Lack of motivation
Did you ever have a project that you can’t get motivated on?
The PNW Shawl currently leads in my ‘Lack of Motivation’ listing. It’s an easy pattern, and I should just get to work and find what my problems are and get it working again, but….
I’m enjoying the second toe up sock, though it’s not as fancy and interesting, so I think I’ll just continue with it and see if my attitude for the shawl improves. If not, I may just put it away for a while and start something else. I’ve got a couple projects and yarn just waiting to start.
At the beginning of this year, there was an open house at the Brooklyn Roundhouse. At that time I posted a few pictures of two of the three steam locomotives owned by the city of Portland. We learned later that there are folks working on the various lococmotives nearly every weekend and so the doors to the roundhouse are open and we visited again this past Sunday, taking along a friend who hasn’t had a chance to see the big locos up close.
The third steam locomotive that Portland owns is still under restoration, but the progress since January was impressive and I have to share a picture (though it probably isn’t that impressive to those who hadn’t seen it earlier).
The Oregon Railway & Navigation #197 served Columbia River routes from 1905 until it’s retirement in the 1950’s. It served as a display at a local park until 1996 when it was moved to the roundhouse with the other two engines and restoration started. It’s the oldest of the three and while it still doesn’t look like much yet, it is much better off than it’s previous life as a park decoration.
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