71 and cloudy. Going to 80 today and then 62 high tomorrow.  Back to 78 Memorial Day [some folks don't know what the real meaning of Memorial Day is].


Thanks gang for the prayers. They work.  I did find out one surprising thing. Chest x-rays are not good for finding lung cancer. Every Dr. says that now. I had one on Feb. 28th. Showed nothing. Dr.s say, if chest x-rays show something, you got it bad. I have one every year just for that reason. I've been led down the wrong road.

Will reclinerize all day today. Wifey out and bringing me a BoJ's biscuit. 

Have a great day.

Frank, you are also in my prayers, there are great things coming out of today's medical technology, it sounds like you are being given access to it all. We wish you the best outcome. Stay strong my friend....

Good morning all, not much going on this way, but west of Prescott, the town of Bagdad is being destroyed by a wildfire. The TV news shows videos of homes either on fire or already in ashes. It's been especially dry the past two years and they are not looking forward to our wildfire season. If we could take the stupid ones out of the equation, we would have a chance, but we have those, "gender reveal" parties, campfires that aren't put out and target shooting at things that explode like Tannerite, makes no sense. Fun for the minute, but I still remember a number of human caused fires here that took weeks to fight and burned some half-million acres. One last year burned close to 200,000 acres before being put out. None of this is much fun for hundreds of firefighters or those that lost their homes, not to mention the cost.

Have a safe weekend....

Frank:

Sounds like you're on the right track now.

Prayers as always!!!
Take care!!!

Greetings, gang.

Cloudy and 52 headed for possibly rainy and 63. Radar shows a line of showers headed this way.

Busy day yesterday. Picked up a new threshold for the transition between the powder room and hallway. Got it cut, stained varnished and installed by last evening. Also picked up some groceries (and some sinfully good caramel pecan cinnamon rolls) at Walmart. Got the laundry done, the yard mowed, sidewalks cleaned, and put down some insect corntrol spray on the yard. Also had a brief chat with the young couple across the street. They are moving to Montana in September.

I must have worked hard (or is that hardly) yesterday. Didn't wake up until almost 7. Not sure what I'm going to do today. Got all my projects done yesterday. I may try and sort out the piles in the basement that go to my kids. See what I can haul in the car and what needs to be shipped.

All stay safe.

Tom

Good morning all. Temps just around 100 (98-103) for this week, humidity right now is 5%, that's why they say that it's a dry heat and you really don't know that you're sweating. I remember the year we lived in Houston, we did some yard work early, and I had to change my soaking wet shirt three times before 8:00 AM. I think the humidity there had to be over 150% if that was possible . Strange how some large cities attract folks regardless of their extreme weather. Houston-high humidity, Phoenix-super hot, Seattle-rainy, Chicago-windy and anyplace along the Atlantic or Gulf coast-hurricanes.

Enough about the weather, I get to see my great-grandson today, been waiting for mom to recover. She's doing fine, just needs more time after delivering such a large baby. He's go so much hair, they'll have him at the barber shop in a few weeks. Anyway, we're going to take a four-generation photo today for future generations to find and say, "who the heck are those folks?"

Ya all have a safe and relaxing holiday weekend. Not sure, but do you folks up in Canada or across the pond celebrate a Memorial Day, and if so, when?

Good morning friends.
        Worked almost all day on organizing my train room building and modeling supplies (read junk). Gathered up all the trains that I am giving to my sons and boxed them up. 2 sons are into HO and one does mostly Lionel 3 rail though he has a layout with all sizes on it. I gave him all of my Lionel and Flyer stuff and a few N gauge pieces. I need room for my HO, and I am cutting back on a lot of it. 
        We have another cool day here with lots of clouds. I may sit by the fire ring and enjoy a little fire later on. 

         Don, do future generations and put full names including maiden names on all those pictures. I am doing a lot of research for the historical society and it is tough when the folks identified are "MOM, Dad, grandpa, and Fred." 


         wishing you all a great day, and Prayers for Frank. 
Charlie

hi all . been some time since I've posted been having vision problems developed a lazy eye and double vision makes it tough to do much , went to VA eye doctor and there sending me a set of glasses with a prism to correct it  , till then i don't do much ( thankful for spell check )  any modeling is out of the question till new specks get here . 

