My visiting daughter is in love with Julie and Trundy’s dog, Bentley, who is a Yorkie mix that I’m dogsitting this week. I think Bentley reminds Alexandra of our beloved Montague. Foster Dolly is getting a little jealous of Bentley, but Bentley was not having it when I held her, making sure to kiss me to prove that she was in a superior position to Dolly. Girls, girls! Stop fighting over me!
This beautiful kitty in the driveway today let me pick her up. She was so sweet and a little skinny. I had to run to another event, but I hope to see her again. She knows she can trust me now. I also noticed her tests were engorged, so she might have a litter somewhere, and maybe she was just hungry. No clipped ear and no collar, of course.
Pictures from others who were there:
Daughter overslept and Shea had a meeting, so I went with a thousand other fellow Vallejoans!
I love it when my communities/worlds collide. Mei organized this major dog walk on Mare Island which crossed paths with a major picnic that the Vallejo Gay Network has every year. I brought our two fosters who got a lot of serious attention with their “Adopt Me” vests. It was a little stressful with the four dogs, but we had a wonderful time.
More pictures we took at the picnic:
Pictures others took:
We had a wonderful time with fellow Stephanie Miller fan (we’re both Steph-heads), Vallejoan, and progressive activist friend Diane Hume in her gorgeous home and garden. We compared notes on several subjects and check out this beautiful haul I got from her garden! Fresh lemons and artichokes? My favorites!! Diane is another reason why I know I made the right decision when I moved to this city five years ago!
The first weekday of June is LGBTQ Families Day! Many of you know I’m a proud father with a daughter, Alexandra, who is now grown. I served on the Board of Family Equality for six years when she was younger. We attended many conferences and Family Pride Weeks, mostly in Provincetown, Massachusetts. That is where this first picture was taken for the “Love Makes a Family” photo-text exhibit that traveled the world. I’m so proud of that in particular.
Pictures from Butterfly Festival on Mare Island. Food consisted of some amazing vegan lumpia for me and middle eastern style french fries for Shea. We bought some stained glass pieces which we’ll show and another folk art magnet piece for the fridge.
