Feels Like Halloween!!

There's one thing you don't see a lot in other parts of the country, and that is the spectacular sunrises ... yes SUNRISES ... of Arizona.  The wind was still howling like crazy and it was freezing cold, but I ran outside in a T-shirt to get these images.   

It's rather weird that the clouds are finally being blown in since we've had nothing but sunny weather the last few days.  It really feels like Halloween to me.

I stood in the garage freezing my tootsies off while waiting for this!  And then the clouds REALLY showed up.  I thought it was going to rain for a good part of the day.  At long last ... silence (no wind) ... about 5:00 pm.  I can't tell you how nice silence is.

Just to shake it up a bit, Mother Nature is on a rampage.  Just look at this forecast!!  Seventy degrees one day and SNOW the next.  What the heck???  And then a HIGH OF 42?????  Someone is playing dirty tricks on my little piece of Heaven.

So once again I was locked up in the house.  I don't mind as long as I have something interesting to do.  Here's another Halloween quilt.  If it's going to feel like Halloween, it might as well LOOK like it.  I don't know why I have three Halloween quilts to finish ... I think I saw this one on sale for $5.00 and had leftover fabric from the other.

The problem was I couldn't find any black thread, so I ordered two spools four days ago.  I was bummed I had to wait for it to quilt this one.  Suddenly there was that doorbell again ... and what should appear but the thread!!  Timing is everything!!

I wasn't thrilled with the spider and web design, so I picked up this windy moon pattern.  Appropriate, yes?  I like it much better.  I was more careful this time about the backing being long enough and it quilted out right nicely.

I think I need some wall space in the house to hang a few of these up.  It's not quite COWBOY, but .....

With that done, I fixed some lunch with a bag-o-lettuce I got at Safeway.  I bought it on 2/10 and it said good until 2/18.  It looked like it was past it's prime, but I ate it anyway.  Big mistake.  Suddenly I got sick ... REAL sick.  Well that was fun.  I spent the rest of the day on the couch with Cooper.

Those bandages you see on his leg?  He STILL bites at those ant bites he got last year, so I smother it in Benadryl lotion and wrap it up.  After awhile he will leave it alone and no more bandage.

I did creep outside last night for a fabulous sunset, but haven't downloaded any of the images.  I'll get to that today.

And what is today?   SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!!!  We're having a party over at the Chance House.  I'm taking ham and Swiss cheese sliders ... which sounded really good until I got sick.  Now, not so much!!  Then I'm going to make sure I have three shirts and two coats for tomorrow's SNOW!!!