Good Morning All. Mostly cloudy and a warm 83°, probably headed up to 102° today. If you're keeping track, it was 103° yesterday. Getting a little tiresome with all of these triple digit days!
Not getting enough time to do tasks outdoors after about noon, unless one considers getting into the pool and checking chemicals as a task. At least mowing is not a concern right now. There's some minor rain showers about 50 miles east of this location, but it is rare that they come here from the east. There's more light showers across the border in Oklahoma that stand a better chance of getting here, but they look extremely light and may not be hitting the ground.
The pool was wonderful this morning after I walked. I have upped the trip to 1.25 miles now. It has cooled off to 83°, actually the same as the air this morning.
I was busy enough in the morning yesterday, after church, I cut up part of the tree that I felled Friday. It got too hot to bother stacking it yesterday, and I may not get to it today. The rest of the tree (75%) is still laying in the yard.
I did not go into the garden yesterday since I made such a clean sweep Saturday. Later today I will be canning more tomatoes, today will be plain sauce as that's the easiest to make.
My hummingbird feeders have been overtaken by honeybees looking for nectar. They're keeping the birds away. Since they are empty right now, I will wash and refill, and then smear peppermint oil all around the feeder openings to repel them. Let them go to the remaining sunflowers in the fence rows instead.
Thanks for the comments and likes regarding the layout upgrade progress;
Karl, Tom O, Guy, Troy, Dave B, Rick, Smudge, James, Joe, Sherrel, Jaz, Gary, Louis, Patrick, Hughie, Curt.
Yesterday didn't quite work as planned out in the train shed. I took the phone with me and ended up talking to a good friend for an hour! Highly unusual for me. All that I really got done was to select, trim and file smooth the DPM wall panels that I am going to use for the first background structure on the backside of the RR spur to the coffee distributor. I also glued some of the pilasters to some of the sections. Since I left the camera in the house, I did not take pictures, although they would be boring to some.
No time for the archives today as I have a full plate this morning. Stay tuned.
Gary - I failed to mention yesterday that your wife's gardens are quite nice. That in spite of the deer population. Fortunately, the nearby grain fields and low population of deer keeps them away from my place mostly.
Guy - The heat is what it is around here. It is to be expected. It is rare in Texas for a home not to have at least one window air conditioner.
The ties look quite good. On most all of my structures, I do not glue the roofs on, in case I want to go back and add interiors. Many get interiors when I build them, some just get curtains to mask the emptiness. If I have a troublesome roof, I will use the repositionable adhesive to hold it in place.
OB Ken - In Texas we have a five day grace period on expired license plates, unless you register online and print your receipt which gives you 31 days.
Sherrel - CA wouldn't have had the plastic bag problem if they would just enforce the littering laws already on the books. But that might be too much for George Gascón or Chesa Boudin to do!
A couple of different holidays for our friends up north, depending on which area you are in. Over in Nova Scotia, it's Natal Day, and in Alberta it's Heritage Day.
Everybody have a great Monday.