Good Morning All. Cloudy and 58°, nice night, had the windows open all night long. No wind currently and the outside temperature didn't change at all after 9:00 pm. For a week now, the NWS has been predicting major thunderstorms for today. True to their dismal record this year, it doesn't appear that it will happen. Looks like light rain moving west to east over Oklahoma into Arkansas for today. Their forecast still calls for a 50% chance today, but I don't believe that it will happen. They're now targeting strong storms sometime after sunset tomorrow. We'll see!
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Karl's post this morning reminded me that we received our $57 refund from the IRS just 4 days after filing electronically.
Blah! I had to wait in the doctor's exam room yesterday for a whole hour before he came in. Pretty much wasted the whole morning since we didn't get home until after noon. Later I stepped on my glasses and thought for sure that I broke them, but NO! Sam's Club had originally told me that the model that I got was practically unbreakable. I need them only for reading or modeling, even though they are a prescription variety, they're mandated by the DPS for my driver's license because I could not read the smallest line on their test. When driving, I wear them propped up higher than my forehead. The law reads that I only have to wear them, but doesn't state that they need to be in front of my eyes!
I returned to the area north of the Ethanol refinery on the layout yesterday, out in the train shed. I dug out my materials for tall grass and weeds to add accents to several places.
I'm not done here yet and while I have the supplies out, I will be doing some other locations around the layout. It really adds to scenes as this type of vegetation is quite prevalent around North Texas which is the area that I loosely model.
Sherrel - Sorry to read about the current doggie issue. I understand the loss, it does hit home here since I had the opportunity to meet them both when you brought them to Texas.
Troy - Jack Burgess has written hundreds of articles since I saw his first ones in the mid-70's or so. I'm sure that he probably has many videos as well. He's started with RMC and has written for them, MR, and now MRH online.
Mike - I always enjoyed making bread. Made it all winter long which helped to keep the house warm. Used to freeze it in the space left as we ate frozen garden produce from the previous summer. Then I would reverse the process in the spring. Now we're counting carbs and I only rarely do it any more.
Curt - That "shack" is a cardstock structure that I downloaded from the Internet, then printed and assembled it. I added some styrene strips as window sills to add some additional dimension to it.
Guy - What happened to last year's garden fence??? It may not be layout work, but it is a break from renovation.
Chris - Sorry to read that there might be water damage, but at least you and your neighbors are safe.
Everyone have a magnificent day.
