Good morning everyone.

Jim, thanks for the coffee and I'll wait for everyone else to show and go to The Greeks.

Another +90 day here and still no rain.

The dog and I did the most strenuous hike we've done so far.
Very rocky and steep.
Looked like I had jumped in a pool when we got done.
Haven't made any plans for today.

Have a great day everyone.

Morning Jim, Rick and other crew members joining,

Estate sales are great for getting items you never thought you'd get. However, sad to see a life time collection is being sold off.

I'm going to try and update a few threads. Have a great day ya'll.

Tom

Good morning, Jim, Rick and crew. It's another day in the 90's, so we're going for a walk before it gets too hot.

The grass is growing and hot or not, needs cut. Not sure about the rest of the day, but whatever, it'll be indoor activities.

George

Good morning from St. Louis. Thank you for opening, Jim.

I’ll be heading home in a couple hours from a day of NMRA meetings. It’s about a nine hour drive. No modeling.

Have a good one.

Mike

Another hot day today, but whole grain chocolate chip pancakes and a side of bacon make good compensation,

Good show yesterday in Strasburg - good attendance and rather decent sales (hurray!). Got until Oct to refill/restock the tubs for the next show to clear out yet more from under foot.

But today is accounting and recovery mode - drive back was painful in parts - the DC Beltway never disappoints in being giver of pain and frustration even if you know the alternate routes about the worse of it.


So it goes.....

Good morning Guys, and all incoming crew. Thanks for opening up the lounge Jim. Coffee, it is the best way as we all know to start off the day.

80 degrees, and sunny here in Rhode Island today. Going to be in the 90's by noon I guess.

Not sure what today will bring for me. I'll have to play it by ear again today. NP #6 Shop Loco in stall mode at the moment.

Everyone have a great, safe and healthy day. I'll see you all on the RR-L Forum.

74 and 100 the low point overnight temp/humid, steadily climbing back up today with the threat/promise of rain chances. Viewing the radar it looks wet on the W side of the Lake Michigan. It was quite stifling yesterday in the sun.

The Doll was home early from the “Art Fair” flushed and grumbling. Late day check in with the daughter selling there indicates she sold very well for a first timer.

I did some Photoshop Elements experiments, tripped over the process of adding a logo to a photo, successfully making it happen but not totally understanding how. Repeatability the new task.

Much like George, my weed patch needs a pass from the mowing machine, since I don’t have sheep, I guess that leaves it up to me. Sometime later. The buckhorn and clover are enjoying the rain we had this week.

NASCAR is here in Michigan this weekend. With the weather looking testy, I’m not missing that madness. Used to be what I planned my whole life around, weeks of testing shortcuts and back routes into the track, 2-3 trips to the track over the weekend and scanner tuning and camera prep. First trip to MIS was a Mother’s Day road race in 68 or 69, in rain and mud..dozens of races, NASCAR, CART, Indycar and ARCA over the years. Sending off for tickets as early as possible to assure the next year was fixed..Indy 500, better get the check in the mail the 31st of May for next year or kiss your seat goodbye. Well, what this has to do with trains? Got me…

Enjoy the day everyone, hydrate and stay cool. Eggs and American fries at the Greeks sound good to me. Rick, the van ride won’t be up to your standards, but hang on!

L8R KSinMI

Good morning Jim and Crew. The over 100 degree heat index yesterday kept me in and out of the train room and the pool. I have an umbrella, so could the Van pick me up at the driveway entrance? Last night Terry was watching the news without her hearing aids so the volume was very loud. From the train room I heard the TV weather guesser say the rain would start around 1AM and continue with some severity until 6PM Sunday evening. It started raining by 11 and I don’t believe it has stopped yet. Almost 3” in the manual rain gauge. The guesser this morning says another 3-5” coming before this event ends. Well we did need the rain!

The pool and the train room are the only things on my agenda due to the heavy rains and Sunday being a day of independence here anyway. I finished 4 of the 7 cars I wanted to finish weathering.

enjoy the day
TomO

We got back last night from 9 days in Austria (Vienna, Salzburg) and Germany (Munich). Weather there was hot, too! So that slowed us down (in addition to old age mobility...) Still, it was a good trip, even if several museums we wanted to see in Munich were closed for renovations. I went 0-2 in my bucket list goal of seeing all the Vermeers. But I bet both of those paintings are being packed up for the big Vermeer show in Amsterdam this winter. We took advantage of the "EUR 9 everywhere in Germany for a month" rail pass for local transportation in Munich, including our trip to the airport. We could have used that to go from Salzburg to Munich, if we took a regional train. But that's OK, it was fun to be in 1st class on two different train lines (West Rail Vienna to Salzburg, DB from Salzburg to Munich.)

dave

A late "good morning" to the entire crew. It is 81 and very humid here in S.E. Michigan. Rain supposedly arriving late this afternoon.

I mowed the front lawn yesterday and the rest can wait.

Some reading and some modeling is the plan.

Have a great day!