From the sewing cave

When I did the Ride Along on the Jibe Express at the beginning of August, I got a t-shirt that had a mis-sewn sleeve. It really bothered me to wear it, but the shirt was soooo big and not a single person noticed anyway. Rather than throw it away, I upcycled it using Vogue 1570.I should NEVER have started making French knots, but once begun I had to finish. I estimated I made 1120 of them.

RLEHS Sunday Social

The annual ice cream social.
County Supervisor Sue Frost receiving a gift from President Jason Green:Today’s speakers were from local Green Acres 4-H club:Trying to get the youngest 4-H’r back in line:4-H members from today and long ago:

Wide Open Walls

This morning Thais and I took a 2 hr, 3 mi walking tour of the mural projects going on in Sacramento right now.
Shepard Fairey’s Johnny Cash, 15 stories tall, looks toward Folsom Prison:Grizzly bears and golden poppies are requested elements.
The entrance to an alley of public art including the dumpsters.
A very long post but worth it, right?

Sophia Avery & Carson

I spent some time with Sophia, Avery, and Carson the past couple of days.
Avery built quite an elaborate fort in the living room. He showed me all the passageways and pop-up-to-look-around spots.
Carson loves to blow bubbles

and eat whipped cream.

Dinner and a movie

Adrienne and I went to the movies again. This was a really good movie:Afterwards we went to the next door Tower Cafe.


Because it was Tuesday, they were serving “breakfast for dinner” and had a Madame Cristo (aka Croque Madame) on the menu. It was SOOOO good!
Fun!

ELPAC training

English Language Proficiency Assessment for California. Today there was a training. School will start in a few days. Teams of retired teachers will be testing students entering the school system for the first time – mostly kindergarteners.

Sophia and Avery

Thursday. We’ve been seeing a lot of commercials on tv promoting the movie Christopher Robin along with a simple recipe for Hundred Acre Honey Bark.Ready for a 4-hour wait in the freezer:Later in the day, they played cats. Avery was a cougar, which he explained is a kind of mountain lion.
Friday. I was very curious how much of the Hundred Acre Honey Bark was left. I was hoping to get a taste. So I checked the freezer right away. Oh … not that good. LOL!
A mysterious white shape moved silently along the floor

Giants game

With Adrienne. We drove to Vallejo and took the ferry to ATT Park – about an hour’s ride.The ferry docks right at the park.We had great seats!The last out. Giants won, 3-1.Ahead is McCovey Cove, a popular place to hang out during a Giants game, hoping to catch a home run ball.From Vallejo, it was about an hour’s drive home. Fun day!