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| 'The Nap at the Palace' by Jose Triado Mayol |
Not much in the way of hobby-related activity happening here in the Grand Duchy lately. Sigh. And no surprise there really since there are only so many hours in the day, only so much mental and physical energy to spare, and you sometimes simply just have to give in and know when to say, um, "When!" A glass of wine and/or evening yoga by the hearth with the Grand Duchess (who has practiced for over 20 years), and then off into la-la land. Zzzzzzzzz.
More immediately, I'm recovering, mentally speaking, from a grueling
Friday in which I was involved with three (online) conference sessions,
one right after the other, followed by a 90-minute meeting at the end of
the day. Also virtual. My brain has been mush ever since, so an easy, completely
unproductive Saturday watching intermittent snow fall outside (no
accumulation however) and drinking coffee while the visiting handymen
completed some repair work down here in Zum Stollenkeller.
Today (Sunday) is
cool but sunny, so some work outside following lunch with, this evening, a possible
return after a long absence to the painting table and those
for-many-weeks-neglected 28mm Eureka Saxon cuirassiers.
On a slightly different note, a small order of Venture Miniatures 18th century country
folk and villagers arrived in the mail Friday. These will go nicely
with the Ratnik, Suren, Jackdaw, Fife & Drum, and other townsfolk/agricultural
laborers already in the collection and provide added variety around the
edges of the table when I set it up once again. I think I'll take a stab at half a dozen of these as a reward once the current cavalry are finished during the summer.
Last, and I might have mentioned this before in an earlier post, I am entertaining the
notion of another attempted solo Sittangbad refight this summer once
thing settle down following a conference at the start of June. A leisurely game of toy soldiers over a few days would be just the thing to help decompress after a terribly busy school year.
Kind Regards,
Stokes
A very nice scan of Young and Lawford's original map of the battle, "borrowed" from Keith's Wargaming Blog.
Comments
Alan Tradgardland
This has got more intense as I get older; I really want to retire, but unfortunately need to put in a few more years.
All this has a dramatic impact on hobby time at the weekend, especially where other things have to be fit in the limited free time available.
It's very easy to let weekend after weekend slip away without achieving anything on the wargaming front.
My solution, has been to do something however small and make time or force myself rather than just do nothing.
It's amazing how this can add up.
It also helps if there's a goal, so Sittangbad could be a great motivator.
It doesn't always work, especially if I'm really worn out, but worth trying when you are just weary from "real life".
Neil