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A friendly greeting. . .

This lovely photograph is from the Redbubble.com website and was taken by Charmiene Maxwell-Batten.  I just love the way ivy and certain creepers turn red in the fall.

You might recall that I mentioned hearing from "Martin" in Yorkshire, England the other day via a friendly e-mail in which he discussed his life and wargaming interests through the years.  It's always fun to hear from Grand Duchy of Stollen visitors like this, though I doubt ol' Irwin-Amadeus II needs to worry quite yet about establishing a Board of Tourism, or some such office.   But you never know. . . 

In any case, a second regular visitor-wargamer, who, coincidentally, also hails from Yorkshire in the UK, has requested via e-mail that I put him in touch with Martin.  So, Martin, if you see this, and you are of a like mind, please drop me a line with your preferred e-mail contact information, which I will forward to your fellow Yorkshireman.

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Conrad Kinch said…
I imagine their meeting will be a bit like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

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