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Chocolate Chip Cookie Day

Posted on January 23, 2019 | Leave a comment

Note: There are no recipes in this post.

Of course, any day can be Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. You don’t need to wait for National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day (August 4th this year) to honor America’s favorite cookie. Instead, celebrate any day you want just by enjoying one or more of these wonderful baked delights. To really get into things, make your own. Yesterday I did both.
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Trellis Envy

Posted on April 12, 2013 | 2 comments

Why can’t our trellis look like this?


What is the name of the trellis plant shown in the above photo? Not only is it gorgeous, it’s doing exactly what you would want—covering the trellis with no apparent extra effort by the homeowners. Their home is on Phinney Bay Drive, a main route into Bremerton, so almost every day I’m reminded how much better their trellis looks than ours.
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Home Improvement Month?

Posted on January 21, 2013 | 2 comments

It never fails. Every January I get the urge to spend money on household projects and durable goods. This year’s “improvements” are modest, but they helped mitigate the nagging feeling that I should be doing something. Their timing, however, made me wonder if I’m in step with other homeowners on similar guilt trips.
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Flag Day

Posted on June 14, 2012 | 3 comments

Stars and Stripes at low tide


In honor of Flag Day I’m proudly flying Old Glory over Mud Bay today. From my deck I can see five other flags and one American flag-themed windsock. There’s a strong breeze on a cool overcast day leading to somewhat mixed results in the photo I took. My flag and the flags of my neighbors won’t be seen by many people, but they are just a small part of celebrations taking place everywhere across our great country. God bless America!

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A New Toaster

Posted on May 19, 2012 | 2 comments

26 seconds to heavenly toast


After 15 years of faithful service and thousands of toasting cycles, my Proctor Silex toaster died yesterday. Since a toaster is mission critical in my kitchen, I visited the Target store in Silverdale today to shop for a new one.
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Water Line Insurance?

Posted on April 30, 2012 | 1 comment

First you have to find the leak


Yes please. The brochure from the National Water Company arrived in the mail last week. Enclosed in an envelope from my insurance company (Bell-Anderson), it got past my first line of junk mail defense (toss all clearly unsolicited offers). The brochure described an offer I couldn’t refuse.
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Cats and Doors

Posted on April 26, 2012 | 3 comments

How does your cat demand entrance to your castle? Most indoor-outdoor cats have their own way of letting their owners know when they want to come inside for a meal, a warm nap, and possibly a hug. The Mud Cat’s method isn’t unusual—not like the cats in YouTube videos that ring doorbells to get in.
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Pi’s Room

Posted on March 7, 2012 | 3 comments

Did you just get home?


Until yesterday I have been ashamed of the condition of the upstairs guest room. But after receiving an email from my San Diego cousin with photos showing the destruction some pets do while their owners are away, I decided my cat’s efforts (see photo) are worth a blog post. They represent months of work and, in my view, surpass many of the messes attributed in the photos to a series of guilty-looking dogs and one pair of large tri-colored cats.
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A Handy-Looking Snow Plow

Posted on January 20, 2012 | 1 comment

Do I need one of these?


The big thaw started this morning. Aided by a steady rain, warmer temperatures are slowly converting the snow on my steep driveway into a river of slush. I will probably be able to drive up it tomorrow, the third day after Wednesday’s storm. But if I had a wheeled snow shovel like the one shown in the photo, I would be out sooner.
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Mud Bay Lighthouse

Posted on September 29, 2011 | Leave a comment

A tiny beacon


Just catching up on posts I missed this summer when I was away from my computer. While Mud Bay, or Dyes Inlet for that matter, doesn’t need a lighthouse, it has one now (see photo). I got it at the Allyn Days festival in July. I had some birthday money to spend and bought it on a whim. The lighthouse was made by a woodworker named Mike who runs a small business called Laughing Dolphin Keepsakes. The little light at the top is solar powered. The lighthouse doesn’t emit enough light to warn any kayakers who might get too close, but it does lend a nautical look to my deck.

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