It's May 2021.
Think about that.
We are almost at the halfway mark for the year already.
Where has the time gone?
And of course that means it's time for another irregularly timed entry into my blog that keeps limping along like an old dog going down a path in the woods.
This one, dear reader is a bit photo intensive, so please be patient as it loads.
A NEW EXPERIMENT!!!
Okay, so being the owner of a house, I noticed that outside of our dining room and living room windows we had two large window boxes...with dead plants in them.
"Hm.." sez I.
I discussed this over with my wife and while she isn't big on flowers, she is big on herbs and such. So I went and dropped a few dollars, and am now trying my hand at "gardening", (to a degree). I researched up "best simple easy herbs to grow in Indiana", and then went with that. As I am an amateur dirt digger, I decided to go with something that was A: Easy to work with, B: Didn't require a lot of maintenance, and C: Well....easy to work with and lived in this Zone (Zone 5).
And here's the results.
Box #1: This is Chives, Rosemary, and Lemon Balm... |
Box #2: This is Chives, Rosemary, and Spearmint... |
Not only are these "easy" herbs for beginners, they are also natural insect repellants.
An amazing assortment of flowers beautifully arranged around our home.
But...
That's NOT what we are here for.
It's back to the "war room"...
GAMING...
Now that the game room has been established, we have gone ahead and broke it in with gaming, and every two weeks I am running a AD&D 2nd Edition Campaign. We just finished our third setting, and the party is beginning to explore the ruins of an old haunted house.
The Adventuring Party: (From L to R): Hanibar, Rakerzon, Mearig, Fargrim, Timos, and Caedrynn. All figures except for Fargrim the Dwarven fighter were painted by me. |
The PC's discuss a course of action over what they should do about the "rumors of the old haunted house..." (*insert spooky music here*...) |
No fancy vid screens and online "purty stuff"...This is Old School RPG'ing... |
The party finds a mysterious clue!!! (*dun dun dunnnnnnhhh!!!!*) |
Handouts and maps...Old School D&D... |
The mysterious parchment fragment piece that gives a possible clue....What could it mean? What COULD it mean?!?!... |
The D&D game weekends are especially fun because we get to visit with good friends, and have good times together and eat good food. This last game, my wonderful wife (Gawd bless her!), made chicken stacked enchiladas and they were scarfed down.
Always keep the game room fridge stocked... |
But the game room is for more than just RPG's...
THE MINIATURES TABLE IS SET!!!
Looking at the table The border is visible. Bongolesia is on the left side and The Fandango Republic is on the right side... |
Looking North into The Fandango Republic from Bongolesia. Bungatown is closest to the edge of the table. |
The view of "Checkpoint Chester", from the Bongolesian side, including the Bongolesian Govt. border station across the road which is currently manned in this photo by National Police. |
The UN conducts a border patrol operation while the Bongolesian National Police watch from their positions. |
The UN Patrol moves out...what WILL they find???... |
COOL STUFF!!!
Looking forward to trying this one out! |
And I can't wait to get some paint on these guys!!! |
There's a heckuva lot more I can go about right now (including our plumbing problem with one of the bathroom sinks), as well as some of the work on my painting table, but I think I am going to call it quits for now. More cool and fun stuff to come!
7 comments:
Greetings from Ifat.
Very nice to see an update. Those D&D photos definitely bring back memories of the old days back in the 1980s,
Great stuff, thanks for sharing it.
Johnathan Keepers!
Welcome compadre! and yes...Ifat can send it's greetings but Bongolesia DOES NOT forget the earlier political hinky jinky trickery of your nation! Glad to see you here!
Much has changed and I am a widower for the second time in my life. Same e-mail addy thou.
Jonathan;
I went back and checked and I don't have your email addy. Send it to me or IM on FB.
It's my name all lower case one word At Yahoo dot com.
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