This is the board with it's background painted , the dark patches are going to be areas of marshy ground, this will hopefully make life more difficult for the warriors.
I have been awarded a Kreativ Blogger award by Sue, the Purple Pixie, this came as a bit of a surprise, albeit a very nice one, as I do not consider myself in that light. Thank you Sue very much. I will not be nominating anyone at this time as I am quite new to this medium and do not know enough people as yet.
The board now has all of it"s contours in place and is ready to be landscaped.
Raging river, grassland, trees, still in the imagination as yet, but will shortly be on the board.
This is the start of the Warhammer battleground that I am attempting to make for my youngest grandson, it is 3 feet long by 2 feet wide and hopefully will give lots of room for his figures.
The wooden edge pieces are to give some support to the board, and also to provide a backing for the raised land masses.
This wiggly line will eventually become a raging river, with a bit of luck and a lot of imagination.
The first of the land masses to appear.
On Saturday Amber and I had a trip to Cumbria, to visit friends and also to call in on my mother, these are photographs taken by Amber as we travelled up the motorway, as you can see the surrounding countryside is rather cold and bleak, It was a beautiful day with clear skies and fluffy white clouds, traffic was very sparse and it was a joy to be out and about.
Almost the same view, but with no vehicle to spoil it.
Wish i had brought my sledge.
This was part of a very long train, the wagons were full of gravel and there were workmen all along the track, possibly the bad weather had lifted some of the ballast.
What a magical scene.
I have always loved snow and ice, to wake up in the morning and see the world dressed in white has been a source of delight since childhood. Today is special, not only snow, but a lovely, pale, watery sun as well.
Also it makes our car look clean.
The buddleia in the back garden looks very festive in it's coat of white.
An iced up besom, a bit cold for anyone travelling on this today.
This is an evergreen tree which overlooks our pond, not much green showing today.
WHAT: A Bloggers (Silent) Poetry Reading
WHEN: Anytime February 2, 2009
WHERE: Your blog
WHY: To celebrate the Feast of Brigid, aka Groundhog Day
HOW: Select a poem you like - by a favorite poet or one of your own - to post February 2nd. You can link to me or to the original post on Branches up ,roots down site
Amber and I went for a walk yesterday( sunday), it was very cold and windy, weathermen would probably it "bracing". We arrived as the tide was receding but managed to take these photographs of the waves crashing against the sea wall.
This we assumed was the nesting site of a Roc, a huge bird previously thought to be extinct.
Thats it for the exercise, back home for Hot Chocolate.
