My favorite tree is crape myrtle and this is one of the best and oldest.
Twisted trunk:
Artichoke dip (individual serving dishes) and Shrimp and Spinach Tortellini with Sund-dried tomato dip:
Spiders
There are 43 completed … so far. A few of them have had their spider legs soaked with glue, others dipped in liquid starch. I’m experimenting with the best way to stiffen.
Bike Doc
In N Natomas, Jibe provides residents access to Bike Doc on Saturdays at the Natomas Farmers Market.
Bike Doc mechanics complete basic repairs and troubleshoot problems based on common issues and conditions. Jibe contracts with SABA to provide the service. This morning I was the receptionist receiving the bikes, tagging them, and keeping the paperwork in order.
Deb and Glenn, the lead mechanic
Two bubbly friendly sharks (looks way too hot to me):
The last bikes arrived at 11:20 and by noon, I was wilting in the heat – already 100 degrees. Time to go home.
Bike ride to Old Sac
Seven bicycles, eight people, 9 miles roundtrip from Thais and Lenin’s house. This was so much fun. We rode single file (like you’re supposed to) with Lenin riding sweep on the Yuba Mundo with Carson on the back.
Thais, Lenin, Sophia, Carson, Avery, Jeffery, Leo
Part of the Garden Highway is closed for construction but bikes and pedestrians can still pass through.
Secret Garden
Stemmler Dr deadends, for now, at the corners of Opus Cir and Chateau Montelena Way. Eventually it will connect to a street that still needs to be created. In the meantime, someone has created the cutest little garden on what is probably city property. It is impeccably maintained.
Visit with Val
And a glass of wine on the patio. Fun!
Cloud Bread
I guess Cloud Bread is all the rage on TikTok. This time Sophia made a reddish batch.
The texture was airy, the smell was a strong sulphury egg … and that was as far as I got. Why would I taste something that smelled so bad?
Avery, what would your mom and dad say if they saw you standing up there? “They’d probably tell me to get down.” That’s what I thought.
Dinner at my house
Jim and Lucy and …
Justin came by also!
SABA staff meeting
We’ve been meeting bi-weekly in various Sacramento parks. Today at Albert Winn. The leaf-blower guy had been buzzing loudly around the perimeter of the park and it was hard to hear each other speak. Then he came to our section and “graciously” slowed down the noise to the point that we really couldn’t hear each other at all. We paused, watched, and waited. Smile.
Tarantula attack!
Avery was attacked by a giant crocheted tarantula while visiting the other day.
I crocheted this spider over the past two weeks. The legs, arms and fangs have a wire structure inside so the legs can be bent. Sophia learned how to make a starting loop, chain and single crochet!
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