I should have arrived yesterday but my flight was one of the 1000 flights canceled on Monday. I was rebooked for this morning and got to Butte around noon. Dave and Phyl picked me up.
It’s cold! 9 degrees or -12 celsius. It will be all indoor activities for me.
We all got together at Justin’s.
Ade was there too!
As it turned out with various family schedules, Adrienne and I got to spend the day together. I made rosemary focaccia – an hours-long process –
Ade made a delicious Italian sausage soup. We watched football
and talked the afternoon away. A very good Christmas Day. LOL and no picture of us – it was also a sweats and care-free hair day.
At the Kral’s, Jeff and Leah. Leah is Lenin’s sister. All the Del Castillo’s were there. LOTS of cousins!
Well, there haven’t been many. It’s been raining a lot. One text I received with the number of miles ridden said it was “too cold to take a picture.” However, one of our members just rode an e-bike for the first time. Carmen rode 20 miles up Mt Tohivea to Belvedere Lookout Pt on the island of Moorea, French Polynesia.
Congratulations Carmen. What a great ride!
Brie-stuffed mushrooms and Crostini with prosciutto, mushrooms and blue cheese:
And, hurray, Bob joined us this time.
Because Cindy was my brother’s girlfriend in high school (53 years ago), our mothers became the best of friends. Treasured friendships all around.
If it’s not raining, get out there and ride. Thursday December 16. Cheryl and I rode:
Friday December 17. Cold but a very good ride to Sac State with Barbara, Kathy and Cheryl:
Saturday December 18. To Cherry Island and back with Cheryl and Leo. Yes, it was cold and foggy!
We met at Linda’s. Yummy food and drinks.
Ade, Linda and I all see the same hair care person, Whitney, who is currently on the brink of delivering baby #4. Linda and Ron really enjoy dog-sitting for Whitney, you can see Freddie at Linda’s feet. Freddie is a cocker-doodle mix (cockadoodle?), adorable and quite at home, preferably between Linda’s feet.
First choice of a distraction:
Just in case you think I only ride my bike, I have completed a few projects in between everything else. The following picture is a finished WIP – Work in Progress. If you sew or craft, you may have a few started but not finished items. I started collecting pins when I started bicycle touring in 2001. Since I can’t envision any more great cycling adventures in my future, I decided to conclude this project, 20 years later.
A garland of pie slices for Thanksgiving:
This WIP is a tree skirt started last year then put into a closet for 10 months, and finally improved significantly for the December 3 party (lol-no one even noticed it’s unfinished state). Maybe in 2022 it will be finished. Maybe.
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