Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 56°. Clouds may go away for a while but are set to return about 2 hours before the eclipse this afternoon. Supposed to be partly cloudy, so we may still get a viewing opportunity. Remember from a recent posting that I am in the 99.5% totality area, nearly a full eclipse. Strong thunderstorms are predicted for after dusk and lasting through Wednesday; although tapering off in strength after 3:00 am tonight.
Beautiful day here yesterday, sunny, low humidity, 78° for a high with just enough light wind to keep it pleasant. More of the same outdoor tasks for me, weedeating, mowing around the pool with the electric push mower and I cut another week's worth of firewood from the tree pile. It almost looks like I have made a dent in it! I picked 4 of the 5 remaining heads of Bibb Lettuce in the garden, so salads are on the menu for many days coming up. I have another variety of leaf lettuce that I direct-seeded that won't be ready for picking for about 2.5 more weeks. I'm seeing heads beginning to form on the Broccoli plants, so another 10 days or so before they begin to mature enough to pick. Bulbs are also beginning to form on some of the Onion plants, but they won't be ready until the daylight approaches 14 hours in mid-May.
More of the same today with the eclipse break soon after 12:30, with totality (for us) being around 1:45, and it will be over completely around 2:40 pm.
Normally I don't get a lot of time out in the train shed on Sunday's, yesterday was no exception. i concentrated on details while I was out there. I started the process of making and painting some more headstones for the cemetery and I sorted through some miscellaneous unfinished detail parts that are stashed in a Ziploc bag for filling in when I get time. I didn't take pictures of anything yet, so here a few more from the archives. I still have the engine pictures folder open so I'll start with a few from there.
Here's 6 of my Dash9-44CW's.
Mike - I fully understand the feeling of waking up at home in one's own bed, but 17 hours straight through might have been a little too much for me even in my younger days with my wife splitting the driving! BTW Did you ever get a chance to get into the chilly Gulf waters?
Jaz - There are some advantages to taking your own [insert product here] with you when you go on vacation. I take my own beer most of the time.
Everybody have a wonderful day.