Good Morning All. 72° and mostly cloudy. It's been three days since it last rained!
Just a sausage and cheese omelet this morning Francine, gotta start the outdoor chores early today. First up is removing the pool cover and stashing it for the summer. I'm expecting clear water this year since there are no visible rips in it. I still have about an acre and a half of yard left to mow; I got the toughest areas done yesterday, today is mostly open areas. Still have some mushy area around the pond that I won't do til Monday. I found and transplanted two volunteer oak seedlings yesterday, the result of that damn squirrel not remembering where it buried its acorns. They were growing in the garden!
Good news on the medical front, the cardiologist cleared my wife for the knee replacement surgery, so we'll go see the orthopedic surgeon on Tuesday to formulate a plan. I say do it right away, but she is concerned about being mobile for an already paid for vacation trip with the kids planned for the second week of July.
Thanks everyone for the recent likes and comments.
I did spend a little more time in the train shed yesterday. i did mostly boring stuff like painting a rather large parking lot in front of another distribution center and adding lots of ground foam to various areas. It sure takes a lot of foam to cover 20+ sq ft. While waiting for things to dry, I explored my shelf of unbuilt kits for a project to occupy my time at the workbench. I came up with a very old cardstock and stripwood kit that I bought over twenty years ago for my old layout but that I never assembled. First of all, I didn't realize that it was cardstock when I bought it from an individual at a train show; it was still in the original factory plastic wrapping. Secondly, it was perceived as too daunting and time consuming at the time. It is a model of the Masonic Lodge in Los Angeles. While it won't work in the scene that I am working on now, I have two or three other undeveloped areas that it could fit in. It's from a company known as Classic Miniatures. I have seen a few of their kits on the internet, but they don't seem to still be in existence.
The cardstock itself is .050" thick and will take considerable careful effort to cut and trim some parts. Here's one of the front wall pieces. Three of them are layered together to make the actual wall.
Again, this is going to be a side project to work on while
work modeling proceeds/pauses on my main project.
Chet - The scenery lady at the club does a great job. You need to show more examples of her work, close-ups if possible. I've seen some other photos of her work in the past that you posted.
Looking forward to this three day weekend. I'll give the grill a good workout. Hmmmh! I guess that it won't really be any different than any other day/week/weekend etc., at least for me!
Everybody have a great weekend and remember why we commemorate Memorial Day.