We had Torah Study on Zoom (as usual for a Saturday).

We hired a new landscape maintenance person (our previous one vanished back in October). Hopefully, he’ll be able to start work soon!

Diane finished her first mask and we mailed it to Jeff (the Post Office was surprisingly crowded, but we had masks and I was able to use the Self-Serve Kiosk to print my Priority Mail label, so we didn’t actually get close to anyone!), then we took a long walk through downtown Los Gatos and avoided people. :-)

Lunch was takeout from Armadillo Willy’s – tasty, but I probably won’t need to have any fries for a while. Dinner was balsamic marinated chicken breast (recipe from EatingWell, July/August 2011 issue).

And other than that, I’ve spent the day playing with code. At least I haven’t been watching the news!

We started the day with a little light exercise – refreshing the soil in our raised beds. I’d ordered 10.5 cubic feet (7 bags) of soil which was delivered yesterday; I thought I’d have some left over for the EarthBoxes, but it was just enough.

Of course, we had to weed and till before we added the new soil – luckily, it was cool this morning. I was disappointed, though, that my Apple Watch didn’t give me credit for exercise – I was sure breathing hard, especially when I was schlepping the bags of soil!

Diane continued working on the first face mask; the second one will be much easier (she hopes). She also says that she’s sewn straighter seams in her life (but it was probably in high school).

The only time I ever tried sewing anything was at a “Sewing Machine Safety and Basic Use” class at TechShop, probably in 2010 or 2011. I made a small bag, which has been sitting in the cabinet of our sewing machine ever since!

We attended two Shabbat Evening services today through the miracles of timezones and Zoom. Dina, a friend from Florida, had been scheduled to read Torah for the first time tomorrow, but the lockdown stopped that; instead, she gave the D’var Torah at her congregation’s service and invited friends from near and far to join her. A couple of hours later, we Zoomed to Shir Hadash’s first live Shabbat Evening service – it was nice to see and chat with friends we haven’t seen for a while!

Shabbat Shalom!