Written by Paul D. Race for Family Garden Trains(tm)
Garden
Railroading with Toy Trains---I first wrote this article in 2007, and
updated it significantly in 2012. But so many things have changed since
then, it deserves another update. The short version is that you CAN use
toy trains on a garden railroad, as long as you choose carefully, and
are willing to put in the other work you need to do to make the railroad
sturdy and attractive.
Now for the biggest change: in 2012,
most of the larger toy trains available ran on the same gauge of track
used by LGB, Piko, and other name-brand garden trains (45mm, or 1.775").
But in 2019, one of the most popular big toy train lines did NOT run on
the same track. READ MORE HERE.
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As many of you know, Chief Harper has resigned.
Here is the resignation letter; it comes from the 8/3 Board of Trustees agenda. Click on the photo.
(FYI---The agenda for the August 3rd Board of Trustees Regular Meeting and all associated backup materials are now available by clicking here.)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision Tuesday to include travelers from DC
in his 14-day quarantine order at first seemed great news: What a fine
way to keep Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the
rest out of most mischief for two weeks at a time. Alas, the gov left the congressfolks free to maximize their
destructive work: As “essential workers,” lawmakers are exempt from the
mandate that mere mortals must obey, on pain of persecution from the
State Police. READ AND SEE MORE AT https://nypost.com/2020/07/30/andrew-cuomos-missed-quarantine-opportunity/
AND FOR OF THE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEE BUT NOT FOR ME, CLICK HERE.
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ART NEWS FROM THE MULTI-TALENTED DAVE KONIG
I am excited and honored to announce that The RPAC Gallery in Ridgefield, Ct. has included a collection of my subway drawings in their new showing, opening August 6th. You can get all the info on their website, where you can also purchase the original art OR high-quality prints framed, matted, or unframed on select print paper. Go to: https://www.rpacgallery.com/dave-konig for details!
FOR MORE ABOUT FORMER CROTON RESIDENT DAVE KONIG:
--Congratulations Dave! "BORN TO PLAY AMERICA'S FAVORITE HACK COMEDIAN--MILES SHAPIRO"--on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel! See it here!
--For more about Dave Konig's book, GOOD LUCK MR. GORSKY, CLICK HERE
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A fabulous find unearthed about Croton's Lillian Nordica....
The Sun Newspaper dated October 2, 1914.
"SAYS MME. NORDICA MADE $65,000 A YEAR....
LATE DIVA'S SECRETARY TESTIFIES SHE EARNED THIS FOR PAST EIGHTEEN YEARS"
Click on the photos. You may also enjoy:
-----CROTON'S LILLIAN NORDICA IN PERIL AT OPERA 1906; click here
-----1914 OBITUARY & MORE FOR CROTON'S LILLIAN NORDICA; click here
----AND FROM THE LATE ROBERT SCOTT: LILLIAN NORDICA, UNLUCKY IN LOVE http://notorc.blogspot.com/2013/01/lillian-nordica-unlucky-in-love.html
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COURTESY OF THE ARCHIVES MAINTAINED BY THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
JAN. 11, 1940-Croton Artists to Exhibit at Whitney Museum - Helen(e) Sardeau, George Biddle, and William Gropper. Click on the photo.
YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN:
--A LOOK BACK @ HELENE SARDEAU http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-look-back-helene-sardeau-croton.html
--A LOOK BACK @ WILLIAM GROPPER, 1945 http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-look-back-croton-artist-william.html
Extensively detailed journalism - Nike should quit lecturing on social justice — and atone for using slave labor in China--Woke companies are constantly hectoring America on its failings. The Social Justice Warriors who run Nike, for example, pompously inform us that they are fighting “against discrimination in communities worldwide.” Not only that but they are “work[ing] every day to erase the stain of racism and the damage of injustice.” READ MORE AT https://nypost.com/2020/07/25/nike-should-quit-lecturing-on-social-justice-and-atone-for-using-slave-labor-in-china/
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Even the hottest days are brighter at Croton Colonial Restaurant & Diner--but you've got to admit, the balloons add a festive "welcome back" touch! Click on the photo. For more, click here!
