We have moved into our cottage, which is absolutely wonderful!! While I expected there to be lots to do to settle into the cottage, it has taken a lot more time than I anticipated to do this. And it is very much on-going!! The weather is super- warmish with enough rain- which of course means that the grass is growing. I've now finished all the mowing that I normally do, but like painting the Sydney Harbour Bridge, now that I've finished it's almost time to start all over again!
I absolutely love living here!! It's interesting, though, that there is a slightly different dynamic now that "Whistlestop" is home. Previously the main focus was on developing the property for the train museum, whereas now, perhaps, the main focus is for it to be our home with the train museum becoming secondary. That may not be a bad thing, it's just different. Certainly there is still a lot happening towards the train museum, maybe even more than previously.
A milestone today, finally, was the completion of erecting the "Whistlestop" name-sign at the front of our property! I've had this sign, which is a reproduction of a QGR station nameboard, for quite a few years, but have never had the time to erect it! Now it's done!! This sign was made for me by Southcoast Nameboards, who hold the original patterns for the cast letters used on QR signs, so the nameboard is extremely authentic!!
I am really thrilled that we can now call our place "Whistlestop", and for those readers who might be wondering why I have chosen this name I must refer you to an earlier post. This was the name of a relatively short-lived nostalgic amusement park not too far from where we lived when I was growing up. There was a superb steam train here, and I thought the whole set-up was fantastic!
Hopefully there will be another post soon!
