My neighbor Kathie and I decided to go early in the day to the Harvest Festival at Cal Expo. Apparently lots of other people had the same idea.
We were really proud of our spending restraint, we left almost empty-handed. Nevertheless, we had a lot of fun.
Craft fair
Four Seasons Westshore had a craft fair this evening. The first one I’ve ever done. For the past few weeks, I’ve been gathering, drying, cracking and shelling walnuts – I had 28 pounds ready to sell. I also made candied walnuts in 8 ounce bags – I had 15 packages. I had absolutely no idea how much to bring, make, or charge.
Thais and Sophia helped me design the table display. Sophia picked out all the fabrics for the “Justin’s Walnuts” applique. Everything was made from scraps. I asked Sophia if she wanted to help, she said yes, “I’ll be the cashier” and negotiated her wages for the evening ($5.00). I was quite happy!
Other vendors:
I sold all the candied walnuts and just 8 pounds of shelled walnuts. Mostly it was fun to work with Sophia, an excellent money manager.
Bark-laying day
Thank you Justin for spreading out all the bark! 
This side will get more plants:
Jibe ridealong
I was up quite early this morning to meet the Jibe Express driver at 6 am. I love doing this for Jibe. The goal today was to give riders a delicious muffin from a local restaurant, ask for feedback re expanding service and future projects for Jibe and Regional Transit, and to remind everyone about the coming holiday hours. I made two trips to downtown Sacramento on two different routes.
It’s hard to see out the window on these buses. Seriously reduced view out the front windows and tinted windows on the sides.
Grandchildren
Thais and Lenin went out to dinner .. yay!
Veteran’s Day barbecue
At the 4 Seasons lodge. 
I sat with nearby neighbors Judy, Leslie and Kathie:
Singing the national anthem:
It’s REALLY smoky here because of the fire that wiped out Paradise. The air quality is “hazardous”. The sun at about 2 pm:
Thursday @ Merrilyn’s
Merrilyn made a Pineapple cheese ball coated with walnuts and a Warm artichoke dip. I brought some sweet walnut treats.
For fun, we cracked and shelled a big bag of walnuts.
Walnut gathering
Sept 30:
Nov 5:
Progress over the weekend
Thais laid out the plants.
Justin planted on Saturday.
On Sunday, Thais came over with the kids to finish up.
Meanwhile …
At Grandma’s house, Old Macdonald has an RV. All the animals live inside.
Almost done and it looks great already. Thank you soooo much Justin and Thais.
Delivery day
#1: plants.
#2: topsoil.
In the afternoon, Thais came over to place everything in the right spot.
Excitement builds … !
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