Good Morning All. Happy 4/20 Day if you're in one of those states. Cloudy, windy and 66°, apparently sprinkled overnight, my weather rock was wet but I couldn't detect anything in the rain gauge. Weather Underground station around the corner shows 0.04", hardly enough to call rain. Expecting these 20-25 mph winds from the south to continue 24/7 until sometime Sunday; cloudy, humid and temperatures in the upper 80's to go along with them. We may see the sun for a bit late every afternoon. Overnight lows in the upper 60's.
Busy day yesterday off the estate. I went to the tire store and had two new tractor tires installed on their rims, while another employee rotated the tires on our limo. Then it was a somewhat frustrating visit to our credit union. After having previously called our bank and two of their other branches looking for a notary who could do a Medallion signature guarantee, I called the credit union. They had just such a person there so I stopped in with some paperwork required for the distribution of the IRA's that my brother left me. But no! She was not bonded to notarize over a certain amount and was unable to help. None of their notaries at any of their 20 or so branches are bonded high enough. So back home and on the phone. She had recommended a couple of financial advisors locally, but they only did it for their clients. Then I found one at another bank in town, but he had left for the day.
Today, I will resume the elusive search for a notary, reinstall the two wheels on the tractor and mow. First thing this morning though, before it warms up is to pick some lettuce and spinach for another week's worth of salads. I am concerned with the upcoming warm days that those plants will bolt to seed early this year.
Thanks to all who liked of commented on the post yesterday;
Steve J, Dave B, Karl, Hughie, Jaz, Joe, Smudge, Tom O, Sherrel, Chad, Louis, Curt, Tom, IB Ken, Moermusic, Rick, Gary, Guy, George, Patrick, OB Ken.
I did some time in the train shed yesterday. While the Seymour block is on hold, I picked another very small project on the slowly shrinking to do list. Years ago I painted and built a laser-cut wood barn which I believe came from Northeastern or Branchline.
I added some detailing to the inside as well as a light.
It has a bare cupola on top.
I always felt that it needed a wind vane. Over the ensuing years, I saved a couple of them for eventual use.
I picked the first. After filing an additional groove in the bottom to fit the ridge, I got this
Painting and a dab of gap-filling super glue got me this.
Another project off the list. Weathering this structure is still on the list, but it will wait until I get out the powders and do a whole slew of items.
Guy - I meant to answer this a few days ago when you asked about painting ground throws. I paint them. Before I do any ballasting, but after the track is fastened down with nails; I spray everything (rails, ties, and surrounding 1/2" of ground) including the ground throws with Model Master Light Earth in the rattle can. I do about 2' at a time and immediately wipe off the tops of the rails before it dries. Generally the ground throws have to be flipped to get all sides
if I don't remember to center them first! No big deal to me if I miss a bit, they are not all uniformly rusted in the real world. After the paint dries and before I ballast, I then go through and brush paint random ties with 3-5 different shades of brown and gray. Yes, sometimes I do get switches stuck if I don't operate them during the drying process, but part of the method is to spray lightly around them to begin with. This is just my method, others may do things differently.
Since I like the Model Master color, I use it as an undercoating for all of my ground. For that I sprayed a 4" square piece of cardboard and took it to my local Home Depot and had them hit it with a spectrometer and they can match it up and make a gallon for me. Lots cheaper than purchasing 100's of rattle cans! While I don't usually do it, one can sprinkle ground cover directly on the wet paint, but I find that to be a bit uneven.
Smudge - Thanks for the comment.
Jaz - If I ever get a bunch of free time after the layout is more complete, I may attempt to scratch-build that church. It really wouldn't be that hard, maybe time consuming though. It is 104 years old and as I posted, it is a traditional style church, not a glass and steel style modern one.
Greg - Why the heck would you change your age on FB to begin with??? Every time I read of any Coffee Shop members with incidents with FB, I am glad that it never became part of my life. My wife occasionally shows me stuff from her page, and I cannot maneuver through all the other shit on the page.
I am extremely happy that all of my neighbors are over a quarter mile away, even though we all coexist well. All except one who is incarcerated again.
Tom O - I have two friends who raise horses. One who I have lost touch with, realized that he was stuck with doing it until he passes, since he had never invested or paid into SS. He always leased land so he doesn't have any assets except for his breeding stock. The other couple never made any money, but inherited land that they were able to eventually sell to an investor. He still transports horses for others, and she now makes money researching and testifying in animal abuse cases. The wife worked at H&R Block with my wife for many years. I can see where boarding other people's horses can pay for the hobby.
Many kudos to your wife for her rescue efforts.
Can't really comment on all of the baseball posts since I never cared for or followed that sport!
Everybody have a great day.
I'll never complain about buying track again.
so my doc will probably be after me (A1c). Friday I'll probably start cleaning steamer wheels.
