santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Cloudy and 68° on the SFW estate. Not supposed to rain again until tonight, but it wasn't supposed to rain yesterday but it did. 0.1" in the gauge from a shower just after noon time. After the last few weeks, I guess that I am thankful that it was just a tenth of an inch! Upper 80's today and tomorrow with high humidity, it's at 97% right now, but maybe a slight breeze later today. There was none yesterday and the THI was horrible all day despite a relatively moderate temperature of 81°.
On the cleanup front; me, 3 neighbors and 2 ATV's were able to rescue the trash dumpster from the front yard and set it back upright next to the road before the rain hit. It's still about 75' from where it should be but it's usable. I'll have the trash removal guy move it back where it belongs when he comes by Friday to empty it. I managed to haul two loads of debris and will get more today. I'm still dredging debris out of the pool, and I made the needed minor repairs to the pool deck. Downed tree branches are being hauled about, but the rain yesterday did interrupt activity.
I finally spent just a few minutes in the garden picking up the marble-sized tomatoes that were blown off the plants and adding them to the compost pile. I now have about a third of the t-posts and cages back in a vertical position, but it will still take a few more days for all of the plants to recover. Many trees on my property that didn't suffer any damage are leaning eastward, the result of the roots being loosened up by the tornado. My greatest concern right now is getting stuff off of the yard, so I don't find it with the mower later on. Right now the excessive water is keeping the yard from growing, but that will change real soon.
No real train shed time yesterday since there are other life priorities right now. I did get out briefly to move the fans around a bit and removed a few cardboard boxes that got wet. The small laser-cut wood structures that I have disassembled and weighted down the other day, seem to be recovering so far. Other projects are still on hold.
Todd - Yep! I can make all issues in the train shed good again, in some cases I can make some improvements. But it will be time consuming and I really won't be able to start anything major until I get the rest of the estate cleaned up and decide how to handle the barn. The set back in the train shed will be to the undecorated areas that I intended to do in the next few months, I will have to work them in more slowly while fixing any real damage.
Tom O - My daughter #2 and family had those smart LED bulbs in their old house, and many folks (not me) were impressed with Alexa controlling them. They bought another house about 2 years ago, and they chose to not install them, or even take them with them. It is interesting because they have always been gadget oriented, but I haven't asked why they stopped using them.
Louis - Don't worry about being a bit late with your thoughts regarding the disaster here. I am one of the fortunate ones, especially when I view the damage that several of the closest neighbors have. And then to know the death and destruction so close by makes me sad for them, but happy that the Lord protected me. We will recover, we have made great strides already. I will not overdo it, it is just a matter of sequencing things in the right order.
Interesting about the Fisher. We don't have them here in North Texas, so I haven't had any opportunity to see one in person.
Mac - I never run my trains like those in the video either. I get too much enjoyment watching them run normally.
By the way, I really enjoy your collection of various locomotives and other rolling stock. You get around.
Terry - While the damages might be a good write-off on the income taxes, it probably won't be worth the time or effort to calculate. The standard deduction from the Trump tax cuts is so generous that it probably covers anything that I could calculate.
Troy -
Today is National Bubba Day, to honor those with this nickname. One of the neighbors who assisted me with the dumpster yesterday is known as Bubba to me, ever since his family moved next door in 1981 when he was about 10 or 11.
Everyone have a great Sunday.
On the cleanup front; me, 3 neighbors and 2 ATV's were able to rescue the trash dumpster from the front yard and set it back upright next to the road before the rain hit. It's still about 75' from where it should be but it's usable. I'll have the trash removal guy move it back where it belongs when he comes by Friday to empty it. I managed to haul two loads of debris and will get more today. I'm still dredging debris out of the pool, and I made the needed minor repairs to the pool deck. Downed tree branches are being hauled about, but the rain yesterday did interrupt activity.
I finally spent just a few minutes in the garden picking up the marble-sized tomatoes that were blown off the plants and adding them to the compost pile. I now have about a third of the t-posts and cages back in a vertical position, but it will still take a few more days for all of the plants to recover. Many trees on my property that didn't suffer any damage are leaning eastward, the result of the roots being loosened up by the tornado. My greatest concern right now is getting stuff off of the yard, so I don't find it with the mower later on. Right now the excessive water is keeping the yard from growing, but that will change real soon.
No real train shed time yesterday since there are other life priorities right now. I did get out briefly to move the fans around a bit and removed a few cardboard boxes that got wet. The small laser-cut wood structures that I have disassembled and weighted down the other day, seem to be recovering so far. Other projects are still on hold.
Todd - Yep! I can make all issues in the train shed good again, in some cases I can make some improvements. But it will be time consuming and I really won't be able to start anything major until I get the rest of the estate cleaned up and decide how to handle the barn. The set back in the train shed will be to the undecorated areas that I intended to do in the next few months, I will have to work them in more slowly while fixing any real damage.
Tom O - My daughter #2 and family had those smart LED bulbs in their old house, and many folks (not me) were impressed with Alexa controlling them. They bought another house about 2 years ago, and they chose to not install them, or even take them with them. It is interesting because they have always been gadget oriented, but I haven't asked why they stopped using them.
Louis - Don't worry about being a bit late with your thoughts regarding the disaster here. I am one of the fortunate ones, especially when I view the damage that several of the closest neighbors have. And then to know the death and destruction so close by makes me sad for them, but happy that the Lord protected me. We will recover, we have made great strides already. I will not overdo it, it is just a matter of sequencing things in the right order.
Interesting about the Fisher. We don't have them here in North Texas, so I haven't had any opportunity to see one in person.
Mac - I never run my trains like those in the video either. I get too much enjoyment watching them run normally.
By the way, I really enjoy your collection of various locomotives and other rolling stock. You get around.
Terry - While the damages might be a good write-off on the income taxes, it probably won't be worth the time or effort to calculate. The standard deduction from the Trump tax cuts is so generous that it probably covers anything that I could calculate.
Troy -
Those folks are everywhere, even on this forum. Last year I had one member PM me in late October asking me not to respond to any of his posts, because he disagreed with something that I had posted the previous August; wasn't even in regards to anything that he posted. He made it political which it wasn't. I responded that he could "Ignore" me, but I wouldn't stop posting regarding his posts if I thought my answers might help other members.
Today is National Bubba Day, to honor those with this nickname. One of the neighbors who assisted me with the dumpster yesterday is known as Bubba to me, ever since his family moved next door in 1981 when he was about 10 or 11.
Everyone have a great Sunday.
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There are many little things to complete before I consider it finished. There are many other segments that are less detailed that need attention first.
