We slept in until about 10:00 today. After some blueberry coffee cake, Junel and I walked around the back yard and she showed me June's garden--lots of really pretty flowers.
Grandma June's backyard. (© 2006, M. Williams.)
June is 80 and she still mows the lawn. Unfortunately she has some macular degeneration and has trouble seeing. Last night we showed her some wedding pictures, but to see them she has to look through a TV magnifier. I called my Aunt Sharon at work and she was able to take some time off to meet Junel. So we packed up the car, stopped at the liquor store for some beer, and headed over to Bloomington. We were able to visit for about an hour with her and Dalen. It was good to see them. We left for June's cabin about 2:30. It is north of Brainerd aways and near some of the lakes my family used to go to on summer vacations when I was a kid. There was some bad traffic for a ways outside of the Cities and we missed our turnoff to 169. We ended up taking 10 to St. Cloud and then up to Brainerd the same way we used to go though now it's 4 lanes instead of 2.
Grandma June's cabin in N. Minnesota. (© 2006, M. Williams.)
We got to the cabin about 8:30 and unpacked, had a little chicken salad, and chatted for a while. Junel's brother Greg and his wife, Julie, arrived around 10:00 and so we've been catching up with them. Their dog, Ellie, a Springer Spaniel, was with them and has just finally settled down.
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