Merry Christmas from The Grand Duchy of Stollen

Merry Christmas to Jeff Hudelson, Paul Robinson, Greg Horne, Murdock, and to everyone else who regularly visits the Grand Duchy. The Grand Duke Irwin-Amadeus II and the Grand Duchess Sonja send all of you the very best wishes for the season, including good health, family, and hope for the coming year.

Merry Christmas!!!

Comments

Anonymous said…

Festive Yule greetings to all at the Grand Duchy of Stollen.

12:29 PM

Bluebear Jeff said…

Thank you for your kind sentiments. Rest assured that my dear lady wife and I return the like thoughts to you and the lovely Sonja.

-- Jeff & Lani

12:39 PM

Anonymous said…

Festive Greetings and Seasons wishes to you and yours Stokes.

4:40 AM

Anonymous said…

God Jul from the Grand Duchess of Schleiz and her Lady-in-Waiting. We are touring through the area and wanted to say that we are impressed with the architecture. You must be using the same designer as my late husband did when he helped his cousin construct the new portion of Szczecin after the fire.

7:27 PM

Presenting the Anspach-Bayreuth Kuirassiere!!!

Here they are, with the rearmost nine figures still drying, three squadrons of the Anspach-Bayreuth Kuirassiere, now in the service of the Grand Duchy of Stollen. And now, it's onto that artillery!

And It's the End of September!!!

Saxony's Ploetz Cuirassiers, an illustration lifted from the Kronoskaf website, which has thus far guided my spectacularly glacial painting of 30 28mm Eureka Saxon cuirassiers purchased all the way back in October 2016. A gray, cool Saturday here in Mid-Michigan with rain in the forecast. The Grand Duchess is away at a conference, so it's just "The Boys" here at home. The Young Master (almost 15) has retreated to his room for something or other following breakfast while I have stolen back down here to Zum Stollenkeller (masquerading as my office) with a second mug of coffee and both cats comfortably ensconced nearby. Enjoying the late morning and still in my pajamas! Not much planned for today beyond designing a couple of promotional flyers for workshops my department is presenting (small parties we will throw?) in October and November. With maybe a bit of on the next podcast script. More important, I am toying with the idea of returning for an hour or...

Happy September 2nd!!!

T his weekend, the question of what, precisely, constitutes an "imagination" came up in an online forum of which I am a part. To be fair, the issue originates from further afield in a Facebook group that I am not a member of, but I weighed in with my own view. The following was in response to the question posed yesterday (Sunday) morning by an exasperated member of my own rather more gentlemanly town square, who had been met with a strident response to information he shared about his (admirable) hobby activities on said FB group. Here is, more or less, what I wrote: To my mind, the concept of imagi-nation(s) is a broad one. It can range from historical refights or what-if scenarios/battles/campaigns between armies of a particular era, to completely made up combatants operating in a quasi-historical setting, to the rather generic red and blue forces of the Prussian Kriegspiel that examine a particular tactical problem, task, or exercise. ...

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