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It's Easter Weekend in the Grand Duchy. . .

 

"You mean a clue to the new direction?"  Extra points if you recognize which 1964 film that line comes from.

 

Well, things have ground to a standstill the last few weeks here in the Grand Duchy of Stollen what with a conference out of town two weeks ago, foot surgery for the Grand Duchess last Friday, her envisioned six-week recovery on the chaise in the library, plus the usual end-of-semester song and dance. 

There is also the matter of several academic projects with colleagues that have recently fallen into my lap.  Should've thought a bit more about those before jumping into the deep end of the pool with all the other kids.  What was I thinking?  No rest for the wicked as the saying goes.

But, it's sunny outside this weekend, I plan to begin leaf and stick clean-up with an inaugural mow for the 2023 mowing season to suck up smaller debris, and we have a nice dinner to look forward to for Easter Sunday, prepared (purchased) by yours truly at the supermarket yesterday (Friday) evening.  

We've also got some eggs to dye later today.  And of course, the Easter Bunny -- one Ernst P. Haase.  Have you met? --  may drop by late tonight after everyone is in bed asleep, with baskets full of goodies.

Otherwise, painting plans for the 135-140 or so soldiers, outlined in late December or January right here, continue just as soon as I can return to the painting table.  But after that, it's back to a large unit of infantry, I think.  And we can thank/blame David of the wonderfully long running Not by Appointment blog for providing the inspiration, indeed urgency behind the envisioned unit.  

Yes, it's another regiment of the Reichsarmee, which wears pretty typical Prussian-style uniforms with red facings and turnbacks.  This time, the Kreisinfanterieregiment Pfalz-Zweibrücken.  A pretty poor body of troops by all accounts (E Class morale).  But the flags!

This particular unit has long been on my radar screen for years and added to the (planned) painting list.  So, while I will stay the course and forge ahead with the existing plans for 2023 (independent companies of generic jaegers, frei-corps, croats, and etc), this particular infantry regiment will be next in the queue.  Probably not before Fall 2023, or possibly December and into 2024.  Then, it will be time to get back to the cavalry for a bit (Ha, ha!) I think, since there is more than enough of it in the drawer of lead to my immediate left.

But in the meantime, The Grand Duchess awaits and yard work outdoors beckons.  Ladies and gentlemen, to the rakes and lawn & leaf bags!

-- Stokes

 

Comments

Simon said…
A Hard Days Night
2:23 PM
David Morfitt said…
You sound very busy indeed! But I will enjoy seeing those flags with your troops later in the year/beginning of the next perhaps. And there are yet more attractive Reichsarmee flags still to come... :-)

Hope all goes well; good luck!

All the best,

David.
7:53 PM
WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…
Thank you, men! And we have a winner. A very funny scene, although the sequence with Ringo and the unnamed boy walking through the park talking about life and people is priceless.

Kind Regards,

Stokes
7:39 AM
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