Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 67°. Humidity is 93%, a bit high. Awakened overnight by a passing thunderstorm that wasn't in the forecast. Should be hitting
Johnny about now. Left .4" in the rain gauge. Strong storms are in the forecast for tonight starting around 6:00. Oooops! That's about the time that they are supposed to deliver the new super-sized screen TV for my wife.
Good morning Flo, I'll take ham and eggs this morning.
My two grandsons are coming this afternoon for a few days, that will be enjoyable. Might hit 100° tomorrow and Friday, so they'll be in the pool a lot. Today, only a muggy 95° after last night's rain. Finally went to the tax office yesterday and picked up the temporary "handicapped" parking pass that my wife should have gotten a month ago, but she failed to mention it to me until yesterday. We went to eat at a restaurant in Denton last night, but all of their handicapped spaces were full so it did us no good. It was half price bottle of wine night, so all of us old farts were there.
Thanks for the likes and comments regarding the service stations yesterday;
Jerome, Sherrel, Patrick, Phil, Dave, Curt, Ken, Garry, Mark.
One additional bar, although not the last one. This is a favorite of mine because it reminds me of the places that my Dad took me when I was a kid growing up in Brooklyn back in the 50's. It's in the middle of a Downtown Deco hydrocal kit that I have posted before. Affectionally known as Archie's Place. It is truly reminiscent of an older neighborhood bar in a city.
Out in the train shed, progress continued. Did some work on the Masonic Lodge. It was mainly trim work, gluing stripwood together before mounting it and added some plastic castings to the walls. Cut out some additional ones to add after I glue the trim in place.
There's 60 of these to add.
Johnny - Nice engine house scene. Looking forward to the additional scenery when you get to it.
Sherrel -
Nice photos from all - like the gas stations, Willie - but way too clean?
I agree, they are both on the "round tuit" list. I'm mostly concentrating on getting wide swaths of plywood covered right now. Although after the current peninsula project is done, I plan to hit a couple of "mini" projects around the layout. That damn throttle keeps getting in the way though.
Patrick - In this area, many service stations like Al's Victory did indeed convert into car lots when self service convenience store gas started catching on. Although many stations of this type lasted well into the 80's, especially in neighborhoods.
Chad - Welcome to the Coffee Shop. Neat pictures, thanks for posting them.
Curt - Good to read that the surgery went as planned.
Ray - The MRL boxcars really stand out around here in the sea of ATSF/BN/BNSF freight cars. I always take note.
Ken - Prayers and thoughts for the success of your impending surgery. Regarding the layout, what a decision to make, proceed with scenery or have another operating session.
Phil - Our current weather situation is beginning to resemble yours with these almost daily thunderstorms.
Terry - We're running neck in neck with rainfall this month, after our way over average of 12" in May. On the bright side, despite the mosquitoes that attack my wife, it has drowned all of the tiny grasshoppers which bodes well for vegetation later this year.
Today is Juneteenth, a popular celebration around here. While it has been around for over 150 years, it has been a Texas state holiday since 1980. It commemorates the day slavery was abolished in Texas in 1865. When I was younger (30 - 55), I would attend some of the local Dixieland Jazz and Blues festivals going on in collaboration with the day. They were usually held in conjunction with BBQ cook-offs.
Everybody have a great and dry day if you can.
