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December 20, 2025
"S" is for Sew Close to a Finish from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Mike announced this morning that we'd only received three hundredths of an inch of rain yesterday. Add that to the full three inches received in the 12 hours previous, and you can see that conditions are dire. At three hundredths of an inch, how can anyone argue that we're not in a drought? We're expecting a similar day of weather today. It'll make the birds happy because I only fill their bird feeders if I can venture out without donning my storm gear.

It was a productive day yesterday. If you've ...

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"S" is for Sew Close to a Finish from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Mike announced this morning that we'd only received three hundredths of an inch of rain yesterday. Add that to the full three inches received in the 12 hours previous, and you can see that conditions are dire. At three hundredths of an inch, how can anyone argue that we're not in a drought? We're expecting a similar day of weather today. It'll make the birds happy because I only fill their bird feeders if I can venture out without donning my storm gear.

It was a productive day yesterday. If you've ...

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December 18, 2025
Busy Days Ahead from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're expecting a drenching downpour today. The forecast is for three inches of rain over the next 12 hours. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, a big wind blew through the night before. With so much rain ahead of a big wind, it meant a lot of downed trees in our area...none where we live, fortunately, but we've had our share in previous storms. I believe the wind has died down now. Our forecast shows rain every day for the next week. I'd say it's time to get outta Dodge ...

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Busy Days Ahead from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're expecting a drenching downpour today. The forecast is for three inches of rain over the next 12 hours. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, a big wind blew through the night before. With so much rain ahead of a big wind, it meant a lot of downed trees in our area...none where we live, fortunately, but we've had our share in previous storms. I believe the wind has died down now. Our forecast shows rain every day for the next week. I'd say it's time to get outta Dodge ...

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December 17, 2025
A Kitchen Day from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday. I left early for my pedicure, and so I was home before noon. I had plenty of time to do the cooking/baking I wanted to do. It took me nearly to the end of the day. After spending most of the day on my feet, I was tired by the time I was finished. 

So let's take a look, shall we? When I arrived home from my outing, I went straight to work making some peanut brittle. I'm using Mike's Mom's recipe, although I decided ...

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A Kitchen Day from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday. I left early for my pedicure, and so I was home before noon. I had plenty of time to do the cooking/baking I wanted to do. It took me nearly to the end of the day. After spending most of the day on my feet, I was tired by the time I was finished. 

So let's take a look, shall we? When I arrived home from my outing, I went straight to work making some peanut brittle. I'm using Mike's Mom's recipe, although I decided ...

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December 16, 2025
Winding Down from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning. I'm heading out for my final monthly pedicure of 2025. Seems like there ought to be some kind of revelry associated with this, but I'm not aware of any associated parties. This pedicure will have to last me until March. When I'm going a long time between pedicures, I choose a light color of polish. It doesn't show as badly as it chips off. What's that you say? I could use polish remover? Oh...but that would mean I would have to lean over and ...

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Winding Down from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning. I'm heading out for my final monthly pedicure of 2025. Seems like there ought to be some kind of revelry associated with this, but I'm not aware of any associated parties. This pedicure will have to last me until March. When I'm going a long time between pedicures, I choose a light color of polish. It doesn't show as badly as it chips off. What's that you say? I could use polish remover? Oh...but that would mean I would have to lean over and ...

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December 14, 2025
Of Moose and Men from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We had a relatively nice day of weather yesterday. Mike took the opportunity to check the suspension on the fifth wheel. The last time we used the fifth wheel was for our eclipse trip in the spring of 2024. On that trip, two leaf springs on the fifth wheel had to be replaced on the road. It's good that he checked it and found everything in order. 

He brought the fifth wheel up from its usual space a couple of weeks ago, and he's been working away on it ever since. He's cleaned ...

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Of Moose and Men from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We had a relatively nice day of weather yesterday. Mike took the opportunity to check the suspension on the fifth wheel. The last time we used the fifth wheel was for our eclipse trip in the spring of 2024. On that trip, two leaf springs on the fifth wheel had to be replaced on the road. It's good that he checked it and found everything in order. 

He brought the fifth wheel up from its usual space a couple of weeks ago, and he's been working away on it ever since. He's cleaned ...