And check out this great article about Pete from the Estiator Magazine http://www.estiator.com/profiles-in-success-pete-tsangarakis-quenches-his-appetite-for-business-and-philanthropy/
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IT
IS BEING REPORTED THAT CROTON'S POLICE CHIEF RUSS HARPER has resigned.
There are few details at present. As soon as more info is
available......
UPDATED: LETTER IS AT https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/07/chief-russ-harpers-resignation-letter.html
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CROTON.
ROTARY CLUBS OF CROTON AND TARRYTOWN IN THE NEWS--READ MORE AT THE RIVER JOURNAL https://riverjournalonline.com/communities/tarrytown/rotary-clubs-fill-a-need-to-feed/21021/
Video shows mask-less Gov. Cuomo hugging mayor of Savannah, Ga. By Bernadette Hogan and Natalie Musumeciov--Cuomo is apparently above following his own orders. Now-viral video and images show the Democratic New York governor hugging the Savannah, Ga. mayor — without wearing a face mask — during his recent trip to the Peach State to help with the city’s coronavirus response. READ MORE AT https://nypost.com/2020/07/27/video-shows-mask-less-cuomo-hugging-mayor-of-savannah-ga/
AND EVEN MORE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEE BUT NOT FOR ME VIRUS CHRONICLES HERE
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NOTICE OF DEATH--TEMPLE ISRAEL-- Joseph Dropkin, husband of Suzanne, father of Eliana and David died on Friday, July 24th. A Memorial Service and Shiva will be held via Zoom on three different evenings this week. Feel free to attend one or all of these gatherings. They will each capture different aspects of Joe's life.
Tuesday, July 28 at 8 PM, led by Cantor Fogelman
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86447717835?pwd=TkhXLzQ4QnJ4MWl2WnVjYU15VnJyZz09
Meeting ID: 864 4771 7835 - Passcode: Joe
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Wednesday, July 29 at 8 PM, led by Rabbi David Paskin
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3393643640?pwd=d2l2TlZWejB1ZFVZRzU2dkg1blRLdz09
Meeting ID: 339 364 3640 Passcode: ganathome
Thursday, July 30 at 8 PM, led by Cherie Marcus and Ben Wiesen
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Meeting ID: 897 2908 3091 Passcode: Joe
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If you would like to share a short personal memory of Joe during one of these gatherings, please e-mail Robin Safarowic (robin@tinw.org) with your preferred day. This will help us keep the services balanced and organized. Memories can also be shared using the chat feature on Zoom. Donations in Joe's memory can be made to Temple Israel of Northern Westchester, his beloved synagogue community. Please click here for the Donation Page.
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QUEENS DAILY EAGLE, THE MTA HAS PORN PROBLEM, CROTON HARMON IN THE LIST....EXCERPTED......The same dirty description — Flirtatious An*l D*ldo For C*ck Hungry Blonde Sl*t — accompanies 13 stations along the Hudson Line, including Metro-North platforms in Riverdale, Greystone, Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, Tarrytown, Scarborough, Ossining, Croton Harmon, Cortlandt, Garrison, Cold Spring and Breakneck Ridge. MORE AT https://queenseagle.com/all/2020/7/26/the-mta-has-a-porn-problem-metronorth-station-names-include-x-rated-titles-on-google
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FABULOUS STUFFED SOLE AT THE CROTON COLONIAL DINER YESTERDAY---DELICATE CRABMEAT OR SPINACH AND FETA CHEESE STUFFING AVAILABLE. COOKED TO PERFECTION! FOR MORE ABOUT THE CROTON COLONIAL RESTAURANT AND DINER, A TRUE VILLAGE INSTITUTION, CLICK HERE.
