Good Morning All. Mostly cloudy and 40°, except at the Weather Underground station around the corner.
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Looks like his thermometer has gone wonky again. I saw 57° for a high yesterday here, going for mid-60's today with rain in the forecast for this afternoon.
Another day on the mower yesterday, 2 rounds @45 minutes each. I now have the entire yard done, all 3 acres, should be good until this weekend. Today will be garden maintenance day. I am ready to mulch the pathway east of the broccoli/spinach/lettuce row. I'll hoe it all first to make sure that there are no emerging weed seedlings there and to keep the surface from crusting, something that my heavy clay soil is prone to do. I need to watch the yard as well and see if I can spot the armadillo that I saw yesterday and note it's traveling pattern so I can set the trap. Traps for armadillos cannot be just baited because they only eat what they dig up. But they are relatively blind, so by noting their travel paths, I can take a pair of 2"x8"x8' boards and set them in an open "V" with the trap at the opening and they will walk into it; if properly placed. Or run if I spot it and give chase! Since their range is around five miles, I release them in the woods next to the 4-wheeler ATV park about 8 miles away.
We topped off the day by meeting a couple that we know for supper at Houlihans in Denton. Yes, I do have a small social life! They raise show horses just east of Denton and the wife and my wife worked at H&R Block together for many years. It's been a while though, so I don't have to listen to Blockhead (my term) stories any more!
Wow! Still quite shocked about that bridge in Baltimore. I did see part of the President's speech on the subject, where he claimed to have gone across that bridge many times while in the Senate. I never knew that Amtrack had a track there too!!!
Out in the train shed yesterday, I did a little more figure painting since they were still out from the other day. I used 4 colors and completed 6 figures and added to about a dozen others. Putting them on the layout is still part of the never-ending backlog. I need a totally rainy day with no "honey-dos" to try to get caught up. Right now I am sitting on the cemetery scene, adding completed trees to various already identified areas, getting these figures off the workbench, and numerous other small and large projects on the list. I have already decided that I will not finish the layout by my target of Christmas 2024, maybe mid-2026 instead.
Let's see if I can post a couple of random scenes of folks working.
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I guess that it won't work this morning.
I won't waste any more of my time now.
Patrick - Good that you are able to return to work, but take it easy. You need to take some of those accumulated vacation/comp days. They seemed to be able to scrape by in the past without you.
Just tried to open another page here and this is what came up:
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From Buffalo Springfield "There's something happening here But what it is ain't exactly clear". Only his website, none others. Do you reckon that it's the full moon from the other day???
Louis - Glad that you weren't on the road at the bridge collapse time. Will it affect your deliveries in any way?
Mac - Thanks for that video link regarding the bridge collapse. Quite informative.
Everybody have a great day.
