SeeYou190 gmpullman One of my favorite railroad depots. That is a beauty Ed. Slow day in the Diner for sure. HELLLLOOOOOO Is there anyone out there? -Kevin
gmpullman One of my favorite railroad depots.
That is a beauty Ed.
Slow day in the Diner for sure.
-Kevin
Went to i-Doctor. New lenses prescribed. Houor long trip ran to over three hours. Hade it back to the monastery in time for my haircut. Even so the barber had to wait for me to come home. He comes out on occasional Tuesdays to give us all free haircuts. His gift to the monks.
Now, then, Today... While the Blossoms still cling to the vine...
I might read a book, I might play with the computator, or I might sleep. Sleep is always fugn sincce I get so little of it at night as witness the fackt thatt I am sitting here playuing with the 'puter and have been doing so for more than two hours!
Oh Whale!
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Some people claim that there is poverty in the United States.
Despite whatt must be bone crushing poverty, I have alwqays been amazed that people living in such places seem to have a smile. Note however the satellite dishes atop the 'structures'. Ergo they must have electricity although running water remains a question.
BroadwayLionI have alwqays been amazed that people living in such places seem to have a smile
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and coffee, please.
It's good to be home. It's always fun to leave town, and it's always fun to return home. Had a nice trip and got to see a lot of the country.
I haven't read through all the posts -- it looks like that will take me a while. With the number of cats in the photos, the diner shouldn't have any rodent problems.
Today it's warm enough to start some outdoor projects. I guess the layout will have to wait.
I did run some trains last night on my new tracks. Earlier, I had run just locomotives and everything was great. Now I added some rolling stock, and found several track issues. Nothing serious, but it's good to find the problems before I go too far.
I hope everyone has a great day today.
York1 John
Morning
Fiddler's here, just not moving too quickly lately.
My mining horseshoe scenery started a week ago, I was really into working on but got put on the back burner. The other side affect of these two sets of antibiotics may cause drowsiness. Haven't felt like doing much of anything but sleeping lately.
The Doc said the upper stomach ache is quite a common adjustment phase to the medication and should go away on it's own. I called when Lion and Maxman suggested they have something for that. The Doc said to let him know if it doesn't go away in a day or two. Well, It did
Just laying low. If the pills don't start doing the trick soon, the next step is to be admitted and hooked up to IV's continuing the liquid diet. Don't want any part of that! I'd rather be hungry dealing with pain at home then locked up in the Clink. If it does come to that, you guys may have to bust me out of there
Oh what I wouldn't give for a hearty hunk of the Bears rack-of-lamb or a thick slab of the Lions rare wildebeest right now.....
Have a happy hump day gentlemen
TF
Track fiddlerIf it does come to that, you guys may have to bust me out of there Oh what I wouldn't give for a hearty hunk of the Bears rack-of-lamb or a thick slab of the Lions rare wildebeest right now
That's the way it always seems to be. Have someone tell you you can't eat something, and that's when you can't quit thinking about how good it would be.
My wife and I get a colonoscopy every five years. For the day before, you aren't allowed to eat anything. That is the day I can't quit thinking about cheeseburgers, supreme pizzas, and spaghetti.
Good luck, TF! I hope this is over soon for you.
Train watching is so exciting these days
The Long Line by Craig Sanders, on Flickr
I don't think I've taken a train photo out in the real world in the past ten years...
Cheers, Ed
hon30critterI love your 'The World is a Wonderful Place' photos. They are always beautiful, and calm and relaxing.
Thanks Dave.
I have a few thousand good pictures I have taken over decades as a nature photographer enthusiast. If I share one per day, I might get through most of them. However, I keep making more.
I know a few are similar, and it can seem repetitive at times, but every one I have shared has been a different image.
Living the dream.
How did this beautiful, glazed terra cotta service station escape the "urban modernization" craze?
Dunkle's Gulf by Brandon Bartoszek, on Flickr
It is in Bedford, Penna.
gmpullman How did this beautiful, glazed terra cotta service station escape the "urban modernization" craze? Dunkle's Gulf by Brandon Bartoszek, on Flickr It is in Bedford, Penna. Cheers, Ed
This would make beautiful model. Besides the visual appeal, it has a relatively small footprint. Moreover, you could use it for layouts modeling the 1920s until today, just by adapting the gas pumps.
DrWMoreover, you could use it for layouts modeling the 1920s until today, just by adapting the gas pumps.
