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February 4, 2026
Whitney Mesa Trail from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We had the first visitor to our hummingbird feeder yesterday. I expect we’ll see more in the days ahead. I’m sorry I couldn’t get more color on the bird. The feeder is in the shade. As soon as the bird flies into the shade from the bright sunshine, its colors disappear. I know this is an Annas Hummingbird, though.  


We had several items on yesterday’s agenda. We tried to get our business taken care of in Henderson all on the same day. I’m sure we’ll be back to Henderson again ...

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Whitney Mesa Trail from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We had the first visitor to our hummingbird feeder yesterday. I expect we’ll see more in the days ahead. I’m sorry I couldn’t get more color on the bird. The feeder is in the shade. As soon as the bird flies into the shade from the bright sunshine, its colors disappear. I know this is an Annas Hummingbird, though.  


We had several items on yesterday’s agenda. We tried to get our business taken care of in Henderson all on the same day. I’m sure we’ll be back to Henderson again ...

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February 2, 2026
Old Rusty Things from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another do-nothing day. That's not entirely true. We had to go to the grocery store, and our list was relatively long. When we got back to the RV and had everything put away, we decided we were no longer interested in doing anything else, and so we spent the rest of the day relaxing. I did three loads of laundry, so that's something. And, of course, I spent some time on my slow-stitching, filling my hoop again.


I thought I might be able to fit the remainder in my hoop when I ...

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Old Rusty Things from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another do-nothing day. That's not entirely true. We had to go to the grocery store, and our list was relatively long. When we got back to the RV and had everything put away, we decided we were no longer interested in doing anything else, and so we spent the rest of the day relaxing. I did three loads of laundry, so that's something. And, of course, I spent some time on my slow-stitching, filling my hoop again.


I thought I might be able to fit the remainder in my hoop when I ...

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January 31, 2026
Boulder City, Nevada from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends, and welcome to Boulder City! Sorry for the blur in the next image. For as many years as we've been coming here, you'd think I could get an in-focus picture of this sign. But, no. I must have a half dozen pictures that look a lot like this one:


It was a long day of driving yesterday, and through a desolate landscape. It'll be our longest driving day for this trip. As we were heading north on I-15, I noticed the roadside daisies are starting to bloom. We didn't see these when ...

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Boulder City, Nevada from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends, and welcome to Boulder City! Sorry for the blur in the next image. For as many years as we've been coming here, you'd think I could get an in-focus picture of this sign. But, no. I must have a half dozen pictures that look a lot like this one:


It was a long day of driving yesterday, and through a desolate landscape. It'll be our longest driving day for this trip. As we were heading north on I-15, I noticed the roadside daisies are starting to bloom. We didn't see these when ...

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January 29, 2026
One Last Afternoon with Friends from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's our last morning in Escondido. Some of today will be spent preparing to leave for Boulder City tomorrow. Probably I'll have a little time for sewing today. As long as I have to put everything away, I might as well get it all out again one more time. Wouldn't you agree?

So we had a casual sandwiches-and-wine day planned with our friends Debi and Jim yesterday. Before we left, I spent some time on my slow-stitching, finishing off what's in my hoop.


Now I've moved my hoop more to the ...

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One Last Afternoon with Friends from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's our last morning in Escondido. Some of today will be spent preparing to leave for Boulder City tomorrow. Probably I'll have a little time for sewing today. As long as I have to put everything away, I might as well get it all out again one more time. Wouldn't you agree?

So we had a casual sandwiches-and-wine day planned with our friends Debi and Jim yesterday. Before we left, I spent some time on my slow-stitching, finishing off what's in my hoop.


Now I've moved my hoop more to the ...

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January 27, 2026
San Diego Botanic Garden from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. The clouds cleared off into a beautiful and warm day yesterday. It was a good day for an outing to the San Diego Botanic Garden. We've visited the garden before, but you'll see different things at different times of the year. Before we left, I made the correction to Block 12 from the Raggedy project. I like this better:


As a reminder, this was how it looked before:


Okay, and then we headed out to see the garden. We took a lovely road, mostly avoiding freeways, which took us through some unfamiliar parts of ...

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San Diego Botanic Garden from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. The clouds cleared off into a beautiful and warm day yesterday. It was a good day for an outing to the San Diego Botanic Garden. We've visited the garden before, but you'll see different things at different times of the year. Before we left, I made the correction to Block 12 from the Raggedy project. I like this better:


As a reminder, this was how it looked before:


Okay, and then we headed out to see the garden. We took a lovely road, mostly avoiding freeways, which took us through some unfamiliar parts of ...

