Northern weather

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Oh, I hope he is. There just has to be some explanation for his latest shenanigans and "special ways."

[Rufus T. Firefly]

...but I manage to did get the lawn raked front and back before it started.

You're drinkin' again, eh Ruf?

No, the lady of the manor asked me to do it and so I did. She was not happy with last weeks rains and leaf lake that that created out back.

Anyway, I needed to let the polyurethane dry on the scenery bit I was doing on the layout. Also managed to pick up enough branches for the fireplace tonight. Between the pin oak and the poplars, I'm never short of kindling and box or 2 of branches

[rogruth]

Rufus worked on the layout? When might we see it again?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rufus worked on the layout? When might we see it again?

After I put it into print,

In theory, however, I could actually compete the scenery in about 3 weeks...if I don't run out of scenery supplies! It's really amazing how much and how fast that stuff gets consumed when I do scenery.

I think you've seen a few of the "scenes" already..............

[rogruth]

Rufus worked on the layout? When might we see it again?

After I put it into print,

In theory, however, I could actually compete the scenery in about 3 weeks...if I don't run out of scenery supplies! It's really amazing how much and how fast that stuff gets consumed when I do scenery.

I think you've seen a few of the "scenes" already..............

Yes, I have seen a little. When might it be :in print"?
I understand about scenery supplies. I remember ordering stuff at least weekly when I was hard at it.
Have very little left over. Even that gets used to patch-up and fix spots now and then.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rufus worked on the layout? When might we see it again?

After I put it into print,

In theory, however, I could actually compete the scenery in about 3 weeks...if I don't run out of scenery supplies! It's really amazing how much and how fast that stuff gets consumed when I do scenery.

I think you've seen a few of the "scenes" already..............

Yes, I have seen a little. When might it be :in print"?

Dipped if I know -- I've got to finish it and have long talk with an Editor about submitting it and scheduling a decent photographer to take pictures.

I understand about scenery supplies. I remember ordering stuff at least weekly when I was hard at it.
Have very little left over. Even that gets used to patch-up and fix spots now and then.

I just filled another kitchen bag with empty supply containers and that's from doing about 3-4 square feet and I've more to do in that area, but I'm heading towards the final turn now.

I'll be looking to sell off some of the excess and some of the stuff that I'm not going to use or changed my mind over using. Probably will have a storage tub of stuff to sell at the Strasburg meet in April. Good thing about that is that I'll recover a lot of storage space.

[rogruth]

Make sure when you talk to that editor that he understands that there are people that will buy that mag just to see it.
And don't let him give you a bad time either.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Make sure when you talk to that editor that he understands that there are people that will buy that mag just to see it.
And don't let him give you a bad time either.

Ok, but I understand that he's a total asshat,

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Make sure when you talk to that editor that he understands that there are people that will buy that mag just to see it.
And don't let him give you a bad time either.

Ok, but I understand that he's a total asshat,

Not possible. Everybody who is in-the-know knows that he is a salt-of-the-Earth optimist, always encouraging to others, and never, ever critical of his neighbors or fellow humans, anywhere in the World.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Make sure when you talk to that editor that he understands that there are people that will buy that mag just to see it.
And don't let him give you a bad time either.

Ok, but I understand that he's a total asshat,

Not possible. Everybody who is in-the-know knows that he is a salt-of-the-Earth optimist, always encouraging to others, and never, ever critical of his neighbors or fellow humans, anywhere in the World.

Are you smoking your slippers again?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Yup.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yup.

I guess that's what I have to look forward to as I get older then,

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Yup.

I guess that's what I have to look forward to as I get older then,

Yes, and there is so much more, even positive, too.

One not-so-hot change we discovered, though, is that I can't do what you see here anymore. The tallest we ever had was 14', cut down personally on a tree farm in Pennsylvania, and pick-up-trucked homeward, and mounted the same day. We did that for several years.

Nowadays, it is an artificial 4' tree, mounted on a console table in the same spot in the foyer, with which we are happy, anyolways. We have begun to accept our limits.

So, I post this, here, as my way of wishing all of you, at this particular time of year, the best of health, much happiness, and a future full of strength and discovery, adventure, and the joy of family and friends around you.
Murph

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yup.

I guess that's what I have to look forward to as I get older then,

Yes, and there is so much more, even positive, too.

One not-so-hot change we discovered, though, is that I can't do what you see here anymore. The tallest we ever had was 14', cut down personally on a tree farm in Pennsylvania, and pick-up-trucked homeward, and mounted the same day. We did that for several years.

For many years, my father and the family would trudge out to a tree farm in Bucks Co. and dig our tree. Yes, dig. We'd have Christmas at the house and then pack everything and the tree into the car and go to what is now my place in Pa where we'd have another Christmas with the entire clan there. The day after Christmas the tree got planted.

Sadly, these trees are now gone. We were down to 3, and one was uprooted, blown over away from the house and I had the other 2 taken down this year as they were far too close to the house to leave in place longer.

We have maybe a 6' artificial tree. No muss, no fuss....if we even put it up at all.

[robert.]

There is a tree shortage in pa. Tree lots have been sold out for a week now. Each lot had their order cut by 30%. Here is one I made for the kids class party tomorrow. It’s a scratch made brownie.

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