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IT'S BAGPIPE APPRECIATION DAY! READ MORE ABOUT IT HERE.
AND CLICK ON THE PHOTOS FROM THE 2009 CROTON SUMMERFEST FEATURING LOCAL 21 N.Y. PIPES & DRUMS!
Originally
pastoral and festive, the military began using the bagpipe in the
eighteenth century and accompanied it with drums. Battlefields were
loud, so instruments were used to communicate.
Bagpipers from clans—who
were often at war with each other—would inspire soldiers before battle,
and played during battles to signal movements, attacks, and retreats.
When the Scottish uprising of 1745 failed, military training was banned. Thus, the bagpipe could no longer be used in this context anymore,
although it was not banned for other uses.
In the Scottish
Lowlands, pipers held important positions in communities. There were
town pipers, and those who played dance music and songs at weddings,
feasts, and fairs. The soft sounding Scottish Lowland bagpipe was played
from about 1750 to 1850; it had a bellows, and three drones in one
stock.
When England and Scotland united in the early eighteenth
century, bagpipes were brought all over the world to British colonies,
to places such as Africa and Ceylon.
AGAIN READ MORE HERE.
YOU CAN SEE MORE PHOTOS FROM THE 2009 CROTON SUMMERFEST COURTESY OF ROB ASTORINO AT HIS FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM HERE AND HERE.
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Gov.
Andrew Cuomo’s Freudian slip may have shown Friday when he nearly
referred to himself as “President Cuomo.”“Why didn’t you listen to
President — Andrew — Cuomo,” the governor
was forced to quickly correct himself, “when he said 11 times there were
other states that have Green Lights Laws?”
Cuomo made the comment during a coronavirus press briefing in Albany
while discussing the federal government’s abandonment of a lawsuit
banning New Yorkers from being included in the federally run Trusted
Traveler programs. READ MORE HERE.
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BY SPECIAL REQUEST--FROM 1971--courtesy of THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY--featuring Fred Blais, mention of the Croton Shakespeare Festival, and the Croton Harmon HS Dramatics Club: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE - Click on the images below.
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As always, some special requests, new finds, oldies but goodies and more. Click on the photos and links.
First up, we love finding old recipes for Christmas punch and holiday drinks; these Canada Dry concoctions below are from 1962. In truth, ginger ale really only came into our house during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. It was considered very "adult". We were permitted a toasting "cocktail" which consisted of ginger ale, lots of crushed ice, a maraschino cherry and a lemon twist in a highball glass!
They're followed by another Christmas tree photo with an extraordinary putz village--an oldie but goodie and worth a second look....
Circa 1918 to 1928--courtesy of LOC and sliced and diced so you can appreciate all the vintage village goodness-including the train, boat & fence. This was a labor of love for sure! And finally a page from the 1926 Eatons's showing candy boxes and stockings. Again, click on the photos and links.
--Perfect putz house size! Tiny metal train set with track http://bit.ly/TzmyYX
--METAL ORNAMENT CAPS FOR REPAIRS FROM BLUMCHEN; CLICK HERE
--ED'S TRAVELOGUES; FRANK LLOYD'S HOUSE 1977; CLICK HERE
--CLEAR ACRYLIC TERRARIUM ORNAMENTS---BUT MANY OF YOU WILL USE THESE FOR CHRISTMAS SCENES; from Factory Direct Craft---don't know how long the link will last--- https://factorydirectcraft.com/catalog/products/1302_1039-58115-clear_acrylic_terrarium_ornaments.html
--THANKS FOE THE LINK AND VIDEO "FAMILY GARDEN TRAINS", COGRA Garden Railroading, sS Another superb summer evening to run a couple of trains on the Kollmann Landschaft Gartenbahn. SEE IT HERE
---FOR THE READER LOOKING FOR PRE-1920 ELECTRICAL CHRISTMAS LIGHTING, A COLLECTION OF LINKS HERE
SEE THE LAST EDITION OF MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON HERE
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