Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 48°, probably headed up to 62° later today. Mostly seasonal weather coming up for the next week or so, dipping to near freezing at night and upper 50's/low 60's for the daytime highs. The 79° that we saw yesterday is probably the last time to see that until late February.
Much of my morning was spent gathering leaves, and shredding them with the mower. I actually haven't made much of a dent in the supply, 2 acres is a lot of ground to cover but the trees are trying.
Disaster of sorts struck yesterday, my tiller wouldn't start. It started about a month ago when I tested it and checked the oil. I used fresh gasoline and the crankcase is full, but no start. It turns over but it is also making some sort of strange noise, almost like a metal on metal sound. This isn't good. Next door neighbor, Bubba, is coming down today to take a look. He overhauled it last spring for me and it worked well then.
I didn't make it out to the train shed yesterday, since my visit to "Bubba's Clubhouse" coincided with the Friday afternoon gathering of friends and neighbors. A lot of adult beverages were flowing and since I walked up there, I didn't have to deal with driving the quarter mile home. Not that there would be any patrolmen on the way. Besides, my wife was cooking supper last night so there was no hurry.
One neighbor was not there, the one that lives between me and Bubba, as he violated Bubba's restraining order the night before and had an intense visit from three sheriff's deputies. This is our crazy neighbor who has spent 7.5 of the last 9 years in the penitentiary for shooting 44 rounds into a different neighbor's RV (a policeman no less) back in 2013. He had incorrectly assumed that the RV was full of cameras and listening devices all aimed at him.
So no progress pictures on any current projects. Let's see what I can find in the archives. This is a couple of Dash9-44CW's from ScaleTrains that I received earlier, making their maiden voyage around the upper level.
David - Just don't read my first paragraph, because it isn't that often that it gets below 40°F here. Maybe 40 days a year!
Enough to remind me that I don't favor colder weather. I generally tolerate it if there is no wind though.
And a final note to
Mike, today is Grace Hopper's 117th birthday. For those who are not familiar,
Mike quotes her in his signature line.
Everybody have a great Saturday and a wonderful weekend.
