Sunrise, Sunset

It was a quiet day from start to finish yesterday. We started out with a pretty sunrise.

The moment the newest inchy was posted, I went straight to work. This one was French knots, double lazy daisy, backstitch, and blanket stitch. I'm going to outline all of mine with a blanket stitch. It'll be good practice.

It was an over and under kind of day for the kitties. Ordinarily, table surfing is off limits, but we are a little more permissive in the small space of the RV.

While I was stitching, Mike was reading up on how we could stream from his phone to our television. We were in the middle of something from Netflix when we were "throttled back" on our data usage. Mike figured out a way to make it work again, and that required a trip to a Best Buy in Henderson to pick up the cables and plugs he needed. It was a clear day and we had a good view of Las Vegas and the mountains beyond. Notice the snow capped mountain far off in the distance.

Also, I asked the Google to find another quilt shop near me. The Google kind of failed me this time. It found Downtown Sewing Machine Co. in Henderson, but there was a note next to the listing that said it should be listed as a "quilt shop." Okay, I'll bite, and so we found it. Here's how it looks from the outside.

Inside, it turned out to be pretty much what it said it was...a place that serviced sewing machines. They did have some quilting supplies and a supply of fabric on one wall, but this wasn't my idea of a quilt shop.

I like lots of color and I like to really look at and feel the fabric. Here, the fabric was all along one wall, and so tightly packed on shelves, I couldn't even pull off a bolt without literally pulling out the bolt, and leaving the fabric still on the shelf, if that makes sense. The two upper shelves were so high, I not only couldn't see the fabric, I couldn't reach it either. Yeah...kind of a bust. I didn't stay long.

I dried my tears while stitching my own redwork quilt shop, and then I felt better. Yes, it was my second stitching round of the day, and my thumb was no worse for wear. It still hurts, but it's tolerable.

Insofar as my shoulder and thumb are concerned, my thumb has gotten short shrift in my medical dealings. If it isn't feeling substantially better by the time we get home (in about a month), I'm going to check in with a hand specialist who will give it the attention it deserves.

There was a beautiful red sunset last night. Red sky at night, sailors' delight! It's a little hard to get up high enough for these images. With Mike's help, I climbed up into the bed of the truck to get above all the power lines and RV roofs.

Day is done.

Smitty is bored this morning. It's been very windy for about the past 24 hours. It's too windy for him to be on his catio, and so for now, he's taken up napping on the back of our couch. There, he can watch the goings on outside without the wind mussing up his furs.

I'm ready to do today's inchy, but I haven't started it yet. We're going to do our grocery shopping today. The weather is supposed to be less windy and warmer tomorrow, and so we'll save our next hike for the better weather.