Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 68°. Today is not expected to warm up much, only getting to 77°. Clouds will increase and there is widely scattered rain moving slowly up from the Gulf that has reached the southern DFW area already. Very rare that it comes from that direction. Rain is in the forecast for the next 7 days.
Another day, another doctor appointment after lunch. Wife should return late this afternoon unless it's raining and then she'll stay at daughter's home in Dallas overnight. Of course since it might be raining, I am expecting a big box from UPS with a Mother's Day gift for my wife. It's a raised planter box 60" x 16" x 18", that will need assembly. She just doesn't have any luck fighting the invasive Bermuda grass for her flowers. That means an extra stop somewhere in town for a lot of potting soil today.
I did finish off
all of the yard mowing yesterday, so that's out of the way for now. With the new garden tractor it takes four hours total time to do everything, nearly the same as the old one, even though the cutting deck is 6" more narrow.. It goes faster and is more maneuverable. Did the laundry in advance of my wife's return since she'll have a full load herself.
Short day out in the train shed yesterday, and expecting another short visit today. I'm taking a short break from sorting out the forest.and touched up some figures.
Some of these were from
Chet, some from me, some are Chinese ones, some are ones that were close to finishing from my figure painting palette. The real colorful (gaudy) ones are from China! Above them on the workbench is some fencing that will be installed between the food trailer and the main line. Gotta keep people safe.
One of the items that I purchased from the LHS on Saturday was a Woodland Scenics track cleaning kit.
I have had one of these for years, but I broke the wand.
While it can still be used, it isn't always convenient. The cleaning pads, like soft erasers, are grooved to conform with the track. To use over switches, you turn them over and use the ungrooved side. The head is detachable so now instead of turning the pads over, I can just change the head.
I can also use the soft pads with the cleaning fluid on one if I wish. Adds some versatility.
Guy - Stay safe. I read this morning that the fires were subsiding a bit.
Chad - You'll be laying track soon.
Golf - I gave up when I realized that if I traded my golf score for my bowling scores, I would do better at both! I met John Daly once in the mid-90's, at a restaurant. He and a whole party were pretty inebriated. I wasn't sure which one was going to drive the Winnebago out of the parking lot.
My only other real exposure was when the
1963 PGA championship was played at the
Dallas Athletic Club, located four houses down from where I was living in Dallas at the time. Police had blocked off the neighborhood streets to all but local residents to prevent patrons from parking there
Everyone have a great day.