Merry Christmas one and all!

 

Late 18 th Century Winter uniform

 1780s Swedish winter uniform-

Looks eminently practical to me 

Margaret Tarrant..

 I knew of her work as a child and liked it. I still do as an an adult. Years ago I helped out the local Brownie pack on some occasions. The woman who ran the pack always sent me a Tarrant card when she wrote to thank me. I liked the juxtaposition of the real with the fantastic. Here are some of her beautiful illustrations including simple but moving nativity scenes-

 

About her- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Tarrant

Pehr Hilleström

 Interesting paintings of late 18th century Sweden. A masque/tournament and some battle pictures, all painted by Pehr Hillestrom-

Aliens etc

 There has been interesting chat here of late-

https://littlewarsrevisited.boards.net/thread/852/vsf-on-venus-project?page=1#scrollTo=6666

and here-

https://littlewarsrevisited.boards.net/thread/849/victorian-science-fiction-invasions-sought 

I basically fancy doing some games based around invasions of earth in the nineteenth century. Today whilst in the shed using the tumble drier l went searching for these . I have had them for ages but done nought with them. So after a few boxes moved and lifted here they are-

Tip top alien options I say!  I have decided to start on a few as time permits…

A furious visitor part two

 The tomte has struck! He has changed the turkeys into Dodos. They escaped into the woods leaving a gap in the menu for tonight’s formal dinner.

A furious visitor…

 In the evening a small figure with a red hat comes unseen into the Hall. He hopes that they have remembered to put out porridge, with a little butter, for him. He looks around , finds nothing and plots revenge on the Big People. Ha , he thinks , I have a plan…