santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Raining and 48°. This is a real rain instead of the drizzly crap we've been having. Off and on thunderstorms since 0330 this morning. Currently looks like 1.25" in the gauge from my view from 20' away from the back porch. Wind chill of 42° from the north. Supposed to only get up to the low 50's today and tomorrow before sunshine and 70's return on Monday. Low temperature tomorrow night will approach freezing, quite late in the year for us.
Off to a late start this morning, got up to pee around 0230 and the distant thunder kept me awake. I laid back down just before 0600 hoping to get 30 minutes in, and didn't wake up until 0745. Looks like an inside day today, the rain should end before noon and then I will venture out to the train shed. Kinda a repeat of yesterday. I'll have to start a fire in the wood-burning heater soon, but I am prepared with about 36 hours of dry firewood already inside. Once going, I can stack more under the stove to dry out. Nice thing is that it only gets wet on the outside and dries off quickly. The dishwasher will start my day off today though.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I continued my quarterly cleanup. I finished up the last little bit of trackage and tuned up 9 switches. Then I removed and cleaned maybe a dozen downtown small businesses. The clock shop that I did Thursday worked out. I used Popsicle sticks as stiffeners on the roof instead of using styrene square rod.
They're quite stout and I never had one warp. These are new, not used, but they put a package of 5 inside every package of caramel that my wife buys to make Christmas treats.
Nothing significant about the next structures that I did yesterday. Most of them were built after I retired and I was less rushed to fill in blank spaces and they already have many details added.
Tom O - I have many comments regarding your post #118 yesterday, but some may be considered political so I'll refrain. I think that the future looks bright, but the path is going to be rocky.
My fish fry last night was quite successful, Beach Fish Tacos. Cod filets fried in a beer batter on corn tortillas with shredded Monterrey Jack cheese, homemade Chipolte tarter sauce, home-pickled red onions and homemade coleslaw. Hope that yours was just as good. It's a rare meal when I donate beer for cooking!
Troy - Indoor garden looks good. Those Radishes will be ready in about a week and a half. I still don't give the Carrots a chance though.
David - My wife has far too many other interests than to spend any time at all looking at a model railroad forum. She does occasionally see a picture on the screen in front of me and ask questions. Right now she stays busy with watercolor painting, college basketball's Final Four and the Hallmark channel on TV.
Joe - Interesting theory about Soros and/or the EU Soverign Funds, made me think a bit. Sounds plausible. I also wish that I knew what Pelosi is buying/selling!
Four or five days for the online tax refund is about what we generally see since we started doing it online.
Everybody stay dry and have a superb Saturday.
Off to a late start this morning, got up to pee around 0230 and the distant thunder kept me awake. I laid back down just before 0600 hoping to get 30 minutes in, and didn't wake up until 0745. Looks like an inside day today, the rain should end before noon and then I will venture out to the train shed. Kinda a repeat of yesterday. I'll have to start a fire in the wood-burning heater soon, but I am prepared with about 36 hours of dry firewood already inside. Once going, I can stack more under the stove to dry out. Nice thing is that it only gets wet on the outside and dries off quickly. The dishwasher will start my day off today though.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I continued my quarterly cleanup. I finished up the last little bit of trackage and tuned up 9 switches. Then I removed and cleaned maybe a dozen downtown small businesses. The clock shop that I did Thursday worked out. I used Popsicle sticks as stiffeners on the roof instead of using styrene square rod.
Nothing significant about the next structures that I did yesterday. Most of them were built after I retired and I was less rushed to fill in blank spaces and they already have many details added.
Tom O - I have many comments regarding your post #118 yesterday, but some may be considered political so I'll refrain. I think that the future looks bright, but the path is going to be rocky.
My fish fry last night was quite successful, Beach Fish Tacos. Cod filets fried in a beer batter on corn tortillas with shredded Monterrey Jack cheese, homemade Chipolte tarter sauce, home-pickled red onions and homemade coleslaw. Hope that yours was just as good. It's a rare meal when I donate beer for cooking!
Troy - Indoor garden looks good. Those Radishes will be ready in about a week and a half. I still don't give the Carrots a chance though.
David - My wife has far too many other interests than to spend any time at all looking at a model railroad forum. She does occasionally see a picture on the screen in front of me and ask questions. Right now she stays busy with watercolor painting, college basketball's Final Four and the Hallmark channel on TV.
Joe - Interesting theory about Soros and/or the EU Soverign Funds, made me think a bit. Sounds plausible. I also wish that I knew what Pelosi is buying/selling!
Four or five days for the online tax refund is about what we generally see since we started doing it online.
Everybody stay dry and have a superb Saturday.
Or lost keys.
concrete pavers, two at a time, down those steps......and walked back up those 32 steps, then repeated the fun until all the pavers were in the back yard.
