Grandma Jan

This is my Gramma Jan, one of the best, most eccentric grandmothers you'll ever meet. She's a staunch liberal. She's nocturnal. She drinks tea with a swig of gin (she says only in the late afternoon). She paints abstract paintings (nude people, strange shapes, tubes of toothpaste that turn into dismembered body parts, etc.), and she's explored a variety of topics including astronomy, photography, gardening, sculpting, and CB radios. She owns more books than you could ever count. Growing up across the driveway from her, on the same farm was always an adventure. She does not smell old, nor does she have typical old lady handwriting. She has false teeth, but you'd never know. She's a modern grandmother who surfs the internet and reads any kind of online newspaper she can find. She furrows her eyebrows over crossword puzzles. She hates sunlight and rarely goes outside, but we forced her out when we were in North Dakota last week. I couldn't stop taking pictures of her . . . I must have 30 or fourty, but these are my favorites. She's one of my most missed people from North Dakota while I live in Wisconsin.