Staying at home. 15/05/20

·         Well here in France, we are now allowed out.  Well sort of, no more than groups of ten people, but on the whole we are expected to stay at home unless you are able to go to work with social distancing or able to work from home.  Bars, restaurants, hotels etc., are still closed.  The borders are sort of closed.  We are allowed to go 100km from home without an attestation.  Further without the attestation is 130 euro fine for each person in the vehicle.  And we are expected to wear masks in the shops and even in some shops gloves as well.  Most now have screens around the till, one way systems and gel hand wash everywhere.

Infantry squad from Wayne for CoC.

·         So time for my hobby continues, along with help to the elderly neighbours.

·         In going thorough my boxes I am starting to sell stuff that I have but do not anticipate using.  First to go have been some 28mm Prussian figures for the Franco-Prussian war.

·         Back to the boxes.  I am now working through which have part finished projects that I may finish and which to leave for another day.  And then which to sell as I no longer have any interest in, or at least I would rather do other projects.

                So the clear-out.

·         I am going through my boxes to sort out the figures that I do not intend to use for any project.

·         To go all in 1:32 scale plastic, CTS Churchill tank, British Para's by a couple of different companies, 13 Japanese infantry, 6 Britain's North American Bison and British Commandoes.

                So the hobby.

So at the moment I am finishing a CoC German force for a pint sized campaign in the Ardennes.  Pierre at the Carantan club has a US force and hopefully this campaign will help him with the motivation to finish painting them.  Started to make a M8 armoured car as a captured German unit.

Some of the Germans that Wayne painted.

Wayne had started some of the German figures and I have added to them to create the units for CoC, some figures, a couple of vehicles and guns.

I am continuing to finish re-basing my 15mm 1846 Mexican figures for the 1846 war, their are just so many bases.

I have been working on a couple of small 28mm MDF buildings for CoC.

                So on the home front.

The view from my studio window showing the chicken pens in the garden.

The strong winds last weekend caused a bit of damage in the neighbours gardens, Georgette had a flowering tree blown over.  We went with the tractor and chainsaw to help her to cut it up ready for a fire.  Adrienne had a length of fence blown over, so we went and reaffixed it for her.  And Bernard had a sheet of corrugated iron blown off his barn, it was hanging a by a nail and the wind had torn it in half.  So got it down safely onto the ground.  An other friend came and helped me get a replacement sheet back into place. an standing.  So that took a couple of mornings to sort out.  We have now planted out peas, courgettes, pumpkin, gourds and French beans in out garden.  And planting tomatoes in Anneke's and Adrienne's greenhouses.

I had a day down at Louise's cutting tiles in half to make skirting tiles to go around her kitchen.