants in summer.