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Running
Squirrel GRR
Year
2000 Pictures
This
is the "long side" of the garden part of the RSGRR. The farm
house visible here was temporary, and has been moved. This was taken
during the diagonal "bridge" track section's (in the upper right of
this picture) construction . The support structure has been replaced, and
will become part of an archway that opens into the "lower" garden
area. (which doesn't have trains, yet.)
Here, an Aristo FA-1, acquired from
esteemed garden railroad designer Paul Busse (at the March meeting of
the Greater Cincinnati Garden Railway Society,) lumbers through the Running
Squirrel with a short tanker load. It may not be as fancy a layout as
it's used to, since Paul designs award winning layouts, but its being here sure adds a little class to our
railroad. Thanks for allowing us to purchase this gem Paul!
This
is an "out of control" Thyme plant (rear), with some new planting in
front (a "lazy rose"?) The Thyme has been trimmed now.
Here is the door that the trains use to "get out." Also visible is a newly planted dwarf rose, whose 1st bud lasted about 1 day, before it was, we think, munched. We suspect a roving band of hungry squirrels, but can't prove anything. Yet.
This is the "short side,"
which includes the aforementioned "out of control" Thyme, and dwarf
rose. In front of the temporary (I hope) bridge are a dwarf Juniper (left)
and a Mugo Pine seedum (right.) Behind them are the "lazy
roses," which are doing better now, and some Hawaii Blue Ageratum plants
(look purple to me,) which are
struggling. At this point it is looking like about 3 of
the 6 plants will make it. (They're pretty once they get established, but
they seem to have a high mortality rate in the early days.)
If
you've ever wondered why it's called the Running Squirrel GRR, this should
fix that. Although it does appear to be a more leisurely pace than one
might expect from a running squirrel. It appears to be a jogging squirrel.
The
intended highlight is the
corner of the garden area. Planted here are two
Junipers (one on each end of the triangle,) 4 dwarf rose plants (visible as the
red spot front center, and the yellow spot upper left,) and 3 Brazilian
Firecracker plants (which aren't doing to well.) Behind them, in this
picture, are 2 types of seedum. Beyond that, there lies a weed, next to
the farmhouse. (It's gone, now.)
Once
spotted, the squirrel proves that he really does RUN down the tracks.
This
is the picture from the background of the home page. It shows how
temporary the track section is! That board is only there to hold up the
track to check the angle of the more permanent structure to come.
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