The City of Sacramento puts on a basic bicycling-in-the-city class once a month. I was curious to see how it aligned with what I teach in Project Ride Smart. 
Monthly Archives: March 2017
Walnut drying complete
I’ve been rotating bags of walnuts onto the drying screen that Justin put up near the front door every week to 10 days since December. All of last year’s walnuts are now officially dry.
This year’s crop is also stored in the office.
One of Justin’s neighbors has a hand-cranked walnut-cracking machine which means shelling walnuts into one-pound bags goes twice as fast as it used to. Yay! Four bags of cracked walnuts yielded 21 pounds of shelled walnuts.
At this point in the life cycle of a walnut tree, the catkins are beginning to form:
Teeball practice
A very good Monday
I’m going backwards through my day, because there’s a surprise at the end. Keeping you in blog-suspense! This beautiful ficus in Val’s house is way better than the picture I took of her when we visited in the late afternoon. (Unflattering pictures of friends don’t make it into this blog.)
Brunch with Becky from Bike Hikers:
(Cue the trumpets.) This is my new house:
Located at Heritage West Shore in Sacramento, it won’t be ready until mid-May. I will be in a 55+ active community about 5 miles from Thais and Lenin’s house and a couple of miles from where Justin works. Standing in my garage are realtor Korbi Gomes who sold the G St house (and my mom’s condo) and Ethan who works for Lennar, the builder:
More Saturday sports
After basketball game #1 and the Little League parade, it was off to indoor soccer,
followed by St Ignatius basketball.
After a mishap that resulted in tears, I asked Avery if some chocolate milk would help. We walked over to Starbuck’s. As it turned out, chocolate milk AND a brownie was the best cure.
Little League Parade
Avery is planning in the River Park league because his school is within their boundaries. Playing Duck Duck Goose before the parade:
Meanwhile Sophia was playing her last Upward (the name of the league) basketball nearby.
Helping and almost walking
“Mom, can I crack the eggs?” Thais was making Torta, a Filipino dish, for dinner. Eight eggs were needed.
Oops, this egg ended up on the counter. Five second rule!
Carson is almost ready to take that first step.
Visiting Phyl & Dave
Phyl and Dave went camping for 3 days at Lake Minden which is just 4 miles from Justin’s house. I rode my bike over and Phyl and I walked.
When Paula reads this, she will say, “But where’s a picture of Dave & Phyl?” Sorry Dear Friend, my memory card is totally full.
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