Good Morning All. 39° and rain/drizzle this morning. Just over 0.3" overnight and it will end soon. Won't warm up much today, maybe 42°. Slowly warming up after that into the 60's by Friday for at least a week according to the current forecast. Daughter came by and picked up the granddog yesterday, to the great relief of Fluffy the cat. Convinced my wife to postpone the tax office trip until today so I could get some more outdoor tasks done before the rain. Since it is a distance away (everything is a distance away for us here), we'll go to the local farm supp;y store and the German butcher shop while we're there. Maybe we'll drive by her former employer's and send them a hand sign. She did decide to retire this year finally. She turns 70 next month.
I'll have some of that sausage, bacon and cheese omelet this morning Flo, and a piece of your homemade crumb cake to finish things off.
Thanks for the comments and likes yesterday on my cleanup/layout tour progress;
Johnny, Justin, Jerome, Phil, Bill, Chet, Sherrel, Patrick, Hughie, Tom, Garry, Ken, Bob.
I continued the track/layout maintenance out in the train shed yesterday; all of the main line, passing siding, and the first four industry spurs in the designated layout section are cleaned and vacuumed. All stray parts were retrieved from the ROW, All that I found was a Kadee coupler spring and a green stirrup from a BN freight car. I have three difficult to reach spurs left to do, all requiring structure removal for easier access. Another reason that I don't fasten structures down. Next in line along that wall, are two farms. The first is unfinished right now, as I got frustrated making the fence at the time that I originally started.
The house and barn are both American Model Builders Laser Kits, known as "139 Maple Street" and "Loft Barn" respectively. The other structures are from a Plasticville kit and the windmill is half of the discontinued Watlther's Van Dyke Farm Windmill kit. Tractor is from Athearn. I would like to make this the next part of the layout that I finish because it is in between two already completed scenes. I also intend to fix the unsightly cracks that are in the plywood backdrop within the next few weeks. There's a lot on the "round tuit" list.
Across the road is Stallings Horse Ranch, named after some friends who raise horses.
The barn is yet another American Model Builders kit simply known as "Feed Barn". The house is a cardstock model that I downloaded from the Illinois Historical Society website many years ago. It's supposed to represent Abe Lincoln's childhood home.
Here's a closeup of the barrel racing practice taking place in the corral.
Ken - Somehow I missed your post Monday. Great progress on the road and surrounding areas.
Hughie - I know the feeling about the LHS here in Texas. I used to have one about 25 miles away that was sort of on my way home from work, but the owner retired in 2015. Now I have to go 65 miles to Discount Model Railroads in Addison TX. Fortunately they are located within five miles of both of my daughter's homes, so I go see my grandkids when I go there, or go there when I see the grandkids. As their name indicates, they are a discounter with almost everything 20% off MSRP, which makes them competitive with most online retailers. In addition I get to put my hands on the product right then and there.
So, wondering whatever happened to
Dave Banta (logandsawman). Last word was that he was moving again. That was around Labor Day. Hope that all is well.
Another thing, what is more boring, Megxit; or Brexit?
Have a great day.