Tuesday October 03, 2006 5:10 am Lethbridge Sunrise 7:34 Sunset 19:07 Hours of daylight: 11:33

A. Morning Musings

5:10 am It is +4 C at the moment with a light rain. The forecast is for a high of + 8 C with periods of rain.

My weight is steady at 186.

I will continue to work on my model train layout today. I have yet to figure out how to add a few passing lines to my mainline.

From rear window	South patio
Both images taken at 12:20 PM

B. Plan

Immediate
Health	Walk & exercise	1 hr
Chores	Paint new bathroom vanity cabinet	1 hr
Model Trains	Determine track layout for passing lines	4 hr
Puzzles	The Orange Puzzle Cube: puzzle #9
Technology	add keywords to iPhoto records	1 hr
Birds	Add September birds to North American data base	1 hr
History	Continue reading "Citizens"	1 hr
Literature	Continue reading "The Custodian of Paradise" by Wayne Johnston	1 hr
Later
Chores	Investigate water softeners for home
Technology	Read manual for cell phone
	Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac"
	Begin reading "iPhoto"
	digital photography - learn about using the various manual settings
Literature	Read "The Art of Living" by Epictetus
	Read "The Song of Roland"
Mathematics	Larson "Calculus"
	Read "The Computational Beauty of Nature" Chap 3
	Gardner "The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles"
History	Watson "Ideas"
Model Trains	Build oil refinery diorama: add ground cover
	Assemble second oil platform kit

C. Actual/Notes

	Model Trains 37 October 3
Model Trains Chronology
1:40 PM My first iteration of the overall layout is now complete. Distillery Row Queenston Pine Ridge The Channon I will need to buy a few more turnouts to complete this layout, but at least the present indications are that it is workable.

3:50 PM Our little shopping trip resulted in 3 more books:

• The View From Castle Rock by Alice Munro (2000)
• A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (2006)
• Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Liffe and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell (2006).

D. Reflection