Frank be shure to keep a positive attitude seen to many with what you have just give up and let it get  them .

Don (and anyone else)
We commemorate on Nov 11th -- end of WWI. 11th hour of 11th day of 11th month. Britain does roughly the same. It used to be Armistice Day but is now Remembrance Day.
Last weekend (May 24th) we celebrated Victoria Day -- Queen Victoria's birthday and since then the official Canadian birthday of the Canadian monarch. Used as a marker of the safe time to start putting in the garden.

The twenty-fourth of May
Is the Queen's birthday,
And if you don't give us a holiday
We'll all run away.

(schoolyard chant)

Hi to all, I know I’m a bit late to this Frank, but I will be sending positive thoughts and prayers your way as you navigate this journey. It is a journey we all wish not to make, but you now have a reason for your discomfort and an enemy to focus your mind and body on to defeat. You seem a very kind and strong man very willing to help others, which I’m sure will come back to you in spades.

And Down-under we also commemorate our Service personal on the 11 Nov. at 11am as David does. We also honour those that served  from all wars on Anzac Day: 25 April each year with a dawn service, originally to commemorate a combined Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landing on the beach at Gallipoli in 1915.

Stay safe

Jack   

Greetings, gang.

Cloudy at the moment but it's supposed to clear off and get to the mid 70s with only light winds. Could be a really nice day.

Yesterday was pretty quiet. The only activities were a walk in, well, not really rain but more like a heavy drizzle. The other activity was eating at various frequent times. With nice weather today I'll be dragging out the bike for a ride. Late this afternoon the train will be run and hamburger will be sacrificed on the altar of flame.

Had a weird dream last night. I was watching a local freight, about 10 cars long, being pushed by an old Alco RS-2 or RS-3. The caboose was next to the engine and parts of the train were uncoupled. The engine was trying to catch the train, much like how one would chase a cut of cars that failed to couple. The engine was white with a black cab roof and no lettering. Funny what details one notices.

All stay safe.

Tom

Good morning all, and thank you David for that. Today, here in the USA, we remember those that gave their all so that we may be free to live as we do. We should thank them every day for their sacrifice , and we best not forget that there are those waiting for us to drop our guard and give them the opportunity to mess that up for us.

Nothing new going on today, dinner with the family at Pat's MIL. I held my great-grandson for the first time yesterday, even fed him a bit. He's got so much hair at one week old, he'll be needing a trim really soon. Granddaughter is doing better, but she's not ready to do it again soon.

Brenda's Kitchen is closed for the holiday, so I thought I might just go to Denny's for a change.

The fire up in Bagdad is just about fully contained, at least a dozen families are burned out of their homes. Now, route 87 from Payson is shut down because of a new fire there, that should be fun for those folks that go up that way for the holiday and have to be routed to I-17 which is already bumper-to-bumper. There are more fires going right now, looks like it's going to be a busy wildfire season.

64 degrees and sunny. Wifey and I took doggies to groomer 3 miles away. She does them in her house. Granddaughter to one of our family like friends.


Slept good. Did woke up several times. Tylenol with all the other made it work. My Pharmacist lady told me OK to mix.

Memorial Day ceremony at 11. Then rest for the day.

Thanks guys for the prayers.

Enjoy and be safe.

Hello Blue
A chilly Memorial Day gonna get to 75 late afternoon. 
Lots of 80s in the forecast but not today.
We had an outdoor meal with the kids on Sunday, 
They gave us lot's of leftovers so I guess we are not being invited back today.   lol
We are late planting a garden this year so we will head out tomorrow to remedy that.
S.J.

72 and sunny.


Great Memorial Day ceremony. Got a little long and I was hurting. Made my way to car as soon as it was over. That helped. Wifey wanted to go two counties over to a hosta sale. I volunteered to go. She couldn't believe I volunteered. I remember the owner has FREE hotdogs. Then by Sam's Club for gas [$2.62 every where else in the $2.90's ]. Went to visit close friends who are grandparents to groomer who had the three bandits. Picked up the kids and came home. Then left to ACE for Wifey to get potting soil for the hostas she bought. Now resting after some text from some guy in AZ. So busy day with Wifey driving.

Note: oxy and Tylenol make you where you can't focus on keyboard. 

Nap time.