It is a beautiful day in Paradise today. I believe the heat is behind us and we are going to welcome the temperatures in the high 80's and low 90's. There have been three or four fires in the area since I last blogged. Nothing close to our house, but the bombers fly over and we can see the smoke. Everything is so dry and the weeds are taller than normal because we had rain all the way into May this year. They got all kinds of nourishment in the spring.
Our dear friend Dave Bradley (actually we consider him family) had a bad accident and crushed his hand. He has been in the hospital in San Francisco where he has gone through several surgeries including muscle transplant from his leg and skin grafts. Lucy and I went to visit him August 31, Sept. 1 and Sept. 2nd. We were initially going on Thursday, and coming back Friday night, but there was a slim chance he would get discharged from the hospital so we stayed. On Friday we toured Muir Park, Sausilito and took the Alcatraz tour. We took Dave a Roast Beef Sandwich from a Hof Brau near the hotel we stayed in. He was thrilled with that. Saturday we went with clothes for him to wear upon discharge which we found out would not occur until Tuesday. The Bay Bridge closed to all outbound traffic at 11:59 Friday night and I had wanted to get out of the city before the bridge closed, but since we stayed another day we came home via the Golden Gate Bridge up to Hwy. 37 to I80 and then well we had to stop at the Vacaville Outlet Stores. We picked up some new jeans for Lucy (her's were a bit on the baggy side). She looks so pretty in her new clothes that fit her properly. We took our knitting with us, but did not have any spare time to knit. Lucy was able to knit a few rows because she is the passenger, but I being the driver could not knit. :-( I am not doing a great deal these days though. I went to the doctor and he referred me to an accupuncturist. This could be two months before I get in, so I will just deal with it and knit when I can. I have done a couple of guage swatches for a new sweater. And, I did cast on so will be working on that hopefully! I will try to get a picture posted. I am trying to decide if I should participate in SP9 since I am not knitting like I normally would. Not only that, I had the best Pals in #8 that will be friends going ahead and well, I don't know if I could top both of them. I know I have a little time to decide. We filed the papers for an extension for Lucy so hopefully it will be granted and she will be able to stay here until about 12-20. But currently her passport says she has to leave on 10-05. :-( Neither one of us are ready for her to leave then, so we are keeping our fingers crossed. We are already making plans for her 18th birthday party. So, hopefully they will either take four months to make their decision and of course she will be home by then or they will grant the extension. This weekend Lucy and I are taking a quilting class. It is an all day class this Saturday and next Saturday. I need to be doing something and since knitting is difficult right now we decided to make a quilt. Crazy I know, but my Mom has a beautiful sewing maching and I need to learn how to use it.