Good Morning All. Mostly cloudy, windy and 51° at 0530. It will probably get colder before the sun comes up with a high today of only 52° later. Possible freeze tonight before slowly warming back up into the 80's by Thursday. Saturday brings a repeat pattern.
Yesterday was laundry day here before I went outside and split wood. I am now up to splitting five stumps a day without any pain. Some of them even get 3-4 splits each. Not in any real hurry except for getting them up off the ground to dry.
Flo, I'll take a couple of breakfast burritos with sausage, egg and cheese this morning. Spicy salsa and OJ to go with it.
Thanks for all of the likes and comments regarding the building progress and the sunset pictures from yesterday;
Christian, OB Ken, Steve J, IB Ken, Rick, Sherrel, Troy, Tom O, Karl, Gary, Curt, Hughie, Guy, Joe, Tom, George, Mikey, Jaz, Jesse, Patrick.
Short day out in the train shed yesterday, as is usual for a Sunday. So I just ran my trains for about an hour. I am paused on the latest kitbashed structure until I get its landing site prepared.
Here it is in position.
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It is situated on a corner and I intend to have a small outdoor patio out front. I won't make the sidewalks until I have a better idea exactly where the roads will be placed. That's a Woodland Scenics Landmark structure kit called Stone Bakery next to it that is just snapped together for sizing purposes. I will add an interior to the coffee shop and a few details over the next few days. I think that it turned out well considering it's simplicity.
Jesse - I also have a low esteem for televangelists, however I do rank them above lawyers and most congresspersons. You're lucky not to have to deal with the Left Coast people influx where you are. I can't imagine ex-Floridians being as bad. I sometimes get ex-Kalifornians move out in the country near me, but they are usually gone in 18 months or less when they get tired of being 25+ miles from the closest Starbucks.
Jaz -
What the hell is "a e bed deli"?
OB Ken - The Hobby Lobby nearest me is generally hit or miss when it comes to model railroading stuff. The only trains that they have are those cheapo Bachmann sets, but sometimes they have a good selection of off-brand scenery supplies and animal figures. Paint and painting supplies are plentiful, but scattered throughout the damn store. Some in the arts section, some in the hobby section and some in the crafts section. Plus they rearrange the whole store several times a year which makes things just that much harder to find.
Greg - I am right there with you on the school taxes. I haven't had kids in the school in over 20 years, and my hay field has never had kids there, but I still have to pay. That is the biggest chunk of my tax bill, over 68%. The hospital isn't even close at 15%. Judging from the local roads, they get the second lowest percentage around 8%.
I know that my LHS owner before retiring also loved cash for reasons besides the CC fees, it was tax-free income. Another reason that he gave extra discounts to cash-paying customers like me. When he did retire, the entire store was 40% off MSRP, but selection diminished rapidly. He gave me free of charge over 30 of the discontinued Walther's modular wall kits, however many are still unused since Walther's didn't produce enough wall columns to match up with their wall kits.
Hughie -
I actually saw it in person as a youngster growing up in Brooklyn. My aunt, who was also my Godmother took me by subway at least three times that I can remember. I was judging your tree by the four story structure across from it in your second post.
Everybody have a great day. Stay safe.
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