Good Morning All. Clear and 71° here in North Central Texas. Ho-hum forecast for the next ten days, the NWS guy must be on vacation.
Been posting a bit later than usual for me, because I have been going for my walk in the dawn hours for the past month and a half. Now a visit to the pool after the walk has been added to my regiment. It's quite refreshing especially since there is no breeze right now. Multiple visits to the pool every day, especially since I will resume mowing today. At least after mowing, I don't have to stop and remove my hearing aids, I don't care if my foam earplugs get wet, they're washable anyway!
Short stack of blueberry pancakes and a double handful of bacon this morning Flo.
Thanks for the likes and comments yesterday regarding my kit progress;
Chad, Sherrel, Tom O, Karl, Patrick, Guy, Hughie, Tom, Ken, Justin.
Yesterday I just felt like running trains out in the train shed. Although I added a couple of figures to the country mart add-on room.
I have two detail parts left over that don't mount into any pre-formed holes, but I am not sure if I am going to use them yet.
The light pole could go into the scene after I make the final placement/planting of the structures, but the pump will be better used elsewhere.
Patrick -
Looks like the pool is still leaking, so now to find it. Garage door broke a hinge and still not sure how that happened, so I'm off to Lowe's later to get one. It never seems to end.
Got the trim fill in place on all the doors and the trim installed on 2. I had my handy battery powered brad nailer which would figure the battery died. So I got put back until it charged. I was too cheap to buy a second one at the time I bought the unit. I did get a second battery yesterday as I found I needed some more material, and got one at the local hardware store. Now to get the new trim cut and placed. Boy bought a new storm door for the front which has to be installed, but that can actually wait a bit. Should be pretty simple only taking me 3 times longer than it should as I'll have tools I need in 3 different places across town. Oh, for the simpler times when the kids all lived at home and I only had 1 house to work on...
For a minute there I thought that I was reading one of
Terry's posts. Murphy has taken a vacation in Doo-Dah!
Guy - Definite upgrade on the couplers on those Accurail cars. They do look like Kadees.
Funny thing about that paint around that door and window frame. It's only visible in photos, not to the naked eye. But I till intend to touch up after I examine the other sides up close. The paint on the walls came from a "rattle can", so I have to spray some in a condiment cup and brush it on. Only want to do that once which is why I wait until the end of the build.
Sherrel - While I am sure that
Curt is still taking care of his mother, I am concerned about
Phil. I haven't heard from him since 6-3; he is usually sending E-Mails even when he's not posting here.
Garry - Thanks for the comment. I am kinda in the structure building mood lately. I wish that I had a laser-cut wood kit to assemble, but the shelf is devoid of them. All of the ones at the LHS are either waterfront kits or I have built them already. As simple as it has become, I am still hesitant to engage in online shopping.
Karl - Great update on Bud.
Wives are funny creatures sometimes. Mine commented yesterday after seeing me test the pool water using a test kit. After adding the testing chemicals and getting a reading, I dumped the water back into the pool. She was horrified that I was contaminating the water! She just doesn't understand that a teaspoon of water in 14,000 gallons isn't going to make any difference, besides the chemicals used are harmless anyway. I guess that she doesn't realize that I've been doing it for over 25 years without incident.
Everybody have a great day. Stay cool and hydrated.