Patrick Matthews Posted November 16, 2020 Share #1 Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) ...but here's the mid November view out my shop "window" in southern California I'll spare you the photo of me in shorts . Edited November 16, 2020 by Patrick Matthews WalrusGuy, ccoyle, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote Pat M. Matthews Model Marine Model FUNCTION as well as FORM. Get your boats wet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTHokiEE Posted November 16, 2020 Share #2 Posted November 16, 2020 You've sufficiently piqued my interest... what has happened "back east?" PS - Looks like a fun shop! lmagna, Canute and mtaylor 3 Quote Current Build: HM Sloop Echo 1781 (First Scratch Build) Previous Builds: HM Cutter Alert, Sharpie Schooner, Chesapeake Bay Flattie, Half-Hull (NRG) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Matthews Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted November 16, 2020 It's becoming Winter, a time when I'd retreat to my well heated basement shop where I could only get a little glimpse of the slate gray skies through the little casement window yet could hear the sound of the howling wind resonating down the furnace flue. mtaylor, lmagna and Canute 3 Quote Pat M. Matthews Model Marine Model FUNCTION as well as FORM. Get your boats wet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Pellett Posted November 16, 2020 Share #4 Posted November 16, 2020 Come on Patrick! I’ll have you know that here in Northern, MN we just realized that there is such a thing as “inside plumbing”, so we no longer have venture outside on cold winter nights. BTW, our glorious Northern Minnesota summers are a detriment to ship model building; middle 70’s and moderate humidity everyone wants to be outside (except when the black flies and mosquitoes are out). Roger lmagna, VTHokiEE, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuda1949 Posted November 16, 2020 Share #5 Posted November 16, 2020 Still in the 60's here in slower lower Delaware. Although the winds were howling last night, VTHokiEE, Canute, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Al Current Build The President by Sergal Completed Build Cutty Sark 1:75 SIB Hannah Opium Smuggler SIB Pride of Baltimore II On Deck Pride of Baltimore II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTHokiEE Posted November 16, 2020 Share #6 Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) Ah, I think Winter is a little late on the East Coast this year from what I've heard (of course I may have Palm trees from my view, even over in the East 😉) Edited November 16, 2020 by VTHokiEE mtaylor, Canute and lmagna 3 Quote Current Build: HM Sloop Echo 1781 (First Scratch Build) Previous Builds: HM Cutter Alert, Sharpie Schooner, Chesapeake Bay Flattie, Half-Hull (NRG) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted November 16, 2020 Share #7 Posted November 16, 2020 40 degrees (c) here in Sydney yesterday. Just coming into summer here on the civilised side of the world! John catopower, mtaylor, lmagna and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted November 16, 2020 Share #8 Posted November 16, 2020 Patrick, Yeah back here in the East (Ave Maria, FL) the weather is not good. 85 degrees F, today so a sweaty day on the golf course. Life can be hard. Truth is that I miss a few things about the northeast such as the fall colors, nights on the town in Manhattan, the tree going up in Rockefeller Center, fishing for striped bass in the spring and fall in Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook, and a couple other things. Don't miss the high taxes, traffic, and a number of things, so a good trade off for us having moved down here. Allan Ryland Craze, Canute, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trippwj Posted November 18, 2020 Share #9 Posted November 18, 2020 Here on the easternmost coast of the Us in Downeast Maine I awaken each moring to ascertain the conditions by gazing from my window to see it Canada (about a mile away) is in view across the bay. If not, it either foggy, raining or (shiver) snowing. This week we have had a brief but intense storm woth wind of 44 gusting to 62. Temperatures, alas, are falling rapidly - 70's a week back to barely above freezing in the forecast for today. My poor remaining petunias may finally surrender to the chilling effects - thus far, though, they have been persistent through short freezes and a light snow event which coated them overnit=ght before the temperature, schizophrenic and confused, rebounded into the mid 60's that same day. Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote WayneNeither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.Epictetus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael mott Posted November 24, 2020 Share #10 Posted November 24, 2020 Backyard has been like this for a couple of weeks now. Most likely stay this way till the end of march with a steady increase until after the equinox when it will begin to recede again. Michael Canute, Ron Burns, Roger Pellett and 1 other 4 Quote Current builds Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8; Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8; Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8 Other projects Pilot Cutter 1:500 ; Maria, 1:2 Now just a memory Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8 Finished projects A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100 Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burns Posted November 24, 2020 Share #11 Posted November 24, 2020 Michael, My Dad sent me pics last week of the dumping you guys received. Being in Ottawa at the time, I was snickering and grateful we hadn't been hit yet. I should have known it couldn't last as we got that same kind of dump last night. It sure looks beautiful seeing it in it's pristine, fresh fallen state but my gosh does it get old fast! I grew up in Thunder Bay and never got used to the cold. I envy the folks down south for the weather! mtaylor, Canute, michael mott and 1 other 4 Quote Current Build- HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted November 24, 2020 Share #12 Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) DRY, dank and dreary here in Somerset UK 10 degs Edited November 24, 2020 by Kevin mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on All the best Kevin SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the build table HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 HMHS Britannic by Kevin SD 14 - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 - Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72 U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48 Amerigo Vespucci 1/84 - Panart- HMS Enterprise -CAF - 1/48 Finished St-Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020 HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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