Good Morning All. Cloudy and now 53°. Weather radar from two different sources show that it's raining here, but my weather rock says no. I doubt that it will get as warm as the NWS says, due to the cloud cover; maybe upper 60's at best. Low 80's later in the week.
Had a rather lazy day yesterday after the late morning doctor visit. No changes in health or medications. He did prescribe a cream for a rash that's developing on the side of my right knee, I hadn't even noticed it but my wife spotted it on Wednesday. She likes my body to be perfect! Despite the early morning outside temperatures in the low-40's the past few days, I still haven't brought out the blue jeans since it's been pleasantly sunny with no wind. I did do some push mowing later in the garden to begin the fall cleanup.
As usual, no trick or treaters last night. Not sure what I would give them if they did come. Everyone at my doc's office was decked out in their Halloween costumes except the doctor himself. Then again at the pharmacy. I didn't recognize the owners mother who always manages the checkout.
Not sure what might be on the agenda today; depends on whether it really rains or not. There are lots of choices of tasks, mowing, cutting already downed trees, splitting firewood or brush removal. I did note yesterday that there were a couple of small fallen branches from the intense wind earlier in the week, under some trees bordering the hayfield.
Granddog has not been her usual self on this visit. I don't think that there is anything wrong, just not an ordinary visit. In the past she generally came into our bedroom and slept on the floor there at night. She has been spending the nights in the living room on her doggie bed this time. It's not the same one that my daughter usually brings with her, so maybe it's her favorite one. It does look new. The dog is spoiled. At home she has 4 beds. One in the living room in front of the floor to ceiling window, so she can watch the neighborhood dog walkers, walkers, squirrels, cars and joggers go by. A second one in the den, a third one in the master bedroom and another one in the game room. She used to also have one outside on the covered patio, but they decided that it was not necessary.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I made progress on the two projects that I am working on, I got the fourth wall glued into the Hydrocal structure, but I needed to clamp it into place overnight, since something is slightly warped. There is a gap of approximately 1/64" at the top on one side. I believe that the Walther's Goo will hold it in place. If not, some Testor's Putty will have to be used. I am looking forward to the next step of painting the walls. That's where a real difference can be made to set it above a plastic structure.
I also finished painting the handrails on the GP9U. Looks good from 3', or when moving. I still need to paint the horns, but beer drinking took over by that time. Thanks Tom O for the suggestion regarding the alcohol pre-paint. Unfortunately by the time that I read it, only the fireman's side short hood rail was left to do. My results while better, still needed a second coat, but it might be because of the craft paint that I am using. I'll be trying it again on the horns.
I didn't take any pictures of either one yesterday, so I'll show the progress later.
Mac - Great picture of BNSF 4062. It's really clean there also. Did you take it? Pretty far east for such a clean machine. It does resemble the quality of the photos that you take.
Chad - I guess that my doc missed your call, because he saw me less than 5 minutes after the appointment time. And that's because he had to wait on the nurse to do the weigh-in, BP check and other stuff. It's one of the long list of reasons that I like him, always on time. Especially since his office stopped seeing walk-in patients when the great Covid scare started up. He also ignored the mask mandate well before our governor issued an executive order ending it in Texas.
Besides being All Saints Day, singer Anthony Kiedis of The Red Hot Chili Peppers is 63 today.
Everyone have a super Saturday.
kickin boots) under the gown. Wifey was the only "normal" one!
