Well tomorrow is the first day of Fall.Guessers say a high of 85 too.Ns had more empties uptown.The swamp got mowed today.Have a few things here and there to get ready for Saturday.Saturday is Fostoria’s railfest.
stay safe
Joe
Best time of the year - other then it leads to the worst time of the year
I really don’t mind the upcoming cold/snow season. In fact, on the railroad, fall is the worst season. Wet/dewy rail and falling leaves combine to effectively grease the rails. On a line like ours, where it’s pretty much either up hill or down hill, that can be a real problem, even if the sanders are working properly…
We’re expecting rain tomorrow, followed by some pretty chilly weather. Just in time for the big Boy Scout camporee I’ll be attending (as first aid - not as a Scout).
Maybe it’ll slow the lawn down a bit, though. After a very dry summer, it’s making up for lost time…
Ns was clear when I left work.Took Mamma’s car in for a recall notice.Csx was jammed up on the west side of the county.Had an eastbound salad shooter(q090) and a westbound salad shooter(q91) waiting among other trains.Tomorrow is Friday.
stay safe
Joe
CSX just doesn’t have enough hours in a day, huh?
Still hanging in here. Got some “told you so” news today, at which point my surgical drain was removed. I’m now okay to lift more and mow more, but–thanks to antibiotics making things taste awful–have no strength for much of this. Under normal circumstances I’d be proud of a 15-pound weight loss.
Some train-watching tomorrow after my infusion of antibiotics, if I feel up to it. I was driven to the infusion and surgeon’s appointment today, and still slept three hours this afternoon. Bedtime soon, I can tell.
Getting sick is never a fun way lose weight, but it seems to be quite effective…
evening
busy afternoon here.Went into town for Matt to do yardwork.Csx ran what looked like a y101 to omni.Didn’t see it go back through.Took care of a patch of yard between the house and the shed.Put stone down so now we don’t have to mow that little spot anymore.Tomorrow is Fostoria and the trainshow.We’ll see what we can find.
stay safe
Joe
We had rain a good bit of today–which is good, since we are very short on water. Many people have thought more of keeping their lawns green than they have thought about the overall water situation–the water usage for lawns has been above the average for the summer.
The ski resorts want heavy snowfalls early–and we need the snowpack to be built up so that we will have more water to used next summer.
I doubt that we will have much lake effect snow (Larry, send us some before it hits the ground) this winter. The lake is so low that large sailing boats are unable to get out of the marina, and there is not much precipitaion in prospect in the near future. THere has been snow on the higher peaks around.
Ah, Johnny…I was just thinking about you! You are a very wise man, so I want to pose a question to you. Something that has been bothering me for years!
What kind of trees do carrots grow on in today’s world. Years ago, I used to eat carrots almost by the pound and they were so good. Today, we get baby carrots that are not very long, but as big around as a good sized branch. And the taste matches exactly. So I am going to assume they now grow like branches on a tree.
Not sure if they are orange on the tree or are chemically treated for color - like almost all our food today.
Can you help me out?
Thank you!
Mookie
Mookie. the only place I ever saw carrots growing was in the ground–the green tops that you may see in stores are above the ground, and the carrots themselves are in the ground. When they are pulled, they are already orange in color.
Additional carrot info: there are varieties of carrots that are long and narrow, which after being harvested are peeled and cut to make the “baby carrot” shape.
My husband will be so pleased. This is exactly what he told me! And they “engineered” the taste out of them, too!
But they look good in chicken noodle soup. [;)]
evening
Fostoria was fun and we stopped in Deshler on the way home.Csx was running a bit if everything.Even had some power to pick up from the C&O yard in Fostoria.The landfill south of town also has another engine to help out.Will post a couple pictures in the trains Fostoria hotspots blog.
stay safe
Joe
Always enjoyed pulling a carrot out of the ground from the garden, giving it a quick rinse, and munching down on it. And carrot sticks were often a part of the lunches Mom packed for school.
On the other hand, I’m not a fan of cooked carrots.
The brotherhood camporee went well - no real injuries, and our amateur radio presentation was well received by those who stopped by. Actually talked to more troop leaders than scouts. We did give a number of scouts their “first contact” as part of their radio badge, if they pursue it.
Had some nippy sleeping - temps got down into the upper thirties both nights. Fortunately, the little heater I had with me was able to keep up and kept the tent comfortable.
Now it’s time for recovery…
Tree: As a child I would watch my favorite western on tv and have a carrot - maybe from our garden, to munch on. They were so sweet and crispy. And I can’t think of any way carrots could be prepared that I wouldn’t like - except now. Won’t eat them raw or even cooked any more. Why waste the time?
And we can’t forget the problem with strained carrots and a little one who likes them a lot - orange babies!
We have a scottie pup excavating them before we can pick ‘em’[dinner]
One year we raised carrot patties!
Didn’t till the soil deeply enough, and the carrots coudn’t penetrate the clay. They turned out to be two inches thick and about three or four inches in diameter.
Our carrot wedges were the talk of the neighborhood.
Busy day here…
Caught a C&NW patch this morning, and UP derailed a HAZMAT load in Eugene blocking the Brooklyn Sub for several hours. The Starlight hasn’t been on time in several days, and train 507 was cancelled in Salem.