My Saturday

Actually I think I want to back up to Friday. I had mentioned in my sewing blog that I had worked a long 8 hour day which normally don't do. But with a trip coming up, working the extra hours in this pay period will help for our trip to a wedding we are going to at the end of the month. Anyhoo, on the way home I noticed smog in the sky, or was it smoke, or was it fog rolling in from the ocean with the setting sun colors on it, or just plain pretty clouds. My husband was seeing the same thing on his way home too, but from the south. I was coming from the north. He wondered the same things I was wondering. Eventually I got close enough to realize from the smell that it was smoke. But could not tell just where the fire was burning. The smoke was so widespread it was not obvious which direction it was coming from. We found out it was burning in Napa County to the east of us and the strong winds was blowing the smoke our way. We had been getting red flag warnings due to the strong winds and fire danger because it is still so dry. What little rain we got earlier in the month did not really help much.

My husband goes to VFW meetings each month. He is the chaplain for his group now, so he needs to go to the meetings. Since I need to play the organ today(Sunday) I went with him. He dropped me off at the church so I could practice while he was at the meeting. That worked out well.

I was up before the sun this morning which most mornings I am now that it stays dark longer in the mornings. We have a motion sensor light outside the window/sliding door here in the sewing/office room. I could tell the light was on. So I peeked out the window and saw an orange tabby cat on my husband's truck. That light is usually turned on by cats in the area and usually they scamper away when I poke my head through the vertical blinds. But this one was fascinated by the movement of the blinds. I decided to try to take a picture of the cat. By the time I had gotten the camera he was sitting on the step watching the blinds move. I got the picture below through the window and the screen. It was hard to get a decent picture without opening the door. But even the flash did not scare him off. We kind of played peek a boo for awhile before he finally scampered off.
My husband had to go to an overnight retreat with the Youth and Family Ministry Team from our church. So I went along to bring the car back home. We pick up another member of the team who also lives in our town. Remember our church is over in Napa County. The team members carpool to the retreat. After they get organized I go in and practice the organ again, in preparation for today. It was a good practice session. After church I go to the fabric store, which I talk about on my sewing blog. Then it was home.

It was strange to not have hubby home for that long. Especially after it got dark. I tried to keep busy, but did not accomplish as much as I hoped. But I did do some decluttering, reading a few newspapers, scanning through catalogs and replacing the old ones with the new ones. I also started to decorate another area with fall decor, but it is still kind of bare as you can see from the picture.
I need to get more of something to fill it up a little more. The "THANKS" I got from the Hallmark shop and the three pumpkins I got at the drug store. Maybe I will stop at Walgreen's again after work one day this week and see if they still have some of that garland left. I will have to play around with it more. The dresser scarf is another inherited item from my husband's family. I am realizing I have quite a few areas to create viginettes of fall decor, just not enough to fill or use all of them. I need something taller here because of the blank wall. I do have a turkey wall hanging I made. I could hang it here this year.

Well, that was my Saturday. I wish I had gotten more done. Oh I did wash and dry two loads of clothes. That counts too I guess. But one can only do just so much each day. Have a Blessed Sunday.