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Time for my twice-yearly trip to Popeye's Chicken with side trips to quilt shops. I'm headed out for the all-day venture on Tuesday, July 1.

Suggestions?

I already visit Meissner's, Tayo's Torrie's Sew and Vac (used to be Paschane's), Beverly's in Rocklin and Fair Oaks, the big Hancock's on El Camino, and Quilter's Corner in the business park off 50 & Bradshaw.

Lat year Kathy recommended JR Flamingo and Bearpaws and Hollyhocks -- those two are definites this time.

I haven't been to any along Route 50 or into Folsom. I'll make a second trip this year in November to do that.

Cabin Fever in Auburn is a separate trip with friends. We also go to Donna's Stitchery and Quilter's haven at Truckee.

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Kay Ahr
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Darn, I have to work that day! Enjoy your trip, and bring some lung protection, because the smoke may not have cleared by then. Are you guys suffering up there as much as we are here?

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Kathy Applebaum

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Taria

Just had a thought on shops. A couple of weeks ago a girlfriend and I stopped at one in Newcastle. Not a huge selection of quilting fabric, but lots of vintage trims and buttons, if you're in to that. It's the Tin Thimble, 595 Taylor Road, 916-663-2134.

The smoke is better today -- looks like about 4 mile visability, instead of the 1 mile we had yesterday. Still have the burning eyes, sinus headache, and lung congestion we've had all week. Yuck.

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Kathy Applebaum

Yuck on the smoke! I had originally planned the trip for Friday the 27th, but the smoke was so bad. I do like to see the scenery when I drive over!

For the first time in 6 years since they devised the smog alert designations for Reno, they declared a Level 2 alert the other day. Level 1 is bad; Level 2 is worse. I'm not getting ash on my car like I have during past California fires, but I wonder what's going into my lungs. I have not done my walk/jogs in the park for the past week. (I'm an overweight ol' lady -- I can't be out there runnin' in this stuff!!) When the view of the mountains from my dining room window disappears, I know it is bad. Today we have a bluish haze instead of a gray-white haze. I even saw sunshine very early this morning. Reminds me of a Ray Bradbury short story "All Summer in a Day."

Your smoke in the Sacramento area is probably worse than ours since you are closer to the fires. It's really bad around the mountain at my school. It's almost in California near the Plumas National Forest.

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Kay Ahr

here is a link to the smoke in CA. It is an amazing thing. I hope you guys up north are lying low and staying inside with AC on.

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Taria

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Taria

LOL! My first thought was "wow, it really *has* cleared up!" :) Most of the brown you see in that photo is our dry, dry foothills, and the white is coastal fog/clouds. The green bits are the 400 mile long Central Valley, where I live, which should give you a scale for the wispy gray smoke at the top of the image.

We can actually see a bit of blue sky overhead now. Thursday's picture here

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is a pretty good one to get an idea of how it was. Friday's is also impressive:
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Kathy Applebaum

Good to know I misinterpreted the fog/clouds!

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KJ

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Taria

The air quality around here is not very good. I walked this morning at

6:30 before the air warmed up too much.

A new fire right near where I grew up just broke out this afternoon.

G> Yep it has. =A0I was still amazed by the sheer number of fires. =A0YOu hea= r

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Ginger in CA

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