Good Morning All. 49° and clear. Will be a cool one today with the high maybe reaching 70°. Planted the spring garlic crop yesterday; it grows through the winter in this planting zone. I also stacked up all of the firewood that I cut Saturday. Looks like I have a bit over half of our normal winter needs ready to go.
Out in the train shed, I painted some more Preiser figures partly to clear the workbench a bit and also because I am in that mode right now. Been looking at an area a scale 165' x 200' to develop next. Another similar sized area next to it is already half of an industrial park contained within a "turnback loop". Have to leave room for a road, two RR sidings and two industries about 45' wide each. The industries will have to be made out of modular components (Pikestuff) or sheet styrene (concrete tilt-wall maybe). Meanwhile I cleared out about 20 freight cars that have been stored there so I can better envision the space.
Thanks for the ongoing comments regarding the museum pictures,
Chet,
Garry,
Curt and anybody else that I may have missed. That Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum in Jackson MS is really a great place to visit. There are many other exhibits besides the three model railroad layouts. The HO scale one that I have been posting really is detailed. I wish that some of the pictures that I haven't posted came out better, but that plexiglass wall does inhibit photo-ops.
Johnny - No, never been to the Dr. Pepper plant. I'm not a regular soft drink imbiber, but you are right that DP is one of the better ones. Nice workbench, mine once looked like that at the end of it's first day of existence. Pondering businesses and industries here also, I estimate that I have 100+ sq ft left to fill in, although I do have a number of structures filling in space while I am still imagineering.
Terry - Fuzzy dice
and a "dancing hula girl" on the rear window deck! Both still available brand new today!
Curt - Time to vote for a new school board.
Sherrel -
4:25 PM and it is 102 - down from a high of 103! Humidity at 5 %.
Man, at least it is a dry heat!!!
Looks like you got the picture download to work. Nice shot of your backyard.
No pictures today as I didn't have time to review what's left, but there are more that I just have to sort through.
Everybody have a great day.
Willie