Slow progress

Slow progress indeed. I still haven't found time to properly familiarise myself with The War of 1812; my 1961 Cubans to be have now been PVA'd, but no more than that; the proposed Cuba 1898 game using Rough Riders! is still on hold; and even my Me Bf109 G-10 waits, for various gruns and graus from Xtracrylics. However, I did manage to do a little more on the odd bits of armour on my painting table tonight:

The Pz I and the SdKfz 222 are destined to take on my 28mm Home Guard, while the M41 Walker Bulldog waits for the beaches of Cuba. They are all done except for the pigment attack - note the MIG daleks hovering in the background. Speaking of daleks, I discovered today that my wife is related to David Tennant, the Dr Who before the current one, I think. This might explain both her brother (a famous sci-fi writer) and our son - who lives on another planet (the same one that the Soup Dragon lives on, I think). Mind you, so do most people in their 20s. Odd. All round.

Back to earth, it rains still here in West Mercia, but that, at least, allows this plant to show off:

It is Lady's Mantle, and, as you can see, catches drops of rain, like diamonds, on its leaves. In previous ages, it was believed that these rain drops from the plant had magical qualities.