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February 3, 2026
Wetlands Trail from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I have a lot to tell you today, and lots of pictures to show. You might want to top-off whatever your drinking and get settled in a comfy chair. Before you do that, though, be sure to lace up your hiking boots. We're gonna go for a short, but challenging hike.

Heading out, we drove directly toward these mountains before turning north. I can never get over the beauty of the geological features of this area. It doesn't have the impact of a place like, say, Monument Valley, but the colors and shadows of ...

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Wetlands Trail from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I have a lot to tell you today, and lots of pictures to show. You might want to top-off whatever your drinking and get settled in a comfy chair. Before you do that, though, be sure to lace up your hiking boots. We're gonna go for a short, but challenging hike.

Heading out, we drove directly toward these mountains before turning north. I can never get over the beauty of the geological features of this area. It doesn't have the impact of a place like, say, Monument Valley, but the colors and shadows of ...

read more
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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February 1, 2026
"Motion" Reveal: After the Storm from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Today I can reveal my “Motion” quilt for The Endeavourers art quilt group, but before I do, lets catch up on what happened yesterday, shall we? And let me just tell you, we made good on our goal to do nothing for the entire day. It's good to attain one's goals, wouldn't you agree?

I spent some time on my slow-stitching, finishing off the right side of the turtle.


Now, I've moved my hoop down. The bottom triangle is the turtle's tail, and so I'll be moving up the left ...

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"Motion" Reveal: After the Storm from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Today I can reveal my “Motion” quilt for The Endeavourers art quilt group, but before I do, lets catch up on what happened yesterday, shall we? And let me just tell you, we made good on our goal to do nothing for the entire day. It's good to attain one's goals, wouldn't you agree?

I spent some time on my slow-stitching, finishing off the right side of the turtle.


Now, I've moved my hoop down. The bottom triangle is the turtle's tail, and so I'll be moving up the left ...

read more
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 28, 2026
Egrets...I've Had a Few from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Our time here in Escondido is nearly at an end. We'll be here today and tomorrow, but then we'll move along to Boulder City, Nevada. We're still enjoying our time here, and we have yet to see everything on our list of things to do. Anything we don't do this trip will go on the list for next year.

My yesterday started with my slow-stitching. I've filled the hoop on this section now.


I decided to try the longer and larger Sashiko needle included with my kit. In the image below ...

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Egrets...I've Had a Few from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Our time here in Escondido is nearly at an end. We'll be here today and tomorrow, but then we'll move along to Boulder City, Nevada. We're still enjoying our time here, and we have yet to see everything on our list of things to do. Anything we don't do this trip will go on the list for next year.

My yesterday started with my slow-stitching. I've filled the hoop on this section now.


I decided to try the longer and larger Sashiko needle included with my kit. In the image below ...

read more
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 ...

read more
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 ...

read more
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 21, 2026
La Jolla Cove from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. What a marvelous day we had yesterday. It’s going to be another good day today. I have a lot of pictures to show you, and not a lot of time to write. So, let’s just get right to it. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, we were heading to La Jolla to walk on the Coast Walk Trail. We left the kitties in their usual state of angst,


Begging us not to go. As if.


It was about a 45-minute drive. When we crested a hill, there it was again: the Pacific Ocean ...

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La Jolla Cove from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. What a marvelous day we had yesterday. It’s going to be another good day today. I have a lot of pictures to show you, and not a lot of time to write. So, let’s just get right to it. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, we were heading to La Jolla to walk on the Coast Walk Trail. We left the kitties in their usual state of angst,


Begging us not to go. As if.


It was about a 45-minute drive. When we crested a hill, there it was again: the Pacific Ocean ...

read more
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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