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January 23, 2026
Temecula, California from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. The day got off to an exciting start yesterday. Finally, finally, finally, we got some action at our seed feeder when several house finches showed up to our table.


They would like to have driven the kitties absolutely INSANE!


So, we left them with birds entertaining them, and headed out for our planned excursion to Temecula.


As you can see from the sign above, Temecula was established in 1859. During the mid-1800s, the Butterfield Overland Mail company contracted with the federal government to deliver mail and goods. Temecula was one of the stops along the Butterfield ...

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Temecula, California from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. The day got off to an exciting start yesterday. Finally, finally, finally, we got some action at our seed feeder when several house finches showed up to our table.


They would like to have driven the kitties absolutely INSANE!


So, we left them with birds entertaining them, and headed out for our planned excursion to Temecula.


As you can see from the sign above, Temecula was established in 1859. During the mid-1800s, the Butterfield Overland Mail company contracted with the federal government to deliver mail and goods. Temecula was one of the stops along the Butterfield ...

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January 22, 2026
Friends and Wine from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. The weather took a little turn yesterday. It was cloudy much of the day, but there was no rain. Definitely the temperature dropped a couple of degrees. Nevertheless, we had a very nice afternoon with our friends, Debi and Jim. Debi is looking a little perkier than she was the last time we saw her. We're very hopeful her recovery will continue on the path toward wellness. 


The evening before, we received a text from them suggesting two wineries: Cougar and Robert Renzoni. Mike suggested starting at Cougar since we've been to Renzoni before ...

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Friends and Wine from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. The weather took a little turn yesterday. It was cloudy much of the day, but there was no rain. Definitely the temperature dropped a couple of degrees. Nevertheless, we had a very nice afternoon with our friends, Debi and Jim. Debi is looking a little perkier than she was the last time we saw her. We're very hopeful her recovery will continue on the path toward wellness. 


The evening before, we received a text from them suggesting two wineries: Cougar and Robert Renzoni. Mike suggested starting at Cougar since we've been to Renzoni before ...

read more
January 20, 2026
A Day for Slow from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning...mainly because I didn't do much yesterday, but also, because we're heading out. I'll tell you what we're doing in a minute. I'd planned to get out my sewing machine yesterday, but then we were slow getting out the door in the morning. We didn't even get home from the grocery store until after 2:00. We still had to put away the groceries, and we had to eat lunch, and we needed naps...obviously. (Priorities, People.) So, by day's end, I hadn ...

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A Day for Slow from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning...mainly because I didn't do much yesterday, but also, because we're heading out. I'll tell you what we're doing in a minute. I'd planned to get out my sewing machine yesterday, but then we were slow getting out the door in the morning. We didn't even get home from the grocery store until after 2:00. We still had to put away the groceries, and we had to eat lunch, and we needed naps...obviously. (Priorities, People.) So, by day's end, I hadn ...

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January 19, 2026
Hummingbird Wars from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another day of beautiful weather here in Escondido. We had a lazy morning, and then met up with our friends Debi and Jim for lunch. 

Before that, though, we were treated to the arrival of the hummingbirds. When we stay in a place for more than just a few nights, we hang a hummingbird feeder and a seed feeder on our window. We were delayed for a week while Mike fixed the slide, but we hung these feeders about a week ago. There's been no activity at the seed feeder yet, but the ...

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Hummingbird Wars from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another day of beautiful weather here in Escondido. We had a lazy morning, and then met up with our friends Debi and Jim for lunch. 

Before that, though, we were treated to the arrival of the hummingbirds. When we stay in a place for more than just a few nights, we hang a hummingbird feeder and a seed feeder on our window. We were delayed for a week while Mike fixed the slide, but we hung these feeders about a week ago. There's been no activity at the seed feeder yet, but the ...

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January 18, 2026
Duck, Duck, Goose from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I told you we were going to take it easy yesterday, and boy, did we. Even the kitties napped most of the day. The only somewhat productive thing I did was to get outside with my Olympus DSLR, mounted with a 50mm 1:2 macro lens. So, if you're looking for me to say something pithy today (as if), you'll be disappointed. Instead, I'll just show you some of the things I saw on my walk. Here's the thing about macro photography: to my mind, it's about extreme close-ups, texture, and ...

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Duck, Duck, Goose from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I told you we were going to take it easy yesterday, and boy, did we. Even the kitties napped most of the day. The only somewhat productive thing I did was to get outside with my Olympus DSLR, mounted with a 50mm 1:2 macro lens. So, if you're looking for me to say something pithy today (as if), you'll be disappointed. Instead, I'll just show you some of the things I saw on my walk. Here's the thing about macro photography: to my mind, it's about extreme close-ups, texture, and ...

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