Good Morning All. Cloudy, quite foggy and 69° out there this morning. Should be 84° again today and tomorrow before cooling off to the low 60's on Friday through the weekend. Thunderstorms expected tomorrow afternoon and again on Saturday.
I can however see the train shed which sometimes is not visible from the house.
Mostly yesterday, I spent time in the garden preparing the area that I will plant the Tomatoes in today. I planted some Acorn Squash seeds that I saved from one that we ate last fall. It is my first time planting Squash seeds that were saved from something that I bought. I've planted Watermelons and Pumpkins before, but they take up too much space for things that we don't eat a lot of anyway. Nothing but garden today as I took care of all household tasks yesterday.
I did spend a little time out in the train shed yesterday, while on breaks from the garden tasks. I got tired of looking at that bright gondola just sitting on the RIP track waiting for some weathering.
So I got out the weathering powders and had a go of it.
I don't tend to be a "rust bucket" modeler, just enough to give it a used and aged look. I don't aspire to do as well as those fellow modelers over in the weathering thread do, but just enough for that "3-foot rule".
Then I saw this. Oooops!
Found it's location and got out the Gorilla Gel and fixed that.
I consider myself lucky to have found it when and where I did, otherwise it may have gone unnoticed forever! BTW, this is an Athearn/Roundhouse RTR car with all separately applied grabs out of the box. It first appeared on my layout in 2011, but I don't know when I actually bought it. I bought a whole bunch of rolling stock and structure kits between 2005 and 2015 to keep me occupied after I retired.
David - Best wishes and prayers for Dawn.
Patrick - A few years ago, the NWS tracked a tornado that eventually passed about 3 miles south of us. It went 23 miles without damaging anything but a couple of trees. Scared some cows though.
Curt - Good guess, but the one in the yellow blouse might have represented
Jaz in her 20's.
Hughie nailed it with the one in dark blue, a proper British lady dressed for a more formal occasion.
As
Karl posted, Happy Hump Day everyone and be safe out there.