Hi Everyone
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 9:03 pm
It's been several months since I last checked in with ya'll. Lot of changes have occurred in my life. The wife unit and I are now history and divorced. Strike two for me... don't foresee there ever being a third woman in my life that I slip a ring onto her finger... or at least I hope not to do.
As a result of our divorce, I retained the house, my car, the two dogs, four chickens, and a few bits and pieces of furniture. Everything else and her cat were loaded into a moving van and driven 1500 miles north to Battleford, Saskatchewan to deliver to her daughter's place. After my return, she flew out from Oklahoma City having watched and taken care of the dogs and chickens for me during the four days while I hauled her stuff to the Great White North.
The house will be undergoing some changes in the coming months and years. First is to halfway furnish it again... though as a single man I really don't need much. My plans include some extensive remodeling of the kitchen, floor upgrades and the removal of the north add on room that a previous owner cobbled together with scrap lumber, duct tape and bailing wire. A new laundry/mud room will take it's place which should give me a new area for a covered & screened in patio.
Which brings me to the model railroad aspect of life. As mentioned in the beginning of the Two Dogs Railway, I had taken an interest in permaculture gardening... which I still retain. However, with one less mouth to account for... those plans will be scaled back and revised. The NDRwy has been sadly neglected these past months and with our crazy weather in dire need of attention as it has been overgrown with plant life.
With so much more time on my hands... I've decided on a new version of railroad closer in to the future patio... the Two Dogs Mining Company. This layout will be a raised loop to loop layout with a southwestern dessert theme... meaning very little in the way of plant life that needs to be trimmed, pruned, watered and maintained. Rocks, sand and gravel will be the dominate scenery. Maybe a cactus or two if I feel adventurous.
So that's about it for the most part. It's been a hell of a few months lately. Stay tuned for a new railroad in the coming months.
As a result of our divorce, I retained the house, my car, the two dogs, four chickens, and a few bits and pieces of furniture. Everything else and her cat were loaded into a moving van and driven 1500 miles north to Battleford, Saskatchewan to deliver to her daughter's place. After my return, she flew out from Oklahoma City having watched and taken care of the dogs and chickens for me during the four days while I hauled her stuff to the Great White North.
The house will be undergoing some changes in the coming months and years. First is to halfway furnish it again... though as a single man I really don't need much. My plans include some extensive remodeling of the kitchen, floor upgrades and the removal of the north add on room that a previous owner cobbled together with scrap lumber, duct tape and bailing wire. A new laundry/mud room will take it's place which should give me a new area for a covered & screened in patio.
Which brings me to the model railroad aspect of life. As mentioned in the beginning of the Two Dogs Railway, I had taken an interest in permaculture gardening... which I still retain. However, with one less mouth to account for... those plans will be scaled back and revised. The NDRwy has been sadly neglected these past months and with our crazy weather in dire need of attention as it has been overgrown with plant life.
With so much more time on my hands... I've decided on a new version of railroad closer in to the future patio... the Two Dogs Mining Company. This layout will be a raised loop to loop layout with a southwestern dessert theme... meaning very little in the way of plant life that needs to be trimmed, pruned, watered and maintained. Rocks, sand and gravel will be the dominate scenery. Maybe a cactus or two if I feel adventurous.
So that's about it for the most part. It's been a hell of a few months lately. Stay tuned for a new railroad in the coming months.
Hi Dwayne,