IT WAS COLOSSAL!!

 It doesn't get any better than this picture.  It was a colossal morning and afternoon in Arizona, even if that train did park there for two hours, right in front of my nice view.  It was a balmy 70 degrees ... perfect for patio time.  

Too bad it won't last.  The forecast calls for mostly clouds all day, bringing in a little more rain tomorrow, but the temps are staying up in the 70's.  YAHOO!!!

I finished this lap quilt in the morning, sewing on the outside border.  This is another of the older quilts from my stash, that came from Alaska many years ago.  There were a few hitches ... the pattern instructions were not correct when it came to cutting ... which meant they were short on one of the colors.  I had to hoochy-goo around that, but was able to make it work, and I don't think anyone can see it.  

I made several trips outside just to sit in my chair and watch the critters.  These are the guys that wake you from your afternoon nap with their banging on your fireplace chimney.  It sounds like a machine gun!  Apparently they like the hummingbird food because they are always sipping the nectar.

This guy is here every morning at 5:30 singing for a mate I guess.  He's after the seed I put out for the quail.  It's just amazing how beautiful these birds are.

Back inside, I put this quilt on my frame.  I've been waiting for two years to quilt it because I wanted to do a great job ... having a little more experience under my belt.  It started out fabulously!  I LOVE THIS PATTERN!!

Then there was a colossal error!!  These machines are temperamental.  There are long cords from the back that follow the machine along.  I think one got hung up just a tad and I got a buffer error.  When I restarted the machine, there was a bone chilling grind so I stopped it in its tracks.

Just like any computer, turn it all off (deleting everything), turn it back on and reset.  Too bad the machine couldn't remember where it was.  COLOSSAL frustration ensued.

I finally just turned it off and walked away.  Unusual for me.  The Tech gurus don't work on weekends, so it's been sitting ever since.  I'll take another look see this morning before calling in the cavalry.

Time for lunch at Montgomerys Grill and Saloon.  It's rather weird that it looks like a huge building, but there are very few tables at which to sit.  Luckily we got the last one.  This was a planned foray into food coma territory.

Colossal Nachos is the name of this monster.  Patty and Dan got the full version, served on a platter big enough for your Christmas turkey.  I got the HALF .. served on a large dinner plate.  Good grief Charlie Brown ... that's a LOT of food to eat!!  We munched away for about an hour before I asked for a to-go box.  

Back at the Chance Ranch, we settled in to binge on 1923.  Most have probably watched Yellowstone.  I admit, I have not.  The language turned me off immediately.  If you remember though, we DID watch 1883 ... about the Dutton family coming west in a covered wagon.  

They did skip a few years, so it was hard to figure out who was who in the 1923 series.  That had us guessing the entire afternoon ... is that the kid?  No, I think THAT'S the kid.  Nope ... oh well.  

Add to that the telling of three different stories at once, in three completely different locations, and it becomes difficult to tell what the heck is going on.  Still ... it's a cowboy movie, so you know I'm all over it.  So far this one is about the war over grazing land between the cattle owners and sheep herders, not to mention big game hunting in Africa.  Yeah, it's confusing.

There's going to be a colossal amount of series binge watching going on, since they are up to 8 episodes and we only watched 3.  We'll wait for a rainy day to proceed.  In the meantime, I'm now looking for a contractor to repair the garage roof facing.  Yup ... it never ends!!