AMCDave:
That is one KICKAZZ AMC!!!!
Almost purchased a new '73 Javelin "back when".
Originally Posted by CRH:
Originally Posted by david1:
I hate the summer and the heat so the best part of the year is coming, fall and the cold weather of winter. It is really train weather when the temp turns cold. I run my trains all year but there is something special when the cold and snow arrive.
I'm the same as I really despise summer! I'll take the cold & snow any day over hot & sticky 
Count me in as another one who isn't sad to see the heat and humidity of summer go. Looks like we're in for a couple of days of roasting summer weather here in the northeast, but I'm hoping this will be the last of it, and we can get into some nice, clear, crisp autumn days at last.
Which makes me wonder -- how many folks have dedicated at least part of their layouts to autumn scenery?
can't wait to set up christmas layout around thanksgiving...here's a pix of "pine mountain valley" from a few years ago...i ran on30 that year...usually i run marx tin and lionel...
http://littleglitterhouses.com/images/pmv0n302.JPG
all the structures are ones i made...my hobby is all about christmas...
howard...
http://www.littleglitterhouses.com
While the time I allow myself to start into Christmas mode has increasingly crept earlier each year, I hope it's never THIS early. I don't want to start so early that I'm tired of the whole holiday before Thanksgiving. With as special as Christmas is, it's tempting to start getting into the spirit earlier and earlier, but it can be too much of a good thing. Trains are a Christmas-time only hobby for me so normally I don't even visit this forum until I'm starting to think about Christmas. Which makes me wonder why I'm on it this early in the year! Not good, not good.
The only thing I do try to do about now is to start thinking about things I may need for the upcoming Christmas layout. What I didn't have last year, what frustrated me about the layout, etc. Good time to stock up on things so they are ready to go. It's also a good time to snag deals on various Christmas cars, engines, village houses, etc when fewer buyers are looking for those things right now. Come Dec 1, prices are sky high.
YEP!!!!!!!! 
Originally Posted by John Pignatelli JR.:
Got to have my second favorite holiday first, Halloweennnnnn!!!
Exatly my thinking Towdog! What was I disatisfied with last year time to get out the pictures and count the empty spaces where I can stick more on my layout in terms of housing and make it more actively Christmas like with more moveable features and switches.
Mike Maurice
Mike Maurice
Originally Posted by Traindiesel:
Originally Posted by bptBill:
Just purchased our annual TSO tickets (Trans Siberian Orchestra for those who don't know). That officially begins the count down to the holidays for us. Maybe we will go to 2 shows this year.
Originally Posted by Greg Houser:
I get mine on Friday! I'm psyched for the show this year as it's been about 4 years since they've played Philly at Christmas time. I'm a big fan but it's just not the same when you have to see a Holiday concert in November..lol
--Greg
Greg, TSO was in Philly back in December.
Saw the show yesterday! you won't be disappointed!Let the holiday season begin!
Guys,
As we begin the final weekend officially of summer, let me say that this has not been a fun summer for me with my Dad in a nursing home.I visit every day and cheer him up, he has finally gotten over his depression. I am glad the summer is over even though I didn't go in the pool due to a recent back strain injury. I am now looking forward to celebrating Halloween and that Joyous of holidays Christmas when I get to be a kid again at the Annual Holiday Train Show at Clove Lakes Health Care and Rehabilitation Center.
Sad to say summertime is over for me, been too busy to enjoy it! Hope it was great for all of you. Resurrecting this thread has been fun!
Mike Maurice
Mike, Hope life improves for you.
Sorry to hear you dad is unhappy in a home, that's never pleasant it seems.
Try to get him involved socially and making friends there, it can't hurt.
My summer was decent, I have a new Grand daughter this year and she lights up my life. In point, We just spent 4 days camping up north. She was amazed by the experiences there. Wild Ducks landing in the river and hanging around for food, Sleeping in a tent, ect.
Mike I know it's difficult having a parent in any institution. When Dad was in hospice I always wanted to sneak an O27 circle into him. There was something about watching the train go round and round that made Dad forget about anything else that may have been bothering him. Never did get that O27 loop into his room. But he came home for his last days. He and Theodore had a great time together.
Hoping for the best for your Dad and family, From one caregiver to another brother .
Originally Posted by Mike Maurice:
Guys,
As we begin the final weekend officially of summer, let me say that this has not been a fun summer for me with my Dad in a nursing home.I visit every day and cheer him up, he has finally gotten over his depression. I am glad the summer is over even though I didn't go in the pool due to a recent back strain injury. I am now looking forward to celebrating Halloween and that Joyous of holidays Christmas when I get to be a kid again at the Annual Holiday Train Show at Clove Lakes Health Care and Rehabilitation Center.
Sad to say summertime is over for me, been too busy to enjoy it! Hope it was great for all of you. Resurrecting this thread has been fun!
Mike Maurice
Dear Russell and Mathew,
You guys are the BEST, thank you for trying to cheer me up.....you did!!!! I know it must be hard for my Dad to accept things as they are being that he was a pilot and was very active in his life at home. The most difficult thing he had to give up was his car!
Thank you for giving me an idea though a loop of track on an oval table might just do the trick!!!
Mike Maurice
Mike:
Sorry to learn about your Dad being confined to a nursing home. This is a hard adjustment for people who have led a very active life. Having his son nearby visiting him everyday is his best medicine.
Glad this thread cheered you up.
