There’s not much wargaming or painting going on over here at the moment, and god knows when my 6mm Baccus Lancastrian army will show up, so I’ve decided to close up shop for a couple of months while I generate a few things to write about (if Stew can do it so can I).
If nothing else I should have a few ECW battles and an airship mission or two to kick things off again when I return.
As an early retiree on a limited income (cue the playing of a very tiny violin) I sometimes have to make difficult decisions on how to spend my hobby money. This month (in a spend I shall have trouble categorising for the wargaming census) I err spent it on a couple of birds…
Literally.
Meet my two new family members, Bancroft and Makepeace.
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| Bancroft & Makepeace. Hanging out with chickens can be very restful. |
They’re a pair of fancy pants chucks, Bancroft is a Brahma and Makepeace is a Favorolle - not that you’re especially interested I’m sure.
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| Makepeace doing a runner after taking a dump in my welly. |
Being French they immediately went on strike over the lack of adequate wi fi in their enclosure, so no eggs of note so far.
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| Les Poulets avec les gilets jaunes. It’s a French thing. |
Hopefully they won’t start blocking access to the garden or burning tyres.
Have a great summer everyone.
Toodleooh.
Come on! You can’t just tell us the chickens’ names without explaining them. TV detectives? Francis Bancroft and William Makepeace Thackeray?
ReplyDeleteChris/Nundanket
Hey Chris. Spot on with the Bancroft guess and the other one is the better looking half of Dempsey and Makepeace.
DeleteHave a nice break my online friend. I find them very restful and tend to come back more motivated. Or just chuck it all together. LOL 😁
ReplyDeleteFrench chicks must be different from American chicks, because American chicks are NOT restful.
(yes, I mean both kinds)
Cheers Stew. Time to kick back!
DeleteHave a great break JBM!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ben - will do!
DeleteHope your Wars of Roses stuff arrives soon, enjoy your break.
ReplyDeleteMe too Norm. Nearly went 12mm but I always end up painting them like they’re 28’s and it’d be nice to see some actual units being produced rather than individual figures. lol.
DeleteHave a positive, creative and enjoyable break. Looking forward to your return.
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
Hi Alan, nice to have met you the other day - albeit on line. Might still end up in a zoom game or two over the summer so maybe we’ll catch up again then.
DeleteI hope so or a visit to the VWC ?
DeleteAlan Tradgardland
Enjoy your break and I look forward to seeing what you've been up to over the Summer. Love the view of your garden and the countryside: very envious!
ReplyDeleteHey Steve I will enjoy the break and hopefully I’ll have something to write about when I resurface. Thankfully the picture of the garden managed to miss out the abattoir, council waste tip, chicken rendering factory and toxic waste dump to which I’m also adjacent. lol.
DeleteWell, you Froggies do like to take your Grande Vacances, n'est ce pa? - although I did think that's more usually in August or September - mind you, if you are retired, your whole life is genuinely one great long grande vacances, innit?! Have a good break JBM, and hopefully you have some fun games whilst operating in stealth mode, and return to the fray with lots of great blog fodder!
ReplyDeleteCheers Keith. Yeah it pretty much is one long vacances tbh. Hopefully this year the current Mrs broom and I will get out and about a bit and see more of Europe. I will still be playing online over at Jon’s place with any luck, but it’ll be nice to start some new projects and have something different to write about that’s for sure.
DeleteWhew! That's a relief to see! I was going to ask if you were throwing in the towel on remote gaming too. I certainly hope not. Your absence from the gaming table would be a great loss to me.
DeleteGosh no Jon. I really enjoy remote gaming with you and the lads. I’d hate to give that up!
DeleteHow very Continental, and sane, to take some time away and be better for it.
ReplyDeleteHi Ed, yeah I’m going fully native. I’ll be buggering off to St Tropez before you know it.
DeleteWonderful JBM, and I hope that they will reward your care with some tasty eggs and maybe a few double yolks.
ReplyDeleteBlue skies eh? You lucky bugger
All the best,
Lee.
Not blue skies for Long Lee. Storms and rain ever since.
DeleteGood luck with your blog vacation, see you on the other side!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain caveadsum1471
Cheers Iain.
DeleteI like your chicken names. What is the inspiration for them (we have certain rules for naming ours :) )
ReplyDeleteHi KK, they are named after female detectives!
DeleteHello JBM :) A quick question, I was reading back a few posts here and spotted those plastic card sleeves, Are they the kind of 'toploader' sleeves or do they seal over the cards in some way? Sorry for the daft question but I need to get some :)
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Lee.
Hi Lee, I usually use fellowes 65x95mm Capture 125 micron gloss finish - which completely seals a card in when it’s put through a laminater. Tony recently sent me some 65x90mm top loader card sleeves which I’m using at the mo. I’ve no idea as to make. As the name suggests you can still gain access to the card inside which is both a plus and a minus.
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