Good Morning All. It's now 83° and clear, expecting 111° today. Yesterday's high officially broke a record at 108.5°, today's record is 108° so we may break that one as well. Clouds moving in tomorrow night so cooling off on Thursday with an expected high of just 101°.
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However with the longer nights, the pool cooled down to 87° this morning!
The heat isn't affecting the garden much just yet. I am keeping it watered and those nights about two weeks ago when the temperature dipped into the upper 60's allowed many more tomato blossoms to pollinate. I presently have about 55 lbs of tomatoes in varying stages of ripeness waiting for processing or eating. I am going to try freezing some Yellow Squash today. It's something that I never tried before but I have too much this year. In addition to making 6 more pints of tomato sauce yesterday, I chopped and froze two quart Ziplocs of bell peppers.
This is not meant to be political: I see that the politicians in Washington DC are beginning to realize the issues that they have been putting us Texans and other border states through for the past year and a half. They're complaining about 4,000 illegal immigrants that showed up in the past six weeks, we're getting 6,000 a day in Texas.
Thanks to all who commented or liked my progress report from yesterday;
Smudge, Tom O, Troy, Sherrel, Guy, Chad, Hughie, Karl, Louis, Tom, Curt, OB Ken, Joe, Mikey, Rick, Gary, Dave B.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I tackled some of the loose and
unorganized dangling wiring under the upper deck.
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I attached the two unattached feeders and I am temporarily using tape to affix them in place because I ran out of staples!
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I also added the missing new roadway.
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The fire station headquarters that normally resides on the blank corner in the upper center, is over on the workbench being cleaned and having the already installed lights hooked up to a proper feeder.
Guy - Good luck with the fishing expedition.
Tom O - My Roma tomatoes are the only variety that hasn't done well this year. I am not sure why? However quite by accident, I discovered the Juliette variety which while smaller than Romas, is much easier to process into tomato products.
The boxcars look real nice but are a little pricey for me. I already have too many freight cars anyway.
Curt - Good news about the truck.
Troy - Food looked really good.
Gotta go now. Everybody have a great day.