Good Morning All. Clear skies and 58° with a new moon overnight. The severe thunderstorms in yesterdays forecast went from 85% chance at 10:00 am, to 20% chance at 2:00 pm, to "
I wonder where they went?" I did get a few sprinkles early in the day, but it wasn't even enough to register in the rain gauge. It barely got my weather rock wet. It eventually got up to 87° here yesterday and we're looking at upper-70's to mid-80's for the next ten days.
Looks like I will be irrigating the garden this morning after I pick some green leafy stuff. I did get all of my tomato cages installed yesterday. I spent part of the morning yesterday rebuilding the shelving above the newly installed tankless water heater. Since I had used some existing electrical wiring, I had to mount it higher on the wall than I wanted and had to move the bottom shelf up by 2".
I'll take a stack of blueberry pancakes and a stack of sausage patties this morning Flo.
Thanks for the likes and comments yesterday regarding the layout tour;
Jerome, Joe, Patrick, Karl, Sherrel, Guy, Louis, James, Chad, Garry, Bob, Mikey, Curt, Paul, Chet, Hughie, Tom, Ricky, Ken.
The train shed is surviving the self-quarantine situation rather well. No Covid-19 cases yet recorded out there. Here's a shot of the base of the U at the end of the aisle. Please ignore the invisible backdrop.
The cannery in the center is a Walther's kit, the large storage tank is from Rix. My long range plan is to make a corrugated metal pickling plant from Pikestuff walls, and place it behind that Railbox boxcar.
The bicycle repair shop posted yesterday is on the right. Next to it is the Clipper Mill Plumbing Supply, an older LifeLike kit.
Headed south layout-wise, we next come to McSoreley's Old Ale House. Pictures are all staged elsewhere for this tour.
I spent a couple of days detailing an interior scene for this establishment, sadly it cannot be seen especially since it is on the lower level.
Sorry for the blurry picture. I'll try to get a better one.
Out back, Patches the cat lounges on top of an old barrel.
On the roof, McSoreley's daughter and a friend are taking in some sun.
Here is how it fits in with the area that I just completed recently. That's the tannery along the backdrop and Dolly's Confectionery across the tracks. The unfinished scrapyard is across the road.
Joe -
I did spend some time down in the train room yesterday, primarily looking for stuff lost in plain sight.
I know the feeling. I looked for a package of forklifts for almost thirty minutes yesterday. Just bought them in January and haven't found them yet.
Bob - I see that you are posting pictures for
Ray down under!
Hughie - That's surprising that gas is $1.39/gal in the Houston area, amongst all of those refineries. Our supply comes through a pipeline from Midland. $0.99/gal isn't everywhere around here, some name brand stations, especially Shell are quite a bit more.
Across the pond, today is St. George's Day, a national holiday in England. I don't know whether or not it is celebrated in the rest of the Commonwealth.
Guy, Ray?
Everybody here in the colony have a great day.
