Complimentary Colors

The quilt is still awaiting the arrival of the baby, but I thought a single star fit the bill for today's abstract challenge. 

The line to the well pump has been replaced, but we can't test the system until there is enough sun to recharge the battery. Isn't that what the battery is for...to store power for times when there is no sun? I don't get it. At least we have power today and the sky, although smoky and raining ash, is not apocalyptic orange. As far as we can tell, any fires adding to the smoke are hundreds of miles away.

Nobody can remember ever seeing eerie skies like we had yesterday. I grew up in Southern California, and canyon fires in the mountains were commonplace, so I know what a red sun means, but yesterday's orange skies were unprecedented. It makes it difficult to keep things in perspective...I have retreated into the world of the Tour de France...at least the trials and tribulations of the boys on bikes are their choice! 

I had to laugh at the little video clip made by one of the riders during quarantine made me laugh. He was shown on his stationary bike unceasingly pedaling away as his voice-over intones..."Monday"...kids playing in the background. "Tuesday" ...wife vacuuming around him. "Wednesday"...wife and kids cuddled up on the couch watching television "Thursday"...kids kicking football around him "Friday"...kids riding the stationary bike...