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December 12, 2025
Containment Contentment from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. How is everyone doing? I'll admit I'm worried about you folks up there in Northwestern Washington. We passed through some of the areas I'm reading about both going to and coming from Alaska, and so it feels just a little personal.  If you're among the folks evacuated, then I hope this ends well for you. Having faced an evacuation order a few years back, I'm sympathetic to how nerve wracking it is. Please stay safe. 

The rain has stopped in our area...temporarily, at least. We can see patches of blue ...

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Containment Contentment from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. How is everyone doing? I'll admit I'm worried about you folks up there in Northwestern Washington. We passed through some of the areas I'm reading about both going to and coming from Alaska, and so it feels just a little personal.  If you're among the folks evacuated, then I hope this ends well for you. Having faced an evacuation order a few years back, I'm sympathetic to how nerve wracking it is. Please stay safe. 

The rain has stopped in our area...temporarily, at least. We can see patches of blue ...

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December 10, 2025
No Kitting from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Since I'm sitting here writing, then you've probably figured out I made it home from my haircut appointment safely. It rained pretty much the whole time I was out, but only lightly. There were a few areas of flooding around some of the creeks in the area, but I'm not aware of any real problems in our area. The worst flooding is farther north in Western Washington. There wasn't a lot of information in this morning's news about it. If you live in that area, then I hope you're high ...

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No Kitting from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Since I'm sitting here writing, then you've probably figured out I made it home from my haircut appointment safely. It rained pretty much the whole time I was out, but only lightly. There were a few areas of flooding around some of the creeks in the area, but I'm not aware of any real problems in our area. The worst flooding is farther north in Western Washington. There wasn't a lot of information in this morning's news about it. If you live in that area, then I hope you're high ...

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December 9, 2025
Just Kitting from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning since I need to leave for a haircut this morning. I dread the thought of going out into the horrible weather we've been experiencing the past couple of days. Already, we've accumulated nearly 2 inches of rain, and we're not finished yet. Seeing the weather report last night, radar showed solid rain for as far as radar could reach. Satellite images showed the area beyond in solid cloud cover. Sheesh. Oregon at its worst. 

So I spent the whole of my sewing day making up a kit ...

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Just Kitting from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning since I need to leave for a haircut this morning. I dread the thought of going out into the horrible weather we've been experiencing the past couple of days. Already, we've accumulated nearly 2 inches of rain, and we're not finished yet. Seeing the weather report last night, radar showed solid rain for as far as radar could reach. Satellite images showed the area beyond in solid cloud cover. Sheesh. Oregon at its worst. 

So I spent the whole of my sewing day making up a kit ...

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December 7, 2025
Cookies and Kits from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Oh my...it is so dark outside. We're expecting lots of rain over the next several days. There could be around 4 inches in our area with minor flooding concerns in some places. Here on our hill, we're not at all worried about flooding. Sadly, however, Mike discovered the drainage pipes leading away from our downspouts are clogged with pine needles that cannot be dislodged with any equipment we have. We're going to have to call a plumber to snake those out. That should be a nice tidy plumbing bill. When it comes ...

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Cookies and Kits from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Oh my...it is so dark outside. We're expecting lots of rain over the next several days. There could be around 4 inches in our area with minor flooding concerns in some places. Here on our hill, we're not at all worried about flooding. Sadly, however, Mike discovered the drainage pipes leading away from our downspouts are clogged with pine needles that cannot be dislodged with any equipment we have. We're going to have to call a plumber to snake those out. That should be a nice tidy plumbing bill. When it comes ...

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December 5, 2025
Perfectly Precious Puppets from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Oh my goodness! I have so much to show you today. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I met up with Matthew yesterday for a visit to the Portland Puppet Museum. His house was looking very festive. Not bad for two single guys sharing a household.

The Portland Puppet Museum is one of just ten puppet museums in the United States, and it's the only permanent puppet museum on the West Coast. The collection boasts over 2,000 puppets from over 38 countries, and is so large that the museum rotates exhibits every four ...

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Perfectly Precious Puppets from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Oh my goodness! I have so much to show you today. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I met up with Matthew yesterday for a visit to the Portland Puppet Museum. His house was looking very festive. Not bad for two single guys sharing a household.

The Portland Puppet Museum is one of just ten puppet museums in the United States, and it's the only permanent puppet museum on the West Coast. The collection boasts over 2,000 puppets from over 38 countries, and is so large that the museum rotates exhibits every four ...

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