Pink tutus and pink quilts

Today was a good day.  I joined my Breakfast Club ladies for our monthly breakfast at AJ's in Mesa.  We had to check our calendars to make sure it wasn't Halloween.  Drill Sargent hat and a pink tutu.  Turned out he and his wife were collecting donations out in front of AJ's for Special Olympics.  My friends and I visited from 8 to 11, then we all went our separate ways, my way being to  the 2013 Jelly Roll Race sponsored by the Arizona Quilters Hall of Fame.

I got to sew on a Bernina B780 - a big machine with way more bells and whistles than I am used to!  My go-to machine is my 35 year old Kenmore - built like a tank and sews through anything!  I earned the money to buy it by picking apples and peaches for 25 cents a bushel crate.  It was the top of the line at Sears the year before the free-arm came out.  But we have been together a long time and she still runs like a dream. 

I forgot to take a picture of the first finished top, but it was bright primary colors with lots of busy prints.  The second was pinks.  Fitting finish to a day that started out with a pink tutu??

I completed two tops during my two hour stay, so not too bad.  These quilts will be donated to the local homeless once they are quilted and bound.

Picked up Taco Bell for dinner on the way home

All in all, a really good day.  I think I will sleep soundly tonight.

Road to Jerome

When we left Prescott, we decided to go home via Jerome.  Sort of out of the way, but a beautiful, winding drive on 89A.  The clouds were beautiful!

One of the locals, "hanging out" on the side of the firehouse.

 The old mine.

I want this porch!  The view would be nice also, but don't know if I could take everything being uphill, both ways.

Shootout on Whiskey Row

We attended the 8th Annual Shootout on Whiskey Row in Prescott weekend before last.  Our group, the Arizona Ghostriders, won 1st place in the skit competition.  Woo Hoo!  We were up against some stiff competition.  We had some rain, which was a nice change from the heat of the valley.  Cowboy and I stayed through Monday this year.  It was nice to wander around town without the crowds from the weekend.  We went to Murphy's again for lunch, as they did not have my creme brulee on Friday - they were out!  Here are some pictures from the weekend.