Good Morning All. 38° and clear. I know it's clear because I stepped out on to the back porch, beautiful sunrise coming up to the east. I believe we have tied the record low for this date. I did start a fire in the heater last night and let it burn out overnight. It was over 90° outside two days ago.
I ended up adding the spices to the chili yesterday, so I left out the cayenne. Acceptable to my wife so all is good. Froze half and we'll still get two more meals out of the unfrozen half. One of which will be beef enchiladas.
Mexican omelet with lots of spicy salsa this morning, Flo. Throw in a few sausage links on the side along with that big glass of OJ.
Thanks for all of the likes and comments on the pictures of the main drag in Vernon yesterday;
Louis, Lee, Chad, Clint, Jerome, Sherrel, Justin, Garry, Joe, Chet, Curt, Tom.
Here's a couple of shots of the downtown area of Maultown, the next town south of Vernon. This is a pretty much stock built Walther's Merchant's Row V. I have since had to glue the warped base to the layout.
The three townhouses on the left are all DPM kits and the structure on the right is a Smalltown kit called Helen's Country Kitchen, which I re-christened as Rudy's BBQ.
So out in the train shed yesterday, once again I only ran trains. I decided late that I am ready for some more modeling or scenery work today. I knew that the period of disinterest wouldn't last long.
Lee - The funeral home looks great, it has seen better days though. Looks like the local gangster took revenge with his machine gun!
Chad - 57° inside. And my family thought I was cruel at 65°. However I heat with only a wood burning stove and it can heat the room it's in by 10° in 20 minutes or so, and the adjoining rooms in about 45 minutes. We still used the A/C on Thursday and looking at the forecast we'll use it at least five of the next ten days.
Sherrel - Your traffic mishap reminds me of an incident I had about 20 years ago. No damage whatsoever to my car and the other driver had an already battered bumper. Turns out that we both had the same insurance company and they compared photos from his previous incident (uninsured motorist) and concluded that he didn't replace the bumper after their previous check to him and they denied his claim against me.
Chet - I knew that you were a smoker, but didn't realize that you had quit. Kudos to you and I wish you much success in quitting. You'll save a lot of money as an added bonus. Adding weight is a whole lot easier than losing it. While I haven't added any since retiring, I haven't lost more than ten pounds. Would like to lose 30 more though.
Mikey - Beef is king in Texas BBQ. I like pulled pork just as well, first tried it in Tennessee about 25 years ago at a place in Jackson. I make my own, last week as a matter of fact. In the last five years or so, many BBQ joints around here have added it to their menus.
Phil - Good to see you here again.
Today may or may not be Columbus Day in your area, or it may be Monday if you're a federal employee!
Everybody have a great day.