santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 74°. Weatherman missed the mark yesterday when a sudden rain shower hit here around 11:00. Left only .17" in the gauge but it settled the dust for a day. Probably not enough to cause the grass/weeds to start growing again, but they got a bath and look green again.
Blueberry waffles and sausage links for me this morning Francine. After all, today is National Waffle Day.
Outside I made a little headway on the large brush pile before making the trip to the PT and the rain hit. After lunch, household chores once again took over.
Thanks for the likes and comments regarding the slight progress on the Tire Shack; Chad, Sherrel. Phil, Garry, Mikey, Louis, Jerome, Tom.
Thanks also for the additional comments on the trailer scene from Thursday; Johnny, Chet.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I started by running trains, with a disaster! An EZ-Mate shelf coupler broke on an Athearn tanker and the ensuing derailment damaged another tanker when it sideswiped some boxcars on the siding. Grrrh! I spent about 45 minutes repairing both cars rather than putting them on the RIP track. Not sure why I hadn't already replaced that coupler with a Kadee #119, the other one on the same car had already been replaced. Must have run out or something when I was replacing them in the beginning. As a result, I didn't spend any time on scenery, I needed a break anyway, but I did continue to paint some detail parts that are cluttering up the workbench. I also cleared some scrap pieces of styrene off the bench and redeposited some other stuff in the parts drawers. A bit more room to clutter up now!
In lieu of any progress pictures, I went into the library and found a couple of bank photos. Both of these are cardstock structures that were free downloads from The Illinois State Historical Society.
They are both historically connected to Abraham Lincoln's home town of Springfield, Illinois in some way or another. They originally had over thirty structures available for free download, but they seemed to have removed them from the site after being there for three or four years.
Chet - Using that small area for the trailer scene is one of many on my layout. I guess that I am a bit of a fanatic about adding something that's appropriate wherever I can. After switching on the layout, modeling scenes is my favorite aspect of the hobby. I am encouraged by your's and Garry's layouts. I'd like to see some more of some of the other visitors works as well.
Pictures from the club were great as usual. At least the operators weren't getting in each others way this week!
Louis - That was just the basic recipe for nacho cheese. You have the right idea regarding adding jalapenos. I sometimes add pimentos as well. Stay away from Habaneros though!!!
Tom - Nice looking bridge picture. I vaguely recall my Dad taking me near Rochester (if I recall correctly) somewhere to view that bridge back in the 50's when we lived in NY. He liked both railroads and bridges. Wondering whether the environmentalists and NIMBY's would let them build the Erie Canal today?
Besides being National Waffle Day, today is also National Maryland Day; in honor of Louis's home state. Historically it would have been my late mother's 90th birthday as well.
Everybody have a great Saturday and an awesome weekend.
Blueberry waffles and sausage links for me this morning Francine. After all, today is National Waffle Day.
Outside I made a little headway on the large brush pile before making the trip to the PT and the rain hit. After lunch, household chores once again took over.
Thanks for the likes and comments regarding the slight progress on the Tire Shack; Chad, Sherrel. Phil, Garry, Mikey, Louis, Jerome, Tom.
Thanks also for the additional comments on the trailer scene from Thursday; Johnny, Chet.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I started by running trains, with a disaster! An EZ-Mate shelf coupler broke on an Athearn tanker and the ensuing derailment damaged another tanker when it sideswiped some boxcars on the siding. Grrrh! I spent about 45 minutes repairing both cars rather than putting them on the RIP track. Not sure why I hadn't already replaced that coupler with a Kadee #119, the other one on the same car had already been replaced. Must have run out or something when I was replacing them in the beginning. As a result, I didn't spend any time on scenery, I needed a break anyway, but I did continue to paint some detail parts that are cluttering up the workbench. I also cleared some scrap pieces of styrene off the bench and redeposited some other stuff in the parts drawers. A bit more room to clutter up now!
In lieu of any progress pictures, I went into the library and found a couple of bank photos. Both of these are cardstock structures that were free downloads from The Illinois State Historical Society.
They are both historically connected to Abraham Lincoln's home town of Springfield, Illinois in some way or another. They originally had over thirty structures available for free download, but they seemed to have removed them from the site after being there for three or four years.
Chet - Using that small area for the trailer scene is one of many on my layout. I guess that I am a bit of a fanatic about adding something that's appropriate wherever I can. After switching on the layout, modeling scenes is my favorite aspect of the hobby. I am encouraged by your's and Garry's layouts. I'd like to see some more of some of the other visitors works as well.
Pictures from the club were great as usual. At least the operators weren't getting in each others way this week!
Louis - That was just the basic recipe for nacho cheese. You have the right idea regarding adding jalapenos. I sometimes add pimentos as well. Stay away from Habaneros though!!!
Tom - Nice looking bridge picture. I vaguely recall my Dad taking me near Rochester (if I recall correctly) somewhere to view that bridge back in the 50's when we lived in NY. He liked both railroads and bridges. Wondering whether the environmentalists and NIMBY's would let them build the Erie Canal today?
Besides being National Waffle Day, today is also National Maryland Day; in honor of Louis's home state. Historically it would have been my late mother's 90th birthday as well.
Everybody have a great Saturday and an awesome weekend.