When Knitting Was a Manly Art

7:30am - Clear - Current temp. 35.2F(1.8C)

Max 51.1F(10.6C) - Min 35.2F(1.8C) — 0.43″/11mm precipitation

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8:00pm - Current temp. 41.0F(5.0C)
Morning started clear and seemed to plan to stay that way. When we left for Portland at around 10am, our sky was clear and blue, but by the time we got down in the valley we had fog. This hung on until we were nearly to the St. Johns bridge and blue skys returned. A nice day in Portland and back home this evening high clouds seem to be drifting back in, as I can’t see any stars by the time I finished feeding.

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6:15am - Rain - Current temp. 43.2F(6.2C)

Max 49.6F(9.8C) - Min 42.6F(5.9C) — 0.39″/10mm precipitation

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7:30pm - Current temp. 41.7F(5.4C)
Since we spent the whole day in Portland, I don’t have a summary of the ridgetop’s weather. Portland was nice, blue skies and a bit of clouds and the ride home around 6:30pm seemed to indicate that the farm probably had the same, but by the time I’d finished feeding just after 7pm the sky was pretty much clouded over with no stars visible.

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Ok.. It’s my blog and I’ll do what I wanna do…

Weather reports will return tomorrow. They will be a bit more detailed than just temperature and rainfall. I really want to be able to go back over time and get a feel for what the day was really like.

This weekend Portland is host to one of the largest antique and collectible shows on the west coast and we’ll be attending Saturday and maybe Sunday. Neither of us has a lot of money for this, but it’s a chance to get away from the nursery and do something different and also meet with a number of friends who are sellers at the show. Up at around 5am tomorrow and hopefully on the road by 7am. Sunday won’t be quite as early, but very little knitting is going to get done this weekend.

Oh.. And don’t forget to set your clocks back this weekend

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A comment has been left asking me to reconsider taking the weather reports off to their own blog. It would be nice not to have to post to two different blogs each day, but I had the feeling that there wasn’t much interest in the Pumpkin Ridge weather.

So… Do I bring back the weather or do I leave it on it’s own blog? Comments welcome.

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8:00am - Fog/low clouds - Current temp. 45.3F(7.4C)

Max 49.1F(9.5C) - Min 43.2F(6.2C) — 0.12″/3mm precipitation

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What a dreary day. The fog/low clouds never really got above the tallest of our trees. Just before sunset things cleared up considerably, but overall, not one of Oregon’s better days

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Finally an update picture of the Lotus Blossom Lace shawl. I mispoke in a recent post when I said I needed to decrease down to three markers. Actually I need to decrease down to two markers - and a bit less. 18 stitches between markers and I need to get down to 16 stitches.

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7:45am - Fog/low clouds - Current temp. 43.2F(6.2C)

Max 57.7F(14.3C) - Min 42.6F(5.9C) — 0″ precipitation

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7:00pm - Current temp. 46.4F(8.0C)
Fog/low clouds started lifting about 9am, but seemed to struggle to get above the tree tops. Around noon, the sky brightened and I thought there may be a hope for a bit of blue sky, but by 2pm the rain had started again and it’s been raining lightly since. Greenhouse high today about 64F(17.8C).

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Sort of….

I expected to post an update photo today, but nursery work took precedence. It was a beautiful Oregon autumn day. Working in the greenhouse, potting up new plants, I enjoyed 84F temps even with the doors open.

Making pretty good progress on the right wing and I *will* post a picture tomorrow.

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7:45am - Overcast - Current temp. 43.7F(6.5C)

Max 47.4F(8.6C) - Min 42.4F(5.8C) — 0.28″/7mm precipitation

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6:45pm - Current temp. 46.4F(8.0C)
A beautiful Oregon day. Overcast started burning off about 9:30am and by noon we had a nearly complete blue sky. Just a bit of clouds in the SE.

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Feral cats are the Rodney Dangerfield of animals. They get no respect. Some people assume that they can just dump a cat in the country, because ‘they can take care of themselves’. Just isn’t so.

We started taking in feral cats when someone dumped an intact female in our area and she took up residence in our barn. Her first litter produced a little female and our baby factory began. Momcat lived with us for about 3 years and Zoom, her daughter, lived with us for about 4 years. Both were not catchable and between them were able to produce 2 litters a year. We managed to snag nearly all of the litters as early as we could. It meant handraising 3 or 4 week old litters, bottle feeding 2 and 3 times a day, but in the end it was quite an experience. The Vet and neighbors managed to add to our tribe and at our high point we had 27 cats. I have great respect for those that help our fellow creatures and especially those that help the cats.

The Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon
Jan’s Feral Colony
Alley Cat Allies
Amby’s Feral Cat Infomation Page

Our little semi-feral “neutered” female Mia

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