Echoing Chip, great start of the day to see the RDG in action.  Only could wish the picture was taken last week.

Last fall, a friend and former BNSF rep at work, delivered a large container of discarded TRAINS.  I've been distributing them around the house as I make my rounds and slowly working through the inventory.  Thus far, most are four to six years back...lots of recent history and predictions of where things would be in 2020-2021.  So-so on forecasting, but enjoyable to read previously unknown pieces on departed railroads and what led to their demise.  And fabulous photography.  As I work through the collection, perhaps it will go back to earlier years this century.  I was hoping the collection would be of the old black and white TRAINS, but not the case.

I see a touch of blue sky now in SE PA skies.  Mild today (high 40's) for a respite. Normalcy returns tonight, but precip will skip us for a couple days, passing us to the west, heading NE.

All be good, work smart, keep warm.

Larry

Happy Presidents Day. No mail.

Jaime: Get your snow shovel ready.  We'll have something this afternoon, then a bit of warmer weather tomorrow in SE PA.  Nothing that can't wait until tomorrow.

Stay warm everyone.  Someone left the freezer door open and the cold has headed to Texas. 

Larry

Hi, all.

Late start for the thread today.

Some ice came during the night, staying put this morning.

Be cautious out there.  Most of the country experiencing bad weather.  No more football to watch, so keep busy.

Larry

Happy Saturday, all

Remember what tomorrow is.  If you haven't picked up anything for the love of your life, better get scrambling.

Not a good forecast for tonight and tomorrow.  Getting to be a regular thing of late.  Like Jaime, I tried to fire up the generator.  Rope barely moves when pulled.  Now what?  Contacted three outfits who service them; none came back.  Fingers crossed. Any ideas? (It ran fine, started easy in November)

So, it's hunker down time.  Great to have a hobby.

Larry

I'd trade cutting grass for removing snow.  At least I could use a shovel yesterday.

Wife getting very bored with the restrictions.  I'm still delighting in not having to go to work.  The last couple weeks of work in 2020 were done from home.  Just not the same.  No people, no interaction with the people in the group, my reference material not available.  Doesn't work for a hands-on logistics function.

I think we'll take a ride later today.  Have lunch out and go to a bookstore. Maybe get some layout work in.  Problem is motivation, not time.

Live it up.

Larry

A nuisance snow during the night.  it will be a shovel push cleanup at least, although it means the vehicles again have to be cleaned.  Thanks to suggestions here, I know how to best handle that.

No idea when we'll be able to even try to schedule shots.  Distribution across PA is very uneven.

Take it as it comes.

Larry

I'd say you got down and dirty yesterday.

Someone with a couple years on their hands and some computer usage skills could sift through your A&S posts over the years and extract your scenery how-to's for presentations at future Fine Scale shows (if they happen).  Otherwise, an e-book, maybe have Joe Fugate market it.

Larry

Like the "touch" of the fallen head stone.  Growing up next to a cemetery, saw my share of them on the older stones as I looked out my bedroom window.

Thought:  consider placing name of departed forum members on stones as a memorial to them.

LARRY

You could say the fur went flying.

Tom:  Lots in that scene to keep one's eyes busy.  Well done.  Love the dead cypress tree where the pollution is. 

Larry

Good jurisprudence on your part, Your Honor.  Shows how your colleagues hands are tied by mandatory sentencing requirements.

Larry

No 'gators or 'moccasins in that stretch of the river at least.

Karl:  Will the person you built this for be adding outside lighting?

Larry

Take pictures at least.

Question for The Judge:

During you bench career, assuming you read these literary treasures over the years, were you inspired to quote any of them when sentencing or otherwise lecturing to the miscreants who were brought your way for justice and adjudication?