Good Morning All. Clear and 36° and perfectly still out there. Another tee shirt day in store for us. Relative humidity is rather low for this time of day.
I did get a short row of radishes planted yesterday, and noted that the lettuce and arugula that I planted eight days ago has broken through the soil surface. I wielded the hoe around the lettuce and broccoli plants that I planted last week to keep the soil surface broken up and weed free. Moved a couple of wagon loads of firewood over to the stack, don't feel it this morning so I paced myself right.
I rewarded myself by cooking up a rack of baby back ribs for supper.
A pair of large breakfast burritos for me this morning Flo. I'll take the bacon, egg, hash brown potatoes and cheese variety. And don't forget the spicy salsa.
Thanks for the reactions and comments regarding Monday's activity in the train shed;
James, Chad, Karl, Rick, Jaz, Hughie, Justin, Guy, Troy, Patrick, Tom O, Garry, Gary, Tom.
So speaking of the train shed, it is still out there and my townspeople were just waiting for some train watching activity. So run trains it was for a while. Switched six industries in the town of Vernon that took about 45 minutes. I also started on the first flat car, the 40' Athearn one with the I-beam load. Per Jaz's observation, I hadn't finished the weathering on it, so out came the powders.
OOOPS! Not a good picture of the rust on the trucks/wheels and the dirt on the car ends. I'll get a better one today.
That's about it for pictures today, as my wife has indicated that she needs me before she leaves for work; which doesn't leave me much time to peruse the archives.
Jesse - I fall into the camp of those that pay the bill as soon as services are rendered. I don't want to owe anyone anything and they remember and are more responsive next time I need them.
Sherrel - I had to purchase the firewood. My source of free aged oak is sadly gone now forever. I would have been all right if that Arctic wave had not come by last month. I will be more aggressive about cutting next years wood this spring.
Jaz - Great post yesterday with all of the UK wagons. The train cars over there are really quite different than ours.
Hughie - Good to read that you're finally getting the first dose down there near H-town.
Gary -
anta Fe, two questions please, may I ask your centre to centre track distance? And do you use roadbed
The center to center spacing is normally 2 1/4", widening to 2 5/8" on longer parallel curves. I use HO scale cork roadbed on the main lines and unsplit N scale cork roadbed on passing sidings, with 7"-9" transitions using cardboard strips.
Chad -
Were you having to wear them outside?
No. We were only asked to wear them inside public spaces.
Hughie - While I applaud Abbott's decision, I actually do think it is a wee bit early. Believe me, even though I have had both vaccine doses, I am not throwing caution to the wind. While I referenced Walmart, I will still be wearing the mask for the foreseeable future. In Cooke County where I live, mask usage has been only about 60% except in some places like Home Depot, Walmart and grocery stores where it is much higher. In Denton County where I do most of my business, compliance is better than 98%. Even before the pandemic, we lived a somewhat isolated life to begin with, so we didn't have to change our lifestyle too much. I think that it was kind of silly to require a mask from the restaurant door to the booth where you could take it off, especially since there was only 50% capacity to begin with! By next Wednesday when the restrictions are lifted, they will have given 7 million vaccination doses, with maybe 15% of the population having two. Heck! I have made it a year so far!
Guy - So what is the vaccination plan for your area? It seems that a least some information should be available by now.
Everybody have a great day.