Good Morning All. Rainy and 62° in my already water-soaked world. It started about 4:30 this morning and by 8:00 there was .5" in the gauge. Forecast is calling for 2" today, and then spotty showers for the next ten days. Never dried up enough to mow yesterday, so that saga continues. I am seriously thinking of just going and buying a lightweight push mower to use around the immediate house. The 600 pound tractor with my added 200 pounds is just too much weight for the saturated yard.
I picked about 1 1/2 pounds of green beans from the garden yesterday. While I was out there, I apparently disturbed a pair of young deer that appeared to be snacking on some fallen acorns under a nearby oak tree. Mama may also have been there, but I didn't catch sight of her. They normally don't get that close to my house.
How about some steak and eggs this morning Flo. And a big ole glass of OJ to wash it down with.
Thanks for the likes and comments regarding the weathered boxcar yesterday;
Patrick, Guy, Garry, Karl, Sherrel, Tom O, Hughie, Chad, Tom. And thanks also for the likes on the crop-duster photos. He's always a blast to watch.
Out in the train shed yesterday, it was another "run the wheels off the trains" day. Local switching runs on both the upper and lower levels, and several laps on the upper level with a couple of different unit grain trains. I believe that I have settled on my next layout project, it's gonna be a big one! Some of it won't be easy but it is long overdue. More on it tomorrow as I develop things in my head further.
Meanwhile, another round of pictures from my recent road trip. Let's visit the
Wildseed Farms, just on the eastern edge of Fredericksburg.
This place is quite a collection of passive activities. There's many acres of wildflower gardens and fields, several acres of nurseries where commercial plants are available, a gift shop (every place has one of these), vineyards, a restaurant with German food and of course a wine-tasting room. Here are a few of the wildflower areas.
You can see some of their many different vineyards in some of the photos.
There's a few ponds scattered in the gardens.
While there are a number of varietal vineyards on the farm, there is no winery. They contract that part out to a local winery that does that for many of the growers. They then get it back for use in their tasting room and for sale to tourists. It's a nice peaceful place to visit.
Jaz - The fruit trees look great. It looks like you might get much more than you can actually use. What do you do with any surplus?
Troy - I'm not a Civil War buff, but I posted over on your other thread. Hope that it helps.
Karl - You're not having much luck exorcising Murphy. First Bud, then the water under the door, now the washer. At least
Terry is getting a break!
Patrick - Pretty pitiful joke this morning!
Well everyone have a great day and an awesome rest of the weekend. Remember why Memorial Day is observed and honor our fallen heroes. My namesake, Grand Uncle William (grandfather's brother) was killed in Europe during WWI.