Friday, 10 April 2026

Renewed enthusiasm

 

A busy day at the station, passengers and workers alike discuss the recent better weather .
Neglected alpine planters before they were given a make over this week.

New alpines and half price plants about to be given a new home.
The fruits mainly of my daughter’s labour bringing the garden back from neglect 
Apple blossom coming out .
First use of the new bench that replaces the rotten one that stood here for well over twenty years.

In hobby news l am finding it very hard to settle to any project, flitting endlessly A peak of activity and enthusiasm wains to be replaced. Today a friend comes over to try the scenario rules properly for our border reiver games. I have invested in ADLG for ancients as I hear good things of it. DBM has served well but l become less and less willing to read the dense prose necessary to get to grips with them. Hopefully l can learn the rules myself and get my regular opponents on board…

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  1. Focus is difficult when tyhere are so many siren calls. I'm doing better with painting than gaming as I find rules, begin to set up a game and then abandon it for something else. On the painting front there is a long way to go before the new project will see the table.
    Stephen

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    1. I do that so often with regard to setting up a game. Looking forward to seeing your new project on the table.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  2. Good to see Normal Service is resuming in the Garden (Railway). No more leaves on the line.
    Blessings to launching your new bench!
    (Simple rules everytime for me.)

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    1. Line needs a clean but we are getting there. I like simple rules too but sometimes…
      Alan Tradgardland

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  3. Here it's also good weather for gardening, and this week I've spent most time in the garden to do some catching up. Not much time for modelling then, but I usually starts the 3D-printer for some modelling project before going out to the garden, so it can stand workon on it's own. You have a lovely garden Alan.

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    1. ...and sometimes it fails...
      - It's very frustrating coming inside after hours in the garden just to find out that your print failed...

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    2. That must be so disappointing re failure to print.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  4. These moments of pondering can lead to great bursts of activity, or as Izaak Walton would reassure us, 'idle time, nit idly spent'. The garden is looking lovely.

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  5. Thank you re gardening. Very true re pondering.
    Alan Tradgardland

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