Good Morning All. Clear and 42° on this April Fool's Day. We may be past the heater season here, highs in the 70's and 80's for the next ten days. Chance for rain Monday is 95%. That would be good as my plan for Saturday and Sunday is for planting many tomato and pepper plants. If time permits, I will also be planting a row of green beans and some squash.
Another uneventful day at the grocery store yesterday. Seems to be back to normal here, no outages, things on shelves instead of in carts blocking the aisles, and most of the employees had ditched their masks. Afterwards, we stopped by Sam's Club to order my new eyeglasses. I picked out the frames this time instead of my wife. Old ones were just a bit too thick and obscured my modeling vision.
As always, thanks to all who commented on or reacted to my progress posts yesterday;
Troy, Sherrel, Guy, Smudge, Rod Stewart, Hughie, Dave B, James, Mikey, Rick, Louis, Tom, Curt, IB Ken, Tom O, George, Joe, Patrick, OB Ken. Y'alls support is always appreciated.
I made some modest progress out in the train shed yesterday with the bungalow build. It's almost completed.
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So what's actually left to do. I do need to add the handrails to the front steps and add the downspouts to the structure. But wait! Wather's has provided four downspouts as seen here.
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But they only provided mounting holes in the front end of the sidewalls!
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It's as easy to fix as it was for the mold maker to overlook.. Or I may use them on the front porch instead
There is a whole sheet of window treatments and curtains to choose from that I will be using, although since I plan on lighting this structure, some will be trimmed.
Steve J - Like others, I was able to use the video links. Nice to be able to run trains isn't it?
Ken (D&J) offered a good pointer regarding making movies.
James - That is great that you might reconnect with
Jerome. He kinda left us hanging after building the train room and laying all of that track. I actually hope that he is just taking a break and not something worse.
Dave B - I have a few areas where I have crammed some buildings quite close to one another. After switching industries, structure building is my favorite aspect of this hobby.
Ground cover is an amazing cosmetic, isn't it?
Curt - The switch tower build is turning out very well.
Tom O - I like the pictures of San Antonio. It is my favorite big city here in Texas, and we have a lot to choose from.
Troy - Glad that the plans for the MIL seem to be working out in the family's favor.
IB Ken - That is a good plan for your track cleaning project. I am unable to do that because all of my rolling stock boxes are packed in old printer paper boxes and are in the train shed attic! Thankfully , the train shed is relatively dust-free and deep cleaning is not necessary.
Lucky you on the weather.
Everyone have a safe and fruitful day. Grilled Salmon tonight on the SFW estate.