Good Morning Everyone. Light rain and 50° this morning. 0.6" in the rain gauge so far. Ten day outlook is for temperatures in the afternoon to remain in the mid-60's to upper-70's range, with lows staying above 48°. Nice spring weather for here. Of course being spring, there is a minor chance of rain occasionally.
Despite 1.5" of rain Monday, the garden yesterday was just right for planting the remaining pepper plants and also a 40' row of green beans. The local feed store still has not received the tomato varieties that I am looking for; I left room for 18 more plants. Hopefully, my wife can pick them up this afternoon or tomorrow after work. I also planted two Italian Parsley plants into bigger pots on the back porch. I'll harvest and dry some Monday or Tuesday. I just pick off the outer stems/leaves and the centers keep producing. Yesterday, I also picked some red lettuce from plants started indoors and set in the garden five weeks ago.
Sausage, biscuits and gravy for me this morning Flo. Make it a grape juice instead of the usual OJ today.
Thanks for the reactions and comments regarding yesterday's post here;
Karl, Sherrel, Phil, Patrick, Justin, Hughie, Tom O, Jaz, Tom, Gary, Ken, Garry, Guy.
I spent too much time yesterday doing other stuff, and didn't get enough time in the train shed. All that I did was work on some unpainted figures that were received as a Christmas gift from one of my daughters. Those who know me know that I alter many so I don't have the same pose all over. In many cases it's simply removing luggage since I don't have any passenger or bus stations.
Note that I also used some body putty to fill in the mold void on the front.
Another one.
Again, cut off the luggage and fill in the void.
Many of these figures have on heavy clothing. Here is one that I cut the arm off to reposition it as well as removing the heavy coat.
I filed off the coat detail and re-attached the arm outstretched a bit.
You can see from the next photo that I trimmed off the coat in back.
Guy - It was good to see your post yesterday. Hope that you get things sorted out. At least one of your pictures yesterday showed one loco without the power pole appendage!
GT - Sorry to read of the delays in getting the Covid Vaccine. I am still not understanding what the vaccine delays are in your part of the state. Here in the North Texas area, things are going very smoothly. It took us three weeks from registration to the first shot, but that was back in January when the vaccine supply was still somewhat limited. It's still taking that long, but there are many more people eligible and registered. It has been over a month since we got the second dose. I believe that fellow forum members
Jim (in Dallas) and
Hughie (who's actually in the Houston area) have also been shot at least once.
Justin - Do you keep maintenance records on your rolling stock? I find that it helps me identify problematic locos, but I have a few more than you do and I forget stuff!
Hughie - I do have an external hard drive that can handle all of my requirements, but I got too comfortable with that computer being brand new and I didn't do a backup when I should have. I still have most stuff, but there is a three month gap in my pictures and this years entries in my gardening log now.
Chad - Probably too late now, but have a safe trip to AZ, and a return one as well.
Tom O -
I had just returned from the LHS. I went to buy styrene and somehow came home with 2 Atlas grain cars, both had steel wheels and Kadee #5 couplers for 12 each.
I hate it when that happens!
Jaz - WOW! Really hated to read about you varmint issues. Best to act now as they remember "easy pickings". I never had a problem with foxes with my chickens and ducks here; I am not sure if there are many in the area. We have coyotes which tend to avoid us because there are many small edible creatures in the woods down the road. There may be foxes in those woods as well, but all the woodland animals tend to keep their distance from me and it's hard to tell the difference between a fox and a small coyote.. Good luck!
Terry - While it is good to read that there was no stroke, she's not out of the woods yet. Continued best wishes and prayers for both of you.
Ken - That is my only structure that tall. It's surrounded by smaller ones. I'd like to obtain another one, but suitability and availability just haven't hit at the right time.
Gary - The track plan looks great, just needs a few more sidings for industries, looks like they would be easy to add. To me at least, the turning wye makes more sense than the turntable.
That's all for today. It's the weekly grocery/beer trek to the big city this morning, my wife hasn't yet decided whether she's going.
Today is National Medal of Honor Day, a pretty important commemoration in my opinion.
Everybody have a great day. Be safe.
