Good Morning All. Clear skies and a chilly 41° this morning. Aiming for the mid-60's again today. Yesterday's wind finally dried up all of the remaining standing water about the yard. If this summer isn't as hot as last summer, maybe I'll be able to redefine the shallow drainage channels that I had planned to do last year.
Once again this morning will start with household chores, as I ran the dishwasher overnight. Later today I should be able to go out to the garden and "mud-in" the remaining onion sets. I am going to plant a few Radish seeds in our large planter box next to the back porch. They're quick growers and will be out of the way by mid-March in time for my wife to plant her ornamental stuff around the first of April. Our Perennial herbs in there survived the week of single-digit temperatures, although all of the top growth on the Oregano died. The roots have already sent up many new shoots.
All of the postings regarding airplanes and vultures reminds me of this: How come vultures don't take planes? Answer below.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I worked on two ongoing projects. I continued with the inspection and cleaning of freight cars, and only had to clean wheels on 2 of the 30+ that I went through. Over at the cemetery, I finished drilling all of the fence post holes and mapped out the placement of the stone pillars along the front fence. Since this is a small cemetery, the only vehicle allowed inside is going to be the hearse, which I don't have yet (if I ever get one). All visitors will use the head-in parking between the road and the front fence.
I didn't take pictures since it is still uninteresting, so it is back to the archives. Y'all seem to like the photosets of trains running through the layout, so here is another one.
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Tom O -
Birds of a feather, flock together. Jeff Bezos?
Terry -
Did that about two weeks ago to no avail. His name is the same as the lead singer of a famous 60's surf band, and I just get info on his current tour. I don't really care that much except for the welfare of the Texas Longhorns roaming the pasture. For now, they should be OK since they have access to the fancy lake, and have about 20 acres to graze on, but they will soon need some hay to supplement the winter grasses that they will overgraze. And most likely, the two older cows will be calving soon. No one out here has addresses posted on their property, so that won't work!
Grizzled - I don't expect my neighborhood count to go up at all during my lifetime. We're a tight little friendly group with the exception of one crazy guy. The folks who seem to have moved elsewhere are more than a quarter mile down the road and they are the only ones for more than a mile after that. Other than our small cluster of 6 households on 80 acres, the closest neighbors to the north are 1 1/2 miles away.
Swal - Rock & Roll has always been a passion with me. It's the main reason that I have to wear hearing aids today. I have over 2000 credits on Wikipedia regarding various artists/songs/albums. Add to that, over 80,000 mp3's in the computer, also backed up on a storage drive.
Babe Ruth was born on this day in 1895. No I never saw him.
Answer: Vultures don't take planes because they don't allow carrion luggage.
Everybody have a great day.