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Kindness

What’s the kindest thing someone has ever done for you?

Well there is quite a list, but one of the nicest things was way back in 2013. I was a head teacher (Principal) of a small school and used role playing games as a way to support/improve writing. The kids were so proud of their work,as was I, that we made a display of it. I moved on, but the display remained… The kids wouldn’t let it be taken down. Sadly the school had to close and I got a delivery… The kids wanted me to have the whole display.

I still have it in the loft.

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I Love Online Training Videos

Not something you generally hear, but when said videos are in your own home then it gives you the opportunity to move your hands whilst listening..and to be fair it was interesting stuff. So much so I told my line manager it was worth a watch…

Tadaaa…. All done apart from the flags.

Here they are … Blending in with the rest of the throng.

The cultists carried on getting their hand me down paint. I shall hopefully get on with them tomorrow.

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Hobby Time

Share a hobby you’ve picked up recently — what got you into it?

I suppose my Oil pastel scribbles would count here

Why did I start… Was away on training and on a whim bought some cheap oil pastels and a pad of black paper. Haven’t done any for a while…must carry on…

The other thing is maps…drawing them…

Each town on the large map is drawn too.

Why maps. Well during long COVID I lost my fine motor skills among other things and drawing random maps was easier than the written word.

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Very Little Done

Today was the day I was going to get the militia a long way done… Ha Ha!

Dad’s taxi, helping mother in law and sleeping in caused my plans to falter.

On the upside… They are now in the house.

Tomorrow is another day lol.

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Coincidence

What’s the weirdest coincidence you’ve ever experienced?

Well not sure if it is a coincidence or just a very small world. So this is me in about 1991 on my first day as a reenactor. The weird coincidence is that my future wife is sat on the slope behind me.  I didn’t know her and she didn’t know me.

Found the photo after we were married and she told me then.

Here she is in Poland…the short lady in white trousers next to the big horse. She got the largest and I got the smallest 😂. Obviously we are not Romans in the second photo.

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It’s Like Waiting for Buses…

Two arrive at once!

Well today I decided to undercoat this lot as my Alternative Armies box hadn’t arrived.

I was waiting for the undercoat to cure when my son walked in with the post!

These are the remaining militia. I based them up and they are now undercoated. I will make a start on them tomorrow.

Borgia hasn’t been based because his doppelganger came too…

There is meant to be one mounted and one on foot… A slight packing error methinks. Ah well. One less base to paint for now

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An unfinished Book

What’s a book you never finished but still think about?

To be honest there are quite a lot. Some were accidental and others deliberate.

One that I would like to reread and finish one day is ‘A Boy and his Bear’ by Harriet Graham.

Years ago as a class teacher we read this as part of our topic on the Tudors and Stewarts. For some reason we never got to finish it…

Basically set in Tudor England..Dickon lives in a cruel time when wild bears are made to fight by men for sport. He meets a recently captured bear cub, and is determined to set Nounou free. But the path to freedom is littered with danger for both the boy and his bear.

A second one was a western I got out the library as a kid and some absolute Arse had removed the last page with a scalpel or something… I can’t remember the book, but the fact the last page was gone is what reminds me.

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Tinkering

Well that is what my wife calls it  (oooh err missus).

Today we had a shoe rack collapse. Sadly the thing we paid £1 in a charity shop…err didn’t make it.

So this afternoon I made one out of wood. It was designed to fit in a certain spot and actually I am quite pleased with it …

This cost pretty much nothing as it utilised a pile of wood I had lying around.

I was a bit pooped after sorting this so no model making or painting this evening.