Good Morning Everyone. Cloudy and 52° here on the SFW estate. Blustery winds this morning, variable but mostly from the north. Despite clouds all day yesterday, it did get up to 78° for a while after lunch. Besides doing some housework, I mostly mowed the yard. I did the whole south side in the morning, and the east side in the afternoon. About 1.25 acres done. Took a while since I had the mower deck as low as I could go, and there are a lot of trees along the road on the east side. On the south side, I had to also maneuver around many of the newly planted trees that I put in Sunday.
I am continuing to pick lettuce and arugula from the garden, looks like the first radishes will be this weekend. My wife brought home an additional 18 tomato plants from the seed store yesterday. They still don't have our favorite variety, so it looks like we'll skip that one this year. I am up to my allotment of 42 plants for the season. I could plant more, but the other half of the garden is laying fallow this year.
How about just a ham & cheese sandwich on rye toast this morning Flo. I guess that makes it a grilled ham & cheese on rye! Diet root beer to wash it down with. I'm needing a bit of caffeine this morning.
Thanks for the many likes and comments regarding my project progress and other posts yesterday;
Tom O, Chad, Guy, Karl, Hughie, Joe, Justin, Tom, Phil, Rick, Ken, Garry, Jerry, Patrick.
Another short day in the train shed yesterday, some of my other hobbies are getting in the way. I made some more progress on the grade crossing; I wouldn't usually have taken another picture yet, but
Guy would berate me for not posting any. So here is the progress. Naw! Never mind, none of the three is worth showing.
So here is something from the archives this morning.
The Cut and Curl Beauty Shop is tucked away on the other side of the tracks on a road leading out of Vernon. Here's a trackside view.
A view from town.
A better view, but it shows that I continued the road onto the backdrop.
From normal aisle viewing angles, this view cannot be seen like this.
This structure is actually a Grandt Line Company House. The outhouse out back came with the kit, but I boarded it up for visual interest.
Mikey - I can relate to that cutting on the right/wrong side of the line. And I am by myself!
Tom O - Interesting trivia regarding the Suez Canal; the toll to go through
averages $700, 000 per ship. The Panama Canal on the other side of the world only charges an average of $150,000. And yes, the Panama Canal Authority once charged a swimmer 36¢ to make the passage. It's all based on weight.
I have read that the trip around the Horn of Africa is rather treacherous. Some of our Navy vets might know.
Greg - Good luck with the fence.
Everyone have a safe and great day.