Stitchin in the southwest

It's hot here in the southwestern part of the US. We unloaded this morning and no reload yet, so I'm working on some stitchin I brought along. I thought I'd post some of the pics I took on the way here. I captured a few from New Mexico, west of Albuquerque and then on in to Arizona.

The tall cactus we always call the Minute Men, like soldiers before you get into Phoenix. It was a good trip here, now just wait for a load back in the direction of home.

A Big Thanks

Our trip didn't set sail very smoothly. On our way to work last Friday the battery light in the car came on, then went off, then came back on. Hubby being a mechanic wasn't too concerned, then the lights on the dash started to dim, hmmmmm, the alternator. Well, we'll have to fix it when we get back. Stopped at the store and shut off the car and couldn't get out, LOL! Electric locks, battery low, not good. To make a long story short, we got out, had to call big brother, came to our rescue, left the car at the shop and he took us to work.

Soooooooooo, A BIG THANK YOU to BIL (you know which one you are)! We called and got him out of bed and he came to pick us up and all MY things, lol. Hubby only had 2 little bags. Well, I had cleaned my truck out!! So I had all these things, of which he'll not let me forget anytime soon. Took us 60 miles one way to work, with a pup stop on the way. Well, the "Girls" had to go. Then gets us to work and my truck isn't back from the shop yet, LOL. Had to wait 45 minutes for it to get there so we could unload ALL my things, ROFL! Thank goodness for big brothers!

Until later.....................

What I'm working on Now

It's been Great having a couple of days at home. I did some fall cleaning and sorting of some crafty things I want to work on. I'm posting pics of the things I'll be taking along this time. I'm taking a wool snowman runner, I took a close up pic for ya too. And a pinkeep with a sheep on it, too cute. The other pinkeep I posted a few days back, this pic shows the stitching done. and the flower pinkeep I finished completely. I'm addicted to pinkeeps!

Enjoy the pics.

The Backyard

I've decorated the inside for the fall season, now I need to get the outside ready as well. I don't usually put a lot of things out side, but I do like to get a few pumpkins and gourds. So I cleaned up the flowers that were looking weary and raked a few leaves. We have huge trees in the backyard and I really like em, except in the fall. There are so many leaves!! And of course they tend to gather around the house, lol. Now I need to make a trip to the pumpkin patch up on top of the hill for the fun stuff. I took pics of what it looks like before the deco, and will try to get pics of the after too. I've washed some windows and dusted some corners, the usual fall inside duties. Have a few more things to finish up. But, I seriously thought about leaving a couple of those cobwebs for the added decorating, LOL.

My Halloween Tree

In getting in the spirit of the season, maybe a little early but I like to enjoy my prims as long as possible, I put out my halloween tree. And a few other little goodies I came across. I made the wool felt ornies and you might be able to tell the witches hat is not quite finished, but I wanted to include it anyway.

Halloween is my favorite holiday, for what reason I don't really know. I think it might be the colors, blacks, golds, oranges, tans, I love all those colors in many combinations. They are some of my favorites to work with when making my locker hooked rugs and small quilted bags. I think maybe its that they are so prim.

Some of my Favorite things about Fall:

1. The colors

2. Pumpkins, gourds and fall flowers

3. Warm days and cool nights

4. Wiener roasts and toasted marshmallows

5. Warm fuzzy sweatshirts

These are just a few of my favorite fall things.

Enjoy!

My "New" Blog Topper

THANK YOU to my friend PammyJo for my "NEW" blog topper. I think it's awesome and SHE ROCKS!!!!!!!

Take me to the Beach

I LOVE the Beach. It was a nice day to go to the beach and I could have stayed all day and into the evening. I like the beaches in California they are so wide and go on for a long way. The beaches in Hawaii are not as wide or as long, but I prefer the beaches in Hawaii. Anyway it was a nice break in the trip to get to go. And I wanted to share the pics.

I also took a couple of pics of "The Girls". After returning home and getting a much needed bath, they again are pretty girls, lol.