santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Absolutely clear and 59°, the stars go on forever. It is totally wet out there though, thanks to that short but intense thunderstorm/hailstorm yesterday afternoon. As I posted yesterday, we received a total of 1.6" of rain in less than 30 minutes, along with a good covering of dime-size hail. My pond overflowed the dam in one spot because the spillway couldn't release the water as fast as it was coming in. That sent a river cascading between the train shed and the garden, into the runoff channel on the north side of the house. No water damage to anything, everything worked as it should have.
Now the upside of yesterday's rain is that the flooded conditions most likely drowned all of the grasshopper nymphs that usually hatch at this time of year. At least I hope so. i did finally get out to check out the garden and didn't notice any hail damage out there. Wish that I had carried the camera with me as I came upon two turtles mating at the pond's edge. They slowly dismounted and slid into the water upon spotting me. They were relatively big, the larger male was about 15" across and the smaller female one was about 12" across.
Yesterday's weekly grocery trek went as planned, I didn't notice any unusual price increases. Gasoline prices in the city had dropped about a nickel a gallon everywhere. Got home and got the car emptied before the rains came.
No train shed time for me yesterday. The river was in the way and by the time that it receded enough to get out there, it was cocktail hour and supper time on the SFW estate. From the archives, a few wild animals on the layout.
Troy - Positive thoughts for your Mom, whatever ails her.
Todd - Ditto, best wishes for Maria.
Guy - I certainly won't let my wife see that Plumeria plant.
Tom O - I like the car pic. I have thought about that so I asked my SIL, who has an electric VW, and he says that the charger locks into his charging port and can't be removed without doing some kind of magic dance.
Swal - I don't often watch train videos, but I have watched many of Jaw Tooth's videos. He makes some interesting ones. I also like many of the ones that afleetcommand posts here on the forum.
Everyone have a great Friday.
Now the upside of yesterday's rain is that the flooded conditions most likely drowned all of the grasshopper nymphs that usually hatch at this time of year. At least I hope so. i did finally get out to check out the garden and didn't notice any hail damage out there. Wish that I had carried the camera with me as I came upon two turtles mating at the pond's edge. They slowly dismounted and slid into the water upon spotting me. They were relatively big, the larger male was about 15" across and the smaller female one was about 12" across.
Yesterday's weekly grocery trek went as planned, I didn't notice any unusual price increases. Gasoline prices in the city had dropped about a nickel a gallon everywhere. Got home and got the car emptied before the rains came.
No train shed time for me yesterday. The river was in the way and by the time that it receded enough to get out there, it was cocktail hour and supper time on the SFW estate. From the archives, a few wild animals on the layout.
Troy - Positive thoughts for your Mom, whatever ails her.
Todd - Ditto, best wishes for Maria.
Guy - I certainly won't let my wife see that Plumeria plant.
Tom O - I like the car pic. I have thought about that so I asked my SIL, who has an electric VW, and he says that the charger locks into his charging port and can't be removed without doing some kind of magic dance.
Swal - I don't often watch train videos, but I have watched many of Jaw Tooth's videos. He makes some interesting ones. I also like many of the ones that afleetcommand posts here on the forum.
Everyone have a great Friday.