Aye!
Dunkle-Gulf-Station by Edmund, on Flickr
I like that little pot-bellied tire hose reel off to the left
More photos here: https://www.loc.gov/item/pa3961/
Somebody left the keys in the fighter jet again...
Refuel_Bear by Edmund, on Flickr
Good Evening,
Our cool weather continues but at least we didn't get the snow forecast for last night.
TF, hope those meds are doing their job. My wife developed an abdominal infection after some minor surgery and was on intravenious antibiotics every 8 hours. We had to go to the emerg dept for that. Be careful as abdominal infections can get dangerous.
I did a silly thing and added up what we have spent on birdseed in the past month. Ukraine is one of the largest sunflower seed sources in the world and supply is getting very short and expensive. I picked up 4 20lb bags today at $50/bag. That might last a week.
Made an offer on a Hornby Princess Elizabeth loco with the gold plating but it was rejected. Shipping costs from the UK are very high at about $60 which sure adds to the price. I like the loco and wanted something to commemorate the Queen too. At school from grades 1-9 we started the day singing Oh Canada and finished it singing God Save The Queen.
Time for tea and tellie. We recorded the Sanditon series on PBS.
CN Charlie
Small world. I know the guy that took the photo of the gulf station
The World Is A Beautiful Place
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
I have the next two days off, and I am going to do my best to get the walls textured in the living room by the time I go to bed on Friday.
CNCharlieI did a silly thing and added up what we have spent on birdseed in the past month. Ukraine is one of the largest sunflower seed sources in the world and supply is getting very short and expensive. I picked up 4 20lb bags today at $50/bag. That might last a week.
Hi CNCharlie,
We buy our sunflower seed from the local coop. The last time we bought it we paid about $50.00 for a 50 lb. bag. I hesitate to see what the next one will cost!
You are to be admired for your dedication to feeding the birds. The North American bird population has declined by hundreds of millions of birds over the past couple of decades. Their habitats are being destroyed and their food supplies are being reduced. Your efforts are pushing that decline back.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Someone is a very good photographer! : )
SeeYou190 The World Is A Beautiful Place -Photograph by Kevin Parson I have the next two days off, and I am going to do my best to get the walls textured in the living room by the time I go to bed on Friday. -Kevin
Good morning
gmpullman Dunkle's Gulf by Brandon Bartoszek, on Flickr
CNCharlie TF, hope those meds are doing their job. My wife developed an abdominal infection after some minor surgery and was on intravenious antibiotics every 8 hours. We had to go to the emerg dept for that. Be careful as abdominal infections can get dangerous.
Thanks Charlie, I certainly hope so too. Been trying to remain positive not to dwell on the seriousness of it. With exception of doing everything I'm advised, I've been keeping my sense of humor as the outcome is basicly out of my hands. Hopefully everything pans out well
Make it a great day gentlemen
It's sad to have to point this out, but please check with the bird authorities in your area for advice on feeding wild birds. In some regions, they are advising people not to feed birds at feeders, because that concentrates the population and makes them subject to bird flu infections.
It's a bad time for our feathered friends. Their habitat has been taken from them. Our region raises a lot of chickens, so those high concentrations of birds are subject to infection. At the same time, people are building summer homes near the beach, many unoccupied for most of the year, but woods and fields have become permanent lawns and asphalt.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good morning, everyone.
Lots of outdoor work today, so there probably won't be any bridge-building on the layout.
Ed, that intermodal train would be exciting out here where I live. Our sixty trains a day are of two kinds -- full coal trains heading east and empty coal trains heading west.
Kevin, I always enjoy your photos -- your expert train layout photos or your interesting landscapes. I have never spent the time or the effort to get the kind of photos you post here.
Charlie, I haven't done like you and switched to shelled sunflower seeds. I still buy the 40 pound bags of in-the-shell seeds. Our bags say they are a product of North Dakota. Not sure if that's where they are grown or if that's where the seeds are packaged. Maybe Lion knows if ND grows sunflowers.
TF, hope you feel better.
Speaking of gas stations and historic building sites.
My favorite gas station was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and a historical marker in Cloquet, Minnesota.
I make it a point to stop there anytime we take an extended weekend get-away to Duluth.
Frank Lloyd Wright, one of my favorite architects, was ahead of his time and designed a whole city by the name of Broadacres that unfortunately never happened.
I've often thought how I'd like to see what's under the outer facing of the cantilever to see how it ticks.
