Good Morning Everyone. 42° and clear. Another very pleasant day in store for us here, low 70's for a high. Mundane day yesterday with the usual household chores, spackled nailheads and joints in the new bathroom wall, went for two walks since it was so nice, took along a plastic sack on one of them and picked up roadside litter and continued leaf removal in the yard. Treated ourselves to supper with another couple at our sorta local Italian restaurant, Pellegrino's again
Sherrel.
Thanks for all of the comments regarding yesterday's pictures,
Chet,
Curt,
Louis and anyone else that I may have missed.
Here's another one.
Patio walls are DPM cornices, smoker/grill is bits of sprue, wire and scrap styrene with smoke made from stretched cotton. Looks like I need to file the bottom of one of the flower pots a bit. I have not yet completed the vegetation along the fence or tracks. This is a "test-fit" to see how I like it. I think that I also need to add a dog to this mini-scene. Eventually there will be six of these scenes in this area along the track.
Elsewhere in the train shed, at the workbench to be specific, I completed the drilling and added/painted the grab irons on that BN freight car. Coupler replacement and re-numbering comes next. The re-numbering might be a challenge since I have to remove numbers from between two horizontal lines. Add to that that the end numbers are black printed on the white excessive height warning band. I already have dry transfers for both.
Mark - That's interesting about banking the house with snow. Makes perfect sense, never possible here as even a foot of snow only lasts a few days.
Garry - Good luck with the future dental work. My last visit will be December 3 to have the temporary crowns replaced with permanent ones, then it's just routine cleanings after that. I have protested the fact that I have to pay full price for cleaning when over half of my teeth are artificial, either crowns or implants. They just polish them!
Chet - Plastic couplers are scheduled for replacement as I rework the car. That was just an out of the box photo. An overnight soaking in the "Blacken-It" didn't change the wheels much, just dulled them a bit so either my stuff is outdated or these wheels are impermeable.
I see that "CRS" has struck again. Happens to me quite often.
Ray - Yes I am aware of the little packet taped to the back of the Walther's cars. I've had a number of them before (mostly tankers), this is actually my second one of this model, hence the need to change the number, I like this high-cube boxcar and ATSF interchanged a whole lot of traffic with BN so it fits well with the rest of the layout.
Glad to read that you're out of harm's way for now.
Greg - My gardening season starts in late January with the planting of onions, peas, greens and some root veggies. Frost-free date is March 22. Harvest starts in late March through early June. Only a few things survive through summer like sweet potatoes, okra and peanuts. Planting begins anew in September for many short-season things like summer squash and greens. I'm actually growing something 12 months a year with garlic being planted in mid-October for May harvest. I have sometimes picked tomatoes and peppers on Thanksgiving, maybe two out of ten years. I like being outdoors and gardening is a good excercise for me. Do I save money? Probably some. Do I eat healthy, tasty, fresh organic produce most of the year? Yes, although some is canned or frozen when I harvest.
Great weathering on the ATSF boxcar.
Louis -
Willie, I am amazed at how much you are able to accomplish. Bathroom work is as hard as it gets when working in the house. Even properly cleaning the bathroom is challenging for me! Not to mention all the other work you do. you should be very proud of yourself.
It's all in the pacing. Interspersing easy stuff like laundry or washing dishes with more physically challenging stuff like cutting firewood works for me. I limit the harder stuff like chainsaw madness to 45 minute time increments to avoid fatigue. Bathroom remodel stops if I bend three nails or cut one board wrong; eliminates frustration. I take a break from mowing when the beer bottle is empty! Afternoons only!
I have twelve boards left to apply to the bathroom walls, but they are all within 12" of the floor, so I have to basically lay down to properly see and install them. I'll get a few done and then stand and do spackling or sanding for a few minutes before bending/stooping and getting up and down again.
Amazon knows exactly where we are at all times.
Actually a good use of the "big brother" technology.
Everybody have a great day.
