Good Morning Everybody. Cloudy and 78°. Supposed to warm up a bit for the next week or so, upper 90's. Saharan dust doesn't seem to have made it here yet, and may not spread past the Dallas/Ft Worth metroplex 60 miles away. Our air quality is still good whereas theirs is bad. Despite the longer daylight hours, the recent cloudy days have let the pool temperature stay between 83° and 85° which is ideal.
Spent some time mowing again yesterday, but not before replacing the three cutting blades on the mower deck.
It was time to do so as you can see. That was the easy part, getting the mower deck back in the proper place was exhausting.
I had some help from the granddog.
Today is going to be another day of making and canning tomato products. Salsa is first on tap this morning, Spaghetti sauce is tomorrow.
Tall stack of blueberry pancakes today Flo, with a handful of bacon and a large OJ on the side.
Thanks for the likes and comments yesterday;
Joe, Garry, Karl, Guy, Jerome, Chet, Phil, James, Curt, Patrick.
Further update (minor) on the museum in Charlottesville. Got the line-up ready so I can proceed with track and ground cover.
That blank area between the two buildings on the other side of the road is where the new structure is going.
Meanwhile the DPM structure is coming along slowly.
Excuse the picture quality for a few days, wife took my good camera to the Gulf Coast for vacation shots. I guess that I could try to master the phone camera!
Between the garden, mowing the yard and preserving tomatoes, I'm just not getting enough time in the train shed.
Joe -
your idea for a CUP museum item, resolves the didn't survive 'till 19xx problem.
Not a problem, as that's why I bought this one to begin with. I already have 18 others to use on trains.
I'm beginning to loose patience with the swelling, and stiffness
Both take a few weeks to subside. Good that you have already ditched the Oxy. That will make the mastering of the cane go more easily.
Garry -
Willie .... That is a very nice model of an ATSF caboose.
Yes it is. Despite many modeler's skepticism in the beginning (mine included), Horizon really has done some great things with Athearn over the years.
Terry - That's too bad about your LHS. At Discount Model Railroads where I shop, all employees have masks (all retail businesses in Texas that are open are required to have masked employees), customers are also requested to have them and there is a ten person limit on customers. In 30 years of going there, I never saw more than ten so that doesn't really matter. Besides no one was counting! There were seven there when I went Friday.
Chet - I really like those club pictures.
Mikey -
I have not noticed a bank building on your layout.,
Thanks for the suggestions. Actually there are two banks in town, one that is next door to the liquor store, and another cardstock one that hasn't been shown yet. I might use that Big K sign for an existing store nearby in town.
Patrick - That's another of those tried and true modeling kits from the past. Looking forward to seeing what you can do with it.
Useless trivia: Today is day #181 for the year, Wednesday marks the halfway point this year. I tell this to you today because I probably won't remember on Wednesday.
Everyone have a great day and a great week. Stay cool and safe.