Comerica Park

Over the last few years, my friend Tom Brown and I have developed a tradition of celebrating his (June 20) birthday with a Detroit Tigers baseball game. This year, when they were out of town on his actual birthday, we went on June 25, taking in a great game in which they beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-0. This picture shows Tom and I in our seats just before the game began.

Izzy G.

I am finding that I am missing my granddaughter Isabelle Grace (whom her parents call Izzy G. :) fiercely right now, just having received a Father's Day card (or Grandpa's Day) in the mail. It is a VERY cool custom made card, replete with pictures of her, and her coloring decorating the card and the envelope.

This picture is one about which her mother said, "I came out into the living room to find Izzy not only naked, but sitting in our ottoman. Yes, my girl climbs into ottomans to hang out. I love her."

The second lovely picture of her is one that her mother took in mid-June 2011, and captioned simply, "Beauty."

New relatives

A few weeks ago, I gained some new relatives, with the birth of triplets who are my first cousins twice removed - Beau, Gigi, and Carlos Harris.