Augustus McCree come an' get 'yer August cawfee 'n grub

[wildman1]

Mornin Ya'll, Coffee's up. WM

[mestiza letty]

Mornin' y'all,
Thanks for the cawfee WM. Gonna hit the Truckee river for a bit 'o fishin' later... nice Sunday afternoon

[Arcey]

Ya outta hear it fer real, Leo.

Mornin', y'all.

76° 'n 94% muggy 'n a chance of T-storms later. Guessers say it'll tickle 90°. Ain't gripin'. I'd be gripin' if I lived next door ta Tex – big time. Air quality alerts all 'round but not here. Didn't see er smell anything when I went outside earlier. Grateful for that. 32 days ta go.

Got gun stuff ta do 'n dinner ta figger out. Thinkin' salads.

G'luck ta ya, Miz Letty.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee, WM.

'Twas a long day at the fair yesterday. Kaitlyn did well with the horse. Film at 11. 

Off ta church then ta the fair fer air riflery and archery.

'Tis 52 and sunny. "Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers mid-day. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Highs 74 to 77. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent."

Slim

[Texas Lawdog]

We really don't have much of a Fall around here. The leaves change color and fall off, but it really don't get much cooler. It stays HOT around here till about Nov. We have cooler weather till about April, then it's back to hot again. You just learn to deal with it. Stay inside as much as possible with the A/C on. Drink plenty of water if you have to be outside.  Hey Leo, Victoria likes a Bread and Butter pickle with her steak sammich.  We had chili dogs last night your honor. Victoria likes her hotdogs plain.  Miz Letty, Where's them train pitchers from?  Slim, I'm glad your kid's do 4-H, it's good for them.   Arcey, Victoria and the Moose both like cantaloupes.

[mestiza letty]

Miz Letty, Where's them train pitchers from?  Slim, I'm glad your kid's do 4-H, it's good for them.

That is the Silverton/Durango, Colorado Narrow gage train. Just runs thru the summer, some of those passes are in the 8,000' level. Great time..rode it by myself & had the "coon eyes" from ridin' in the last car. I agree 4H is great program, big here too.

G'luck ta ya, Miz Letty.

Why thanks Arcey

[Leo Tanner]

Mornin one an all.

I got iced tea Pop, Lil makes it with fruit floatin around in it.  Hope them dawgs was good, we had red beans an rice but I'm ready fer a good chili dawg any time now.  Got a strawberry/blueberry pie with crumb topping waitin fer my attention.  

Arcey, I can only imagine hearin that fer real.  In a way I have but on the radio would kill me laughin.

Letty, get a shot of those tracks as yer goin over the pass.  They'll think we is all insane.

Hope ya All have a good Sunday.

[Texas Lawdog]

Letty, My Dad read an article in the "Ford Times" about the train back in the late 50's.  We had a nearly new Ford wagon and we drove up to Durango from the Texas Panhandle. Sliverton was not much of a "tourist trap" back then. We rode the train up to Silverton and spent the day up there. We rode in the closed car. Beautiful scenery to see, the water looked like it was floowing uphill. I was about 12 or 13 when we went up there, it was about 1959. I have yet to return back up there.

[mestiza letty]

Letty, My Dad read an article in the "Ford Times" about the train back in the late 50's.  We had a nearly new Ford wagon and we drove up to Durango from the Texas Panhandle. Sliverton was not much of a "tourist trap" back then. We rode the train up to Silverton and spent the day up there. We rode in the closed car. Beautiful scenery to see, the water looked like it was floowing uphill. I was about 12 or 13 when we went up there, it was about 1959. I have yet to return back up there.

You are right TLD about Silverton being a "tourist trap"...still is. Old mining town and open only in the summer time.
We had a picnic lunch in Silverton and I boarded the train and the family took my car...bought a new PT Cruiser and they had fun drivin' it to Durango to meet me. Had an accident to wait for as someone couldn't wait for a crossing and lost.

[Texas Lawdog]

My wife has never been up there, so hopefully when she retires in 3 or 4 years, I can go back up there.

[mestiza letty]

Mid. to late September the best time for the fall colors. Have an aunt and uncle who live near the Grand Mesa. Grand Junction area to the SW of the state. I took the "road trip" since the 9/11 had all the flights grounded. Sad time in history but found some beauty in America to enjoy.

[Delmonico]

I'm back from Kansas, was a great weekend although for a while Friday night we thought we could end up like Dorthy.  Slept in the blacksmith shop.  Yesterday was great, worked my butt off, baked about 60 pounds of dinner rolls in dutch ovens along with some other stuff.

Great little town, they thanked us for being there, opening for the museum went great. 

[mestiza letty]

Glad you had fun Del...

[Delmonico]

Was going to work on pictures tonight, decided I'm too tired and going to go lay down and read.  BTW I ain't heard no news since late Thursday, does the world still spin? 

Anyway was somewhere less than half way home, saw a grain elavator coming up:



Was really rude though, I should have stopped, could have found Arcey, litl roo, irish Tom, Sodbuster and others I'm sure I'm forgetting, really thought they had more folks lived there though:

[mestiza letty]

More choo choo pics I promised... The last 2 are of the 8,000' level

[wildman1]

Mornin Ya'll, Coffee's up. Miss Letty, looks like the aspens are turnin already.  WM

[Sod Buster]

Thanks for the coffee, WM.
Time to hit the road.

[Texas Lawdog]

The Cawfee tastes good this morning. It feels like a 2 Pot Monday. I've started a second pot and it should be ready in about 15 minutes. The wather folks say our temps will be over a 100 all week.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Thanks for the coffee, gentlemen

55 and sun here. Only calling for mid 70's today

[Arcey]

Monday moanin', y'all.

75° 'n 84% it 0800.  Isolated showers before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. North wind between 13 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

If the breeze materializes we should be ok with the temps 'n the smoke. Sure feel awful fer my neighbors in Carolina. Damned fire ain't gettin' no better.

Both transmittered eagles took off 'n went north a few days ago. Figgered they was gettin' away from the swamp. But the boy named Camellia done come back. Spent a day down the road from me. Azalea was playin' 'round where they do the gun shows it Hampton last check. She's outta Carolina 'n her cat fish farm.

Del, them Virginia pics coulda been taken in Pungo er Creeds. Looks just like it.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee, WM.

'Tis 48 and sunny. "A brief early morning shower possible...then becoming mostly sunny. Highs 78 to 81. Light and variable wind becoming west at 5 to 10 mph."

Slim

[mestiza letty]

Mornin' y'all,
Thanks for the cawfee WM and TLD. Hot n' dry for us too 91 with 55 right now. Got that brush fire contained around 3,900 acres or so. Lost 8 buildings, one guest house. They say it cost 2.2mil to fight it, those boys' pockets are gunna hurt fer a while. Sad and hard way to learn.

[Delmonico]

This is about 2/3rds of the bread I baked Sat:



And away it goes to the Community Center:

[Leo Tanner]

Gee Del, now all we need is a butcher and a candlestick maker.

Thanks fer Cawfee, got ta sleep in a bit this mornin.  Sure is nice every now and again.

[Texas Lawdog]

I know that Del's bread is great. I have eaten all the varieties that he bakes. I know that the folks in attendance that sampled his bread were treated to some great bread, as well as the entrees that he fixed as well.