Built in 1958 is quite a fascinating design considering the cantilever subjected to deflection from high winds and storms since then. It seems no wonder the glass in the observation room has never broke or cracked points to superb structural engineering.
Good Morning,
Dave, we buy the shelled sunflower birdseed so it is more expensive. We do it to cut down on the mess in the yard. When we first started feeding birds we had a mess of sunflower shells in the shrubs, beds and lawn. I had to use an old shopvac to get them up which eventually killed rhe vac.
Mr. B, Yes alerts have been issued about the spread of avian flu. It is mainly in waterfowl and raptors but not songbirds. We clean our feeders every night, some go in the dishwasher, others are washed in a tub with hot soapy water. Dirty feeders are the risk and as most people don't clean them every 48 hours, there have been notices to take down feeders. If we did that now the hundreds of birds coming to us would starve due to the very late spring. The Redpolls should have gone up north by now and I expect they will be gone in a week or two.
I see Bear now has a dirigible. That should cut his fuel consumption.
Have a few errands to run today before we get hit with another Colorado low which means rain for 2 days. At least it won't be the 24" of snow the western part of the province is expecting.
York1Ed, that intermodal train would be exciting out here where I live. Our sixty trains a day are of two kinds -- full coal trains heading east and empty coal trains heading west.
Akkording to BNSF parlance that would be Coal East and Hoppers West.
We get coal and hoppers, we also get Frack Sand, Oil Cars (Tankers laid up), Ethanol Cars, (Empty in, Loads out) and Corn Hoppers (Loads in Empty out)
The Frosted Flakes are just a teaser... We do not get them here at the Abbey.
John and Lion:
Thank you for the compliments on my landscape photography. I have been very blessed to have a wife that does not get mad when I stop every five minute to take another picture of the same rock formation "just from a different angle", or sit and wait an hour "for the light to get better".
She even listened to me rant for a whole day once when I drove past so much beautiful scenery to get to the Rocky Mountains National Park, only to have the conditions so bad in the park that photography was almost impossible.
My favorite photography subject was always my daughters. These poor kids spent way too many hours being subjects for my hobby.
-Photographs by Kevin Parson
Now that they are all adults, I concentrate on landscapes.
I very often try, and fail, to photograph birds. They simply just refuse to sit still while I frame the perfect shot. Trees are much more cooperative subjects.
York1 Track fiddler If it does come to that, you guys may have to bust me out of there Oh what I wouldn't give for a hearty hunk of the Bears rack-of-lamb or a thick slab of the Lions rare wildebeest right now My wife and I get a colonoscopy every five years. For the day before, you aren't allowed to eat anything. That is the day I can't quit thinking about cheeseburgers, supreme pizzas, and spaghetti. Good luck, TF! I hope this is over soon for you.
Track fiddler If it does come to that, you guys may have to bust me out of there Oh what I wouldn't give for a hearty hunk of the Bears rack-of-lamb or a thick slab of the Lions rare wildebeest right now
York1 TF, hope you feel better.
Thank you John for both your kind wishes. I hope to start feeling better soon as well, to become more productive getting back to the layout instead of this popping pills, sleeping on the couch and farting around on my phone. It's giving me this bad feeling like some past teenager complex sort of thing
I'm glad you had fun on your road trip visiting family and happy to have you back
CNCharlieDave, we buy the shelled sunflower birdseed so it is more expensive.
Okay, now I understand why your seed is so pricey! We do not seem to have a big problem with seed shells building up. Granted, we are not feeding near as many birds as you are. We used to have a huge problem with nyger seed, both whole and just the shells. The buildup was enormous. We went like that for years until we decided to try a new style of feeder. Suddenly there was almost no waste! As an additional bonus, the new feeder rarely clogs up whereas the old feeders got moldy very quickly. This is the type of feeder that we are using now:
Any spilled seed lands in the tray and the doves eat it right up. We put an additional rain guard on it and that seem to keep the seed quite dry.
Not knowing and just guessing here.
Our local birdies ignore our feeder all the time. They prefer to walk the lawn after a rain and eat stuff down there. I am thinking there must be all kinds of yummy bugs, grubs, and worms there for them, and bird seed is less appealing.
SeeYou190Now that they are all adults, I concentrate on landscapes.
That is the problem with little kids....
They all grow up next thing you know and you are a grandfather.
I cannot be a grandfather... I did not pass the enterance exam!