Good Morning Everyone. Clear, muggy and 72°, with 89% humidity to start the day here. Absolutely no wind either. Went for my mile long walk a few minutes ago and then had to take a dip in the pool. Saw a pair of coyotes who were out past curfew, but didn't have the camera with me to catch them in the act. The much touted thunderstorms in yesterday's forecast didn't happen, in keeping with the weather bureau's 14% accuracy record for this calendar year. They'll do better in the next three months with the repetitive "hot and dry" forecast. Looks like warm southerly winds will keep the temperatures in the mid to upper 90's until Tuesday when a cool front lowers the high to just 93°. That's summer in this part of the world.
Took a day off from mowing yesterday and shredded brush for a change. Don't really remember what else I did yesterday, one of those days!
Been up for a while already today Flo, how about an Italian sub sandwich and some fries instead of breakfast this morning. Just like the one that you served
Chet yesterday. I'll take just one draft instead of the two that he had.
Thanks to all who liked or commented on the CUP (Charlottesville Urbanization Project) progress yesterday;
Sherrel, Joe, Guy, Louis, Jerome, Patrick, Karl, Garry, Chad, Curt, Phil, Bob, Ken, James, Tom.
Out in the train shed yesterday, ballasting continued. I completed the main line as far as I intend to go for right now. I have almost run out of the light gray ballast that I use and need to schedule a trip to the LHS now that has reopened.
I also did one industry siding and part of another.
All that's left to do is the stretch of passing siding between the two.
Buffalo Industries is the southern border (trackwise) of the CUP project. While it has a name and receives and ships with boxcars, I haven't yet determined what they do. It is a freelanced structure made with PikeStuff walls and components. It is one of only a handful of structures on the layout that does not have a fourth wall.
I did do some work over on the workbench cleaning up and preparing other structures that will be used in the next few weeks.
Garry - That does indeed look like the same restaurant kit. I've had mine for quite a few years and it is showing some wear and tear, as well as losing that spire when I moved into the new train shed. Now that it is going to be front and center on the upper, eye level of the layout, I will have to spruce it up a bit and add some kind of interior. I like the awnings that you added. If they came with the kit, I didn't add them at the time that I built it and have probably long since lost them.
Bob - Although you most likely are already at the medical center, good luck with the procedure this morning. Hope that the results are negative.
Louis - Happy Birthday to your son. Glad that you are feeling better. Not all rural homes are multi-million dollar ones. At least not near me. There is something to be said about the conveniences of living in the city, but I absolutely could not live with the neighbors 20' away. In Brooklyn where I grew up, there was no space between the houses! Now I have a couple of neighbors about a quarter mile away in two directions and I own all of the land between me and them. In the other two directions, the distance is 1.25 miles and 3 miles to the nearest neighbor, but it's not my land!
Take it easy today.
Steven - Good to see you here in the Coffee Shop again. Don't be so scarce.
Y'all have a great day.