and some photos

 I did get down to Sherman; got some lunch out, got yarn for the two Emotional Support Chickens I need to make at some point (biggest deadline is my niece's October birthday). Got to the yarn shop.

And I realized I'd never really photographed much around the depot; it's and interesting old building and they have some statuary around it. I *think* at one time, when I first moved down here, they had an "eternal flame" somewhere outside it, I think it was for veterans? But it's not there any more.

  

There's a small almost park-like area in front of it

 

and a fountain (the tile in it is greenish; it doesn't have that much algae in it)

 

There's also a big red sandstone (?) pillar carved with information about the MKT lines, which once upon a time was the main passenger train line through here. 

 

And then inside the depot. It's very fancy now; I don't know if it was that fancy when it was active as a depot. Now, it is shops and also a "reception space" - in the main hall they sometimes do wedding receptions.

I've been in a number of train stations and the modern ones for Amtrak range from "nice enough but fairly functional" to "kind of dingy." But maybe years back the availability of cheaper labor (for cleaning, etc.) meant that public spaces stayed nicer? 

I did get a skein of the Dream in Color sockyarn in the "Alive" colorway; it's their yak blend as the more basic blend didn't have any of that colorway. 

 

I also am back to working on the yellow cabled vest, but I have at least three more inches to go before I think about dividing the fronts and backs.