Tell Them I'm Out of the Office

Dear Friend,

I love the desert in the early spring. Especially if we have had a good wet winter. Shawn took this photo last week and hope you can see how green the mountain is. I also thought it was a great scene photo with the 3 elements of the story- a beginning, a middle and an end.

It is day 2 of several days off and I am feeling so relaxed. No traffic, no auditors, no telephones, no schedules. What more could I ask for? I have been fairly busy though, I pieced together all the blocks for my black-red & white quilt top and found I was 2 rows short, so it's back to the ZT to find some more pieces to add. It's a good thing this is a very scrappy quilt and I do have a bit of the the fabric already in it but I still need to add some. Oh, and I was trying to do 2 things at once (so much for multi-tasking) and broke my Rowenta iron. So I will have to replace that because I cannot sew without one.

I am glad he is wearing those heavy work gloves.
More photo's from Mat. This time he appears to have befriended a ---you're correct. It is a bat. I don't know if I have never seen one this close or have never seen a yellow one. Creepy!




Wyatt's class went up to the Don's Camp at the base of the Superstitions last week and these are some of the pictures from his adventure. I would love to go but they only present this program for the schools-during the week.
An attempt at roping. That will come in handy someday!



Panning for Gold-in the Superstitions, of course.
Panning for gold as a woman????


Despite my best efforts to try to avoid the stores while I am on this short vacation, I now need to get ready to go into town. Sometimes I feel like I am back in Wellton and contemplating a trip to Yuma, that's how far it is to the quilt store. I know that is also the distance from Vernon to Show Low-but the only reason to go to Show Low is groceries, there is so little else.



This is a picture of Ian's newest bed cover. Straight from Ikea-he loved it!

Things to do, places to go. I'm off to buy a new iron and look for some special fabrics to finish.
More later, love, Jan