Good Morning All. Clear and 30° on the SFW estate. Mid-60's by Sunday and Monday, and then hovering around 60° at least until Super Bowl Sunday. Our paved road out front cleared off yesterday, but the gravel road on the south side was still icy and slushy. That probably froze overnight.
Went out a little while ago with the binoculars and observed the green comet. Here it is visible before dawn because of the nearly full moon that needs to set first. It's visible near the North Star, and it's best viewed with binoculars or a telescope, although this morning it was barely visible with the naked eye. I couldn't spot it yesterday because of the clouds - it will be visible for another 10 days or so. It's supposedly 26 million miles away and hasn't approached the earth in 50,000 years. How the hell do they know that???
The postponed grocery trek is this morning, hopefully they have time to restock. Then my wife takes the car to Dallas until Wednesday to take care of our granddaughter while her parents head for Las Vegas for a few days. This afternoon I may clear out embers/ashes from the heater, or maybe wait until tomorrow if it isn't too full.
Yesterday, I planted Tomato and Spinach seeds in planter boxes indoors. Today I will do some lettuce seed. Actually, if the garden soil is workable enough, I might plant a partial row of spinach and lettuce out there as well. They can be successful even this early. One of my philosophy's is that if you don't lose something at each end of the season, then you aren't maximizing your time and space. Seed is cheap. Once transplanted outdoors, the plants that are started inside will out-perform the ones direct seeded in the garden, and be ready for picking earlier. Most seeds will sit dormant in the soil until the moisture and temperature are right for germinating, in this case maybe two weeks instead of three days like the ones inside the heated house. I just don't have the space to do more inside and I dismantled my greenhouse about 10 years ago.
Thanks for the reactions regarding the final phase of the quarterly layout cleanup.
Yesterday was strictly train time out in the train shed. That and some assorted cleanup and put things up time. I won't remember where I put most of those things next time that I need them. No pictures of any of that. I do have some pictures that I took about ten days ago at the
Texas Northern Model Railroad Club layout after I attended the show on the 21st. Here' a few.
By the way, if you live in this area, ScaleTrains will be there on Saturday March 4. Time will be announced
Louis - Good luck with the furnace if you haven't already fixed it. Always remember that as we age, it is sometimes better to let the moths out of our wallets and call in the experts. Better than the frustration.
Tom O -
That’s a good problem to have. 6 months safety savings is awesome. Most don’t even have a week.
Sadly, I know some folks who make better than six figures a year who don't have a week's worth of savings. But they have a new $65K pick up every two years, a gym membership, and an overpriced home in an upscale neighborhood that's too big for them to maintain without paying a maid.
Curt - You might check on
hoseeker.net to see if they have instructions for your freight car there.
Today is The Day the Music Died, the 64th anniversary of the plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. Trivia: Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on the plane to The Big Bopper who had the flu.
Everybody have a great day.