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February 14, 2025
Weathering the Storm from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends, and Happy Valentine's Day! We're not doing anything to celebrate today, but we have dinner reservations for Sunday. I'm just hoping we can get to our downtown restaurant choice. 

It was a miserable day of weather yesterday. Smitty could scarcely believe his eyes.


He demands an explanation for these apawminable conditions.


By noon yesterday, we had about three inches of accumulation.


The freezing rain didn't start until last night. There was just a little more snow accumulation. This is how it looked this morning.


But remember that view from my window yesterday ...

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Weathering the Storm from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends, and Happy Valentine's Day! We're not doing anything to celebrate today, but we have dinner reservations for Sunday. I'm just hoping we can get to our downtown restaurant choice. 

It was a miserable day of weather yesterday. Smitty could scarcely believe his eyes.


He demands an explanation for these apawminable conditions.


By noon yesterday, we had about three inches of accumulation.


The freezing rain didn't start until last night. There was just a little more snow accumulation. This is how it looked this morning.


But remember that view from my window yesterday ...

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February 13, 2025
Things in Threes from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're going to get three kinds of precipitation over the next day or two. It has already started. We're expecting snow, sleet, and freezing rain. And one might as well say "lions, and tigers, and bears!" Looking out my window as I'm writing, it has already started.


It doesn't look like much now, but it's going to get a lot worse. I'm hoping the freezing rain won't do too much damage. Ice is the worst and the hardest on our landscape. Also, Matthew has a vacation in Mexico planned ...

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Things in Threes from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're going to get three kinds of precipitation over the next day or two. It has already started. We're expecting snow, sleet, and freezing rain. And one might as well say "lions, and tigers, and bears!" Looking out my window as I'm writing, it has already started.


It doesn't look like much now, but it's going to get a lot worse. I'm hoping the freezing rain won't do too much damage. Ice is the worst and the hardest on our landscape. Also, Matthew has a vacation in Mexico planned ...

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February 12, 2025
Vintage Quilting from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's another bright and sunny day, but man...burrass cold. I'm writing fast this morning. It's a chilling thought (did you see what I did there?), but in a little bit, I need to leave to get my hair cut. Also, I need to stop off at the grocery store and pick up a few things we'll need to get us through the weekend. We'll do our regular grocery shopping next week.

My yesterday started with this view: Ears to you!


The first of the final three blocks is finished now ...

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Vintage Quilting from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's another bright and sunny day, but man...burrass cold. I'm writing fast this morning. It's a chilling thought (did you see what I did there?), but in a little bit, I need to leave to get my hair cut. Also, I need to stop off at the grocery store and pick up a few things we'll need to get us through the weekend. We'll do our regular grocery shopping next week.

My yesterday started with this view: Ears to you!


The first of the final three blocks is finished now ...

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February 11, 2025
What's New? from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a crisp, cold, bright, sunny day here. We're expecting this weather for at least the next couple of days. Last night I received a notification that snow would begin to fall in our area around 7:30 p.m. and that it would be "heavy at times." Well...there's no new snow, and I think the threat is gone for now. It's a good thing because I need to get my hair cut tomorrow, and I want to pick up a few things at the grocery store while I'm out ...

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What's New? from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a crisp, cold, bright, sunny day here. We're expecting this weather for at least the next couple of days. Last night I received a notification that snow would begin to fall in our area around 7:30 p.m. and that it would be "heavy at times." Well...there's no new snow, and I think the threat is gone for now. It's a good thing because I need to get my hair cut tomorrow, and I want to pick up a few things at the grocery store while I'm out ...

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February 10, 2025
Great Outdoors is Great Again from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a frosty and cold morning here at the Three Cats Ranch. Freezing fog was in the forecast, and that's exactly what we got. We still have patches of snow left from last week. Now, everything is coated with a slippery sheen. I don't know about you, but I'm staying inside today. The last thing I need is to slip and fall and break another bone.

Let's talk about yesterday, shall we? With Mike's help, the Great Outdoors quilt was snipped and washed. I'm really happy with how this ...

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Great Outdoors is Great Again from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a frosty and cold morning here at the Three Cats Ranch. Freezing fog was in the forecast, and that's exactly what we got. We still have patches of snow left from last week. Now, everything is coated with a slippery sheen. I don't know about you, but I'm staying inside today. The last thing I need is to slip and fall and break another bone.

Let's talk about yesterday, shall we? With Mike's help, the Great Outdoors quilt was snipped and washed. I'm really happy with how this ...

