When It Rains, It Pours!!

 You know that old saying ... when it rains it pours?  I think it came from Arizona.  When it rains in California, you get a few sprinkles here and there, maybe some small hail and a little wind.  In Arizona it POURS like I've never seen, hail strikes the windows so hard you think they are going to break and the wind will sweep you right off your feet.  

You can't exactly tell here, but there's a sheet of water coming down that washes everything away.  Hopefully that includes spiders and scorpions.

Open the front door and you can't hear anything except the roar of water and hail falling on the tin roof.  Yeah ... I love it.  The smell of the desert when it's raining is something you can't express.  Of course it would help if the gutters on this side of the house actually let water through.  

I don't know what's inside them, but no water is coming out the bottom.  I'm not sure I really want to know, but gutter cleaning has been added to the list.

With all the rain, I was surprised to see this girl on my camera.  It doesn't help that they have built 300 some houses in the nearby area.  In the first few years I was here, there were many deer that stopped by for a drink almost every day.  

Last year I think there were maybe two?  It's sure nice to see them coming around.  This beauty is pretty careful, probably smelling the coyotes and the bobcat.

And then there was THIS guy!!!  I don't think there's an animal more majestic than these Rocky Mountain mule deer.  Least I think that's what they are.  Just look at that rack!!  

It's a FABULOUS 69 degrees this morning with highs in the 80's for the entire week.  Me thinks summer is gone ... or at least I hope it is!  

While it's pouring outside, I loaded this quilt on to the frame.  Things have been going a little smoother lately, or at least when there was a problem, I was able to figure it out.  

I'm becoming an expert at picking out all those tiny little stitches.  My seam ripper is now dull as can be, so I suppose I'll have to go to the quilt store and buy another.  OH DARN!!!

I had dinner last night at the best restaurant in town.  The Chance House makes good grub!!  Honesty, anything is better than the chicken tacos I've had every meal for the last week.  Which reminds me, I've found the perfect snack food.

Frozen grapes!!  Who knew grapes could be so good?  The big green ones freeze nicely and make the perfect snack.  It takes awhile to eat them without freezing your teeth, so they last longer.  AND the best part ... I'm not throwing them away after a week in the fridge when they shrivel up and die.

I should be headed out on an adventure this week.  The forecast is sunny with clouds, which means the dirt roads will dry up and I can get on with my next adventure.  

In the meantime, I've got 444 spam emails to go through.  Oh what fun!!