Good Morning Everybody. Starting out warn at 77° and clear. Only expecting a high of 96° with a heat index of only 106°. Obviously we are under a heat advisory. Looks like
Patrick is hogging all of the rain for now, although I can't complain after 2"+ on Monday.
Headed out this morning for the weekly grocery/beer trek. Wife was going to go because she had an early doctor appointment with her cardiologist; but they changed it to a "Tele-med" appointment. It's a prelude to her getting her right knee replacement done soon, maybe this month. Not too sure how they can listen to her heart over the phone?
I wore myself out doing weedeating yesterday morning. Went through a whole spool of trimmer line before calling it quits for the morning. Then it was tomato picking time. Unwittingly stepped into a new bed of ants and had to dig out the Benadryl when done. Thankfully they are not fire ants, as we don't have that issue on the SFW estate. Fire ants are the most favored meal of armadillos which we have our share of. Funny how they like fire ants but not red ants or the more common piss ants. I did rake up some of the grass clippings pictured Monday, as they were still too wet to use the bagger. I'll resume mowing today in the early afternoon,
in the shaded parts of the yard. If I don't start now, it may become too high again.
Scrambled eggs and a handful of bacon for me this morning Flo.
Thanks for the likes and comments yesterday on my progress;
Louis, Garry, Patrick, Guy, Jerome, Phil, Curt, Sherrel, Tom.
Yesterday in the train shed was mainly just an odds and ends day. While looking for something else on the workbench, I came across the signs that I had printed a couple of months ago for the antiques shop that I had built at that time, but never applied.
Oooops! I didn't see that fallen over wood stove. On the to do list for today.
Also,
Sherrel expressed concern regarding the grade crossing last week, so I fixed that.
Here's a shot of some of the hairpin fencing around the historical museum.
Through the fencing, you can just barely see the parking lot stripes that I managed to get done. Ran trains for about a half hour as well.
I won't get much done today due to the grocery trek and returning to yard mowing, as well as frequent trips to the pool.
Louis -
I need to muster up the energy to get my taxes finished.
Might be a good investment. If the government owes you, you collected 5% interest for April, May and June. I think that it drops to 3% after that. The catch is that it is taxable income on your 2020 return next spring. While it ain't beating the stock market, it sure beats savings accounts, CD's or money market.
James -
Willie are you canning the salsa?
Yes I am. I do salsa in pint or half-pint jars since I don't use any preservatives and we cannot use a whole quart quickly enough, even though it is refrigerated after opening.
Dave - I haven't forgotten you, I just forgot to take the picture yesterday.
Tom O - I also like track in the street, but it doesn't fit at all in my modeled locale or era.
Curt -
I had ordered 20 ga instead of 14 ga like I wanted to,
Oooops! But you now have a good supply of feeder wire!
Saw a couple of new faces in here yesterday,
moermusic and
blackz28. Great to see you guys here, come back more often.
Everybody have a great day.