Good Morning All. Cloudy and 62°. Received 0.40" of rain overnight, but the main area of rain was and still is east and southeast of here. Dallas is getting a good rain, but Ft Worth 30 miles west of Dallas is not...it stretches to the Louisiana border and up into Arkansas and Oklahoma. Wish that I had gotten a bit more, but there is still a chance for a few more hours. Temperature today in the upper 60's, tomorrow with the sunshine, mid-80's. Up and down like that for the next 10 days depending on the cloud cover and cold front Monday. Probably more than you wanted to know!
Just an average grocery trek yesterday except the Lululemon's were out in force. Some looked real good. The constant change in gas prices saw a dime drop from last week to $2.79/gal. I had to stop at Home Depot to purchase a new 20 ton hydraulic bottle jack to raise a small part of the house foundation. My old jack was ruined during the tornado last year when the roof/walls to the barn disappeared and it got rained on for several days. I didn't actually recover it until late fall and attempts at salvaging it have not been successful.
I didn't do much out in the train shed yesterday, as I spent some more time in the garden before the expected rain. But I did run the shop vac around the areas that I moved stuff around from under the layout. Of course for the next month or so, I won't remember where some stuff is now at. I also started my next small project from the extensive list of to do stuff.
I had built this DPM kit known as "The Seymour Building" in April of 2022, and temporarily placed it on the layout in downtown Ft Wish. I did window treatments for the second floor but had not determined what type of businesses to put on the ground floor.
It's time to complete it and add figures. I spent a few minutes yesterday cleaning it up a bit, mainly washing windows. I'm looking at maybe a cafe on the left and an appliance dealer on the right. Upstairs is unknown currently. Maybe a residential apartment. I have another one of the same kit elsewhere on the layout, painted differently, with a bar on the left, a men's wear store on the right and a boutique upstairs. I'm looking through the stock of interior pictures that I have printed in the past, to select the right ones. I'll also need to look at signs or I'll have to make something on the computer.
Here's what the other one looks like.
Stay tuned.
Hughie - Looks like the most severe rain missed you. Wife tells me that they're closing businesses in Port Aransas and the surrounding areas. Our son has a beach house there.
Terry - I don't use MSN as my home page, but I generally look at it a couple of times a day. I have gotten used to their "retro" articles although they don't reference them as such.
For those who care, today is Lady Gaga's birthday; I believe that she's 39.
Just started drizzling again, so there is hope! Everybody have a great day.
