santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and a warm 70°, but only going up to 82° after a "June type" high yesterday of 91°. Then out of nowhere we have a 3-4 day run of highs in the upper 60's. Doesn't appear that a cold front is coming upon us. Easter Sunday should be 77° and then back to the upper 80's for a while. I wonder what the pool water temperature is right now; it's at least a month away from even thinking about removing the cover. If I recall, the earliest that I have ever gotten in was around May 15.
Not sure what kept me busy yesterday other than trash removal and some overhauling of kitchen chairs. Loose spindles and one with loose legs. Nothing that some wood glue and a few long thin screws couldn't fix. These chairs are over 40 years old but I am just too much of a miser to buy new ones!
Today is going to be an intensive day in the garden, getting the last 18 tomato plants out and planting green bean and squash seeds. I still have a couple of herbs that need to be transplanted into bigger pots on the porch. I might even get back to shredding brush. But first this morning I need to empty the dishwasher.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I started the next quarter's layout cleaning project. It's about a 40' stretch of the upper level from the NW corner of the train room to the beginning of the blob. Yesterday I sent a switching crew out to remove all cars in the various industries. 15 cars from 9 industries. About the average number of industries but with less spots than many others. First I will do a visual inspection of all track and ROW's for any fallen parts and then I'll be cleaning the track with a Woodland Scenics cleaning wand with the eraser type pad, not the abrasive one. Mostly the main line and passing sidings don't need it, but some spurs might. Vacuuming will be later this week. Those tiny spider webs are my nemesis, but many were removed when the cars were removed.
In other activity, the Ethanol Refinery is still on hold, although not a lot is left to do. Mainly I need to decide what is going south and east so I can blend those places together. So in the interim, I picked a few small projects from the ever growing list to take care of.
First is the transition area between the layout and the staging yard. There's a highway overpass there to divide the scenes and I needed to tidy it up and add landscaping.
So I added stunted trees on the side and gravel underneath where the sun don't shine.
I'm good there for now.
Then I went for a small area between a feed store and a grain elevator that somehow never got done.
I did glue down some ground cover but it was still glistening when I left for supper. Pictures tomorrow.
David - hoping that there are no more accidents on your railroad. Charlie Marston's Yard looks full. Nice modeling.
Mike (CGW) - Another good post about your wife. Forget the trains for now, take care of her and get yourself some sleep.
Gary - The wiring in that picture that you posted in post #139, looks like much of my lower level.
Curt -
Tom -
Karl -
Everybody have a great day.
Not sure what kept me busy yesterday other than trash removal and some overhauling of kitchen chairs. Loose spindles and one with loose legs. Nothing that some wood glue and a few long thin screws couldn't fix. These chairs are over 40 years old but I am just too much of a miser to buy new ones!
Today is going to be an intensive day in the garden, getting the last 18 tomato plants out and planting green bean and squash seeds. I still have a couple of herbs that need to be transplanted into bigger pots on the porch. I might even get back to shredding brush. But first this morning I need to empty the dishwasher.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I started the next quarter's layout cleaning project. It's about a 40' stretch of the upper level from the NW corner of the train room to the beginning of the blob. Yesterday I sent a switching crew out to remove all cars in the various industries. 15 cars from 9 industries. About the average number of industries but with less spots than many others. First I will do a visual inspection of all track and ROW's for any fallen parts and then I'll be cleaning the track with a Woodland Scenics cleaning wand with the eraser type pad, not the abrasive one. Mostly the main line and passing sidings don't need it, but some spurs might. Vacuuming will be later this week. Those tiny spider webs are my nemesis, but many were removed when the cars were removed.
In other activity, the Ethanol Refinery is still on hold, although not a lot is left to do. Mainly I need to decide what is going south and east so I can blend those places together. So in the interim, I picked a few small projects from the ever growing list to take care of.
First is the transition area between the layout and the staging yard. There's a highway overpass there to divide the scenes and I needed to tidy it up and add landscaping.
So I added stunted trees on the side and gravel underneath where the sun don't shine.
I'm good there for now.
Then I went for a small area between a feed store and a grain elevator that somehow never got done.
I did glue down some ground cover but it was still glistening when I left for supper. Pictures tomorrow.
David - hoping that there are no more accidents on your railroad. Charlie Marston's Yard looks full. Nice modeling.
Mike (CGW) - Another good post about your wife. Forget the trains for now, take care of her and get yourself some sleep.
Gary - The wiring in that picture that you posted in post #139, looks like much of my lower level.
Curt -
Boob tube has a whole new meaning these days.
Tom -
It's too bad that you can't take that beautiful acreage with you.
Karl -
No, just jelly doughnuts.
Everybody have a great day.
Oh bother.
