The Single Handed Admiral

 I didn’t get a Christmas Day post up, so I’ll go a day late.  Had a busy day yesterday but looking forward to getting the brushes working t...

I am late on posting this of course, but my wife and I traveled to England for a couple weeks in July and August.  It was family centred vis...

  Blogging and gaming have been on hold due to a sudden influx of real life events, most of which were really good. But it did include a det...

  Another COVID Christmas.  My wife and I had plane tickets to visit family in a Halifax, NS.  We cancelled out due to Omicron trends.  Seem...

 It was my Dad’s funeral today in the UK.  With COVID travel restrictions, we had to watch over a video webcast from our couch in Regina.  D...

Hope that the day brings you everything that you expect!  My exams are marked and grades recorded in the system.  My daughter is home an...

My father who served in the Royal Navy in Korea My great uncles who served in WW2, especially Peter killed in the fall of Singapore My ...

It’s been quiet on the blog over the last few months, because life has been busy other wise.  My daughter shifted Unis  across Canada, w...

Last week my academic travels took me south of the border to Baltimore, and the lair of the Uber Geek Miles Ready.  I always enjoy my trips...

Painting and gaming has just about ground to a halt here, although I did pick up the brushes last night for the first time in a couple weeks...

Gallo The Chicken Headed Man mosaic from Brading Villa I hadn't realized until this morning but I'd been silent on the blogosp...

Schnellenbach Campaign The campaign is underway and we have seen Cavalry patrols from both sides meet just west of the key bridge over the ...

This Friday night I set off to Curt's to play out our first table top encounter in the Schnellenbach campaign.   Unfortunately, things d...

My wife and I just came back from a two week visit to the UK.  This was an almost exclusively family and couple based trip with little of...

The past week my better half and I did one of our infrequent fliers up the road to Saskatoon (a 2.5 hour drive each way).  Unlike our typic...

Forgive me father it has been six weeks since my last posting..... It's funny how one can blog in great spurts and then completely ge...

A belated Merry Christmas and an early Happy New Year! It has been a busy time at the Admiralty, with business travel (3 days to Florida t...

We are having the hottest weekend so far this summer, with temps at 30C with the humidex at 36C and now a Tornado watch.  For those of ...

So I signed myself up for the 5th Painting Challenge  with a target score of 1000.  So far I have finished bugger all and I'm not ex...