Blue Oyster Cult & the Rest of the Weekend

Had a pretty good weekend, even if the flipping Washoe Zephyrs tried to blow us off of the road. I really, really, really hate the winds…I don’t mind a breeze…hate the winds, especially those over 40 mph. Grrrrr….

Hit the garage sales and found a few things for $4 total ~ including a 1999 Daisy Longaberger Basket for $1! Also picked up a tube of thin copper sheeting, wooden copper tools, a metal fishing box and a nice size trowel.

GO GO GODZILLA!

My husband was a little bummed that he didn’t get to go to the Van Halen concert that was in town last week…so he asked me to buy tickets for Blue Oyster Cult that was playing at Harrah’s Tahoe on Saturday. For less than the price of one Van Halen ticket I got two for BOC ~ really enjoyed the concert. They played the 3 main songs that the radio stations play (it’s amazing that a band can be 30+ years old and radio stations think that people only want to listen to 3 of their songs)…along with other great songs. Loved Eric Bloom & Buck Dharma…Jules Radino on the drums was a lot of fun to watch ~ he and the bass player (not sure of his name…Eric said he played with Ozzie, Whitesnake and some other band that totally escapes me at the moment) made my heart have an irregular beat a few times, me thinks. LOL! Richie Castellano was pretty good too. Solos were excellent ~ music sounded great, crowd was good mixture of ages. I enjoyed myself.

Taken with my cell phone…so not the best picture.

The ride up to Tahoe was AWFUL! Damn winds…my hands and shoulders were killing me when we finally got up to Harrahs. And they didn’t die down when we drove home! On top of that it started to snow. Oy! I hate springtime in Nevada.

Spent more time out in the front yard planting and digging up plants then planting them elsewhere. Last year I planted two Russian sage near some iris’ ~ they’re getting too big for the area so I dug them up and planted them near the weeping cherry tree. Had a quote of $550 to take out the rest of the junipers in the NE corner of our property. Hmmm…I may tackle some of it myself again. Even though I said never again. (I lied!)

Cut 2-1/2″ strips for a couple of quilts for the Odyssey Healthcare hospice in Gulfport, MS…dug through my fabric stash and found some purples/green/tans for one quilt and hot pinks/pink for another. Will have to dig out some blues too. I’m going to just do a Split Rail type of quilt.

Cut 2-1/2 inch strips ~ color off somewhat.

Finished Blocks ~ true to color. BIG SIGH! Ok guys…Better? :-p

I was in a Spring Exchange with my Crafters’ Cafe Ebay group…received two paintings done by Nana (Betty) ~ I absolutely love thistles.