Family Gravestones

While my father was on vacation in California, I asked him to take photos of the headstones of relatives as he said he was going to be visiting cemeteries.

These are the photos he texted me, and I'm putting them here to keep track of them.

Notice anything odd?

I was first struck by the lack of grass, then realized this is quite the indicator of the drought
and fire conditions in the western USA.

My father's oldest brother.

My grandfather.

My father's sister. I never met her in person and only ever talked with her on the phone.

My grandmother.