Blogging has had to take a bit of a back seat lately, things have been a wee bit horrible health wise for both Amber and I, hopefully things will begin to improve shortly. The other day we went for a walk in the woods and took some photographs, it was a beautiful sunny day and did much to raise the spirits, the birds were singing,chestnut buds were opening, it was a wonderful experience.
This mallard drake was busy making himself look all manly and impressive, hoping to catch the eye of a lady duck no doubt.
I just love the colour of this tree, but at the moment I am not sure what it is. When the leaves begin to form I will be able to tell.
The woods are home to a large number of flowering currant bushes and this particular blossom caught my eye, rather nice I thought.
We went for a drive the other day to visit a friend who lives at Conishead Buddhist Centre in Ulverston, it was a lovely trip and we enjoyed the day out. The curious thing about motorists and driving in general, well curious to me at any rate is, when motorists are driving in a town or congested area, they race everywhere, rush up to road junctions and screech to a halt and generally act as though they are all competing in Wacky Racers, but get them on the open road and they just dawdle along at no miles per hour, strange isn't it?

Ready for action.

I made some groups of trees for the board to provide cover for the opposing armies, they were made as moveable items and can be placed as needed.
A general view of the board showing the trees and some Warhammer figures.

Some close-ups of the figures, the one on the white horse is Gandalf the Magician, at the moment he is missing his sword arm, so is quite armless:-)

Warhammer board almost finished.

The board is now almost complete, just some minor scenery work to do and it will be ready for the combatants.
A view from the side of the board.
The deadly bogs, traps for the unwary warrior.
It must be spring, the grass has started growing. Thank you Niels for your heipful comment on making the river more realistic, I will take your advice. Could you give me a brief run down on the rules as I am sure my grandson is making them up as we play:).

Day of contrasts.

Amber and I went for a walk in the woods yesterday, the sun was shining, hardly any wind and it was very pleasant, saw this flowering currant which was begging to be photographed, so I obliged it.
Then I noticed this little robin sitting in the bush looking at me, so I said " smile please " and took his photo as well, it then began to snow quite heavily, the white blob at the top of the photo is a snowflake on the lens of the camera.
We had taken some apples with us to the woods and I was cutting them into small chunks and throwing them around, this squirrel decided to investigate and posed quite nicely for us, as you can see from the photo. The snow was very wet and we were soaked so decided to make tracks for home.
On the way back the snow stopped and the sun came out again, so I took a photo of this water feature which is on the promenade, the water jets are random so the camera has to be focused in readiness.
This last photo was taken in the early evening from the front of our house, a perfect end to a very mixed up day.

The Board saga continues:)

A walk in the woods recently showed this nice splash of colour, also the birds were singing their little hearts out, I nearly joined in but did not want to frighten them.
The games board continues to evolve into something resembling countryside, the river beginning to rage just a little bit.
Cannot make up my mind at the moment concerning the river crossing, stepping stones or a bridge.
One of the features in the process of growing.
A long view of the (almost) completed side of the board.