Onward North! (Cottonwood, AZ)

We moved to Cottonwood on Monday.  This area is more high desert and I'm not seeing as many blooming flowers.  I'm sure they are on their way.  Before we left Usery Park, I took some more photos that I wanted to share with everyone.

Dusty

 Dusty doesn't look to happy.  He must have heard we were moving....or maybe he was just annoyed with me taking his picture....again.

Cactus Wren

This Cactus Wren was singing and posing for me.  He did not mind me taking the pictures.  Gee, Dusty can learn a few things from this guy.

Gambel Quail

 It must be mating season, because the male Quails have also been making a lot of noise lately.  This one stopped to see what I was doing before continuing his serenade for the ladies.

 And before I finish...here's a few more desert wildflower shots.

We went to lunch with three other Bluebird-owners/couples in Jerome, AZ.  A fantastic mining town high in the mountains.  

Road leading out of Jerome, AZ

I posted our Jerome adventure on our 2TooManyCats so I can spend some time talking about my latest projects.

On The Cutting Board

I pulled out the Welcome Kitty wallhanging and made a hanger for it from the leftover fabric.  I tore up some strips, braided them together.  I wanted to add things to the braid that cats love to play with so I added some embroidery floss and buttons in similar colors along with some fish beads.  I would love to find some beads shaped like mice!  Oh, and I do have some feathers, but I decided that might be a bit too much.

I will be posting "Welcome Kitty!" on Etsy soon.

Welcome Kitty!

In the meantime, I have been working on getting some mug rugs done.  I have a pile waiting to be finished, but I keep making new ones.  I have a "Born in the Barn" series designed by Fayette Terlouw with a cow, a lamb, and now a pig...oink!

I'll show you more once I have them finished.  This time I'm adding a little something to the backside as well.

Happy Quilting!

Quails Run - Tuesday Treasury

We are in Benson, AZ sitting in Saguaro Skp Park for Escapees.  Here's a view from our front window.  Isn't it wonderful!  I know people pay hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars to get this view.

I will post photos of the park's Casitas and the lots later.

So, I have been watching the Gambel Quail run around the park area.  They are keeping our cats entertained by running by the motorhome and being very noisy.  It's a good thing we are on a boat because the cats would be tilting it to one side from gathering at one window.

Male running across the street

Wait for me!

 While walking Hitch, I notice two Quails sitting on the barb wire.  First there were just the two, then there were four of them.  I realized they were watching Hitch and I.  Alerting the others by giving them warnings as we got closer.  I tried to get a photo of all four, but Hitch had other plans and yanked on the leash just as I clicked.  By the time I got him to come back to me, all four were gone.  Darn!  That's what I get for trying to take bird pictures with a cat on the leash!

Here's my Tuesday Treasury...Enjoy!

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