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February 8, 2025
The Day that Got Away from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was so late in the day when I got myself up and around that I skipped over doing any slow-stitching. It's almost unheard of. Instead, I took a walk on the treadmill. I know...who woulda' thought? I'll get back to my slow-stitching this morning.


It was well after lunch time when I was able to get any sewing done. I'm just working away at the blocks on the Great Outdoors quilt. It takes about an hour to prepare the blocks, sew them into a single row, and then sew the row ...

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The Day that Got Away from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was so late in the day when I got myself up and around that I skipped over doing any slow-stitching. It's almost unheard of. Instead, I took a walk on the treadmill. I know...who woulda' thought? I'll get back to my slow-stitching this morning.


It was well after lunch time when I was able to get any sewing done. I'm just working away at the blocks on the Great Outdoors quilt. It takes about an hour to prepare the blocks, sew them into a single row, and then sew the row ...

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January 28, 2025
Quilted in a Day from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'll admit, I'm feeling pretty smug this morning, having finished all the quilting for Joy in the Ordinary. It's a small quilt, and it will be my fifth finish for January. Not a bad start. Of course, the day started with some slow stitching. I made a little more progress on Grandpa's Bridges.


From there, I decided to move my hoop to the right to capture more of the bridge. There's still plenty of stitching to do on this one.


With that finished, it was time to sandwich Joy in the ...

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Quilted in a Day from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I'll admit, I'm feeling pretty smug this morning, having finished all the quilting for Joy in the Ordinary. It's a small quilt, and it will be my fifth finish for January. Not a bad start. Of course, the day started with some slow stitching. I made a little more progress on Grandpa's Bridges.


From there, I decided to move my hoop to the right to capture more of the bridge. There's still plenty of stitching to do on this one.


With that finished, it was time to sandwich Joy in the ...

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January 24, 2025
Lotsa Sewing from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a grocery shopping day today. We have a couple of stops to make, and it seems like a good day to get our beloved Egg McMuffin. So I'm writing fast. Try to keep up, okay?

The quilting is finished on the Domestic Affairs quilt. When I pulled it off the machine and headed downstairs, I found Smitty at the top of the stairs guarding against intruders. I'm not saying Sadie falls into the category of "intruders."


On the other hand, she was being stealth as she waited at the bottom of the ...

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Lotsa Sewing from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a grocery shopping day today. We have a couple of stops to make, and it seems like a good day to get our beloved Egg McMuffin. So I'm writing fast. Try to keep up, okay?

The quilting is finished on the Domestic Affairs quilt. When I pulled it off the machine and headed downstairs, I found Smitty at the top of the stairs guarding against intruders. I'm not saying Sadie falls into the category of "intruders."


On the other hand, she was being stealth as she waited at the bottom of the ...

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January 23, 2025
Bordering on Two Finishes from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We use the word "finish" around here to describe moving to the next step. Finish doesn't necessarily mean "finished." Just so we're clear. How is everyone doing this morning? We're still into our chilly, willy weather here, although it was a pretty pink sunrise this morning.


Looking through a different window, it looked like this:


The mountains are covered in snow now.


Our roof and everything else is coated in frost. Our roof is forest green in color, but not with that frosty coating. It looks as if it's coated with powdered ...

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Bordering on Two Finishes from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We use the word "finish" around here to describe moving to the next step. Finish doesn't necessarily mean "finished." Just so we're clear. How is everyone doing this morning? We're still into our chilly, willy weather here, although it was a pretty pink sunrise this morning.


Looking through a different window, it looked like this:


The mountains are covered in snow now.


Our roof and everything else is coated in frost. Our roof is forest green in color, but not with that frosty coating. It looks as if it's coated with powdered ...

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January 22, 2025
Challenge Complete from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a bright sunny day, but still very cold. Brrrr. If it weren't so cold out, it might be a nice day for a walk. But it is cold, so...nah. I'll stay inside where it's warm and do my walking on the treadmill. Also, there's plenty of walking between my sewing machine and my ironing board. Quilting: it's good for your health and stamina.


Usually I'm doing my quilting first before anything else, but I really wanted to finish off the challenge piece, and so I started there ...

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Challenge Complete from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a bright sunny day, but still very cold. Brrrr. If it weren't so cold out, it might be a nice day for a walk. But it is cold, so...nah. I'll stay inside where it's warm and do my walking on the treadmill. Also, there's plenty of walking between my sewing machine and my ironing board. Quilting: it's good for your health and stamina.


Usually I'm doing my quilting first before anything else, but I really wanted to finish off the challenge piece, and so I started there ...

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