It's a Brand New....(Benson, AZ)

...Day in a new location with a new computer... 

Bridle Titmouse

Before I start chattering...here are some photos from the Preserve.

Squirrel eating Osage Orange

Northern Cardinal 

We moved to Benson, AZ a day before the "Blizzard" hit this area.  I posted snow photos from our new site in Benson to our travel blog.

I'm so happy to be back!  I can't believe it has been 16 Feb since my last post.  Here's a surprise - I really did not miss my blog or Facebook or editing photos.  I did a couple of hours each day of emailing, Pinterest, and searching on Dan's computer.  I just wasn't on the computer 6 to 8 hours a day.  I did miss visiting my friends, so I'll probably spend a couple of days just catching up with everyone.

I got my new laptop last Tuesday.  Dan transferred all my files from my old hard drive to the new one.  The only bummer was losing some of my software such as my old Adobe Photoshop Element 8, but I was due an upgrade big time.  So, now I need to learn the new Photoshop. 

I also lost my clipart software from PC Crafters.   They closed their website last year...wouldn't you know it!    I use a lot of their clipart for my applique and I was just starting to use their clipart for some new mug rugs - like the lamb and the penguin.  I hope to retrieve all my clipart that I bought over the years by borrowing Dan's laptop with my hard drive for a couple of hours...if the software will open in his computer.  No guarantee, of course.   Hard lesson learned...I need to upload online software in more than one hard drive.

I spent most of this week learning a few things about my new computer and moving a lot of photos over to my external hard drives for safe keeping.  It only took six hours!  Gee, do you think I take too many photos??

I love the first screen I get when I open the laptop.  Very nice.  I have Windows 8 now and that will turn into more navigating of unknown territory for me.  It is a lot different from Windows 7.

Okay, just four more photos from Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve:

Pocket Gopher

Well, he was cute until he turned to look straight at me

Aberts Towhee taking a bath in the creek

On The Cutting Board
Being without my laptop made me realize that I wasn't cutting back as much as I had claimed I was going to do for this year's resolution.  I got a lot done on quite a few projects.  I pinned two quilt tops yesterday and I have a third quilt top ready, but I ran out of batting.

I have a stack of mug rugs ready to hand embroider...

...and a couple of them are ready for the next stage.

Oh, I think I hear the projects calling to me...time to quilt!

Happy Quilting!