![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBq13orbnoFExpu3qbLBPx7AgFCqsTHsCUvskeIta7H0mRyqdF7uHs_cYiw-5suPLhabAiYLRzeF5GO89Sv-C8QK5zxDcU0I8l9hQrmWhKiJjzPbDO0zZnqe-ThF7DBvpDmvDhZ3TZ6Ds/s200/splace1.JPG)
Well it's not that I haven't been busy painting Napoleonics. I have honest, and loads of them I just haven't finished anything off yet.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6j4rOmGJeX9bRrk-UWUDUb9LrVtGniPGFD6szbeFa0EDwo9dvZnUUYdd_ezHWalFyqnUWKlkl_e3rhDMA4fYi3ANfJ7FzX52IpUuXLG_uUG6G8HBgvFXNZAV8bNXuB8zxzfHwV905fe4/s200/splace2.JPG)
So while I beaver away towards finishing my first figures of the new year I thought I'd post some more winter scenes, kind of like music in the dentists waiting room while your waiting to get drilled.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPGITsIUbywlYCqwIQErk2RxqIYHYE4SyJvNLWg5J84bjIMs8m_yHEk4-Lqggt6wypbPzFKpUEf4rxshuidJR1hhO1SaKIiwbriGhG8LijsQekkhsy-YW_CLxgzlKTSBEs68zGq00QlsQ/s200/splace3.JPG)
The great thing about snow is how it hides your sins, not like bodies under the patio brookside style but incomplete garden projects!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ15qzpezN5Jc6iHG3zfkrJ7oZCA7d8MFd3PfsxD3fiWVljCCSKpaEpvTZvdSu0Qs36FVQiEhsNGDFa6hdspQtT5orN-giK0mELa2ECSCB3Jxz8_yG7XkWlia7UTn2v203Mu0GpCnkUtU/s200/splace4.JPG)
I have to say I was quite impressed with our first snow fall this winter.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRs051x8tvd8Z3ZW2u17sOeWwKHLOL1m1bxQ1Kb8GZHwWqDQXtwGVkb6KvFyVWDJqkTwUiR3-11EEHkBm2YRD8OCTapKML_azv1yuLYAkwNsgrGwpCA_IF179HvFkC9FoA-ZletgfBNo/s200/splace5.JPG)
And I was pretty excited on the run up to Christmas.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbfKXc4tPHzH2GOFVi04FCRbr7n4iyFFzlIjeMZbPSOeHPRjSCOQjgSJdwdY-oCoNVqqWPFajnXIVzPK6KHNNJq0xXiy_N7dfgtq-eUWF2SGUYJXFmjAIqDykj6aFY8OaMhknvjBb6Sk/s200/splace6.JPG)
It was nice to see our wee garden looking clean and tidy.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcu8ufqH2YoI15QqM7iBcu-A0kqr_-WsFMSZSME-pjXf1cQtQ6KDfv1ZOcNpnDoOUgsMWENKH7gS9M41Ub9StITh0TazJAu4rCk6-Dei2xel7igqQ4NYRzVAn5f9jQTJRvD-SIpR3RfVo/s200/splace7.JPG)
Since then it's gotten a little nuts
(not as nuts as 30mins away where a lot of my family live, they had double our snow fall)![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QWCkMs342fdNZA5FMDX25SQg_vgUACRauXyD5INW4CF-xml9UqZr70fJf-qK5VDfUPIBJR8l5xeRNRl_FcvsHSkPE1rFSAuyTSaZ6HiGYjfygYUnp1HAlIMcMYNRgG-IPSN6omwfAQk/s200/splace8.JPG)
At least the car won't need washing for a bit.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0QbScp7KWp0R2S6KA9KooBithhPB9NbaDYfn8YNQ2-WeEvF5aPuqESo_B5Y93lgWSTmcTpB4DVUq-FAIZkInh_XjscMQ1cu-lR0JmozDjmGrDeDPKPZVGgvwZOYrm8Vn1eAIe1-SN4k/s200/splace9.JPG)
At the top of our hill it's been difficult going but I have to say I love the snow
(I know it has brought Britain to a standstill in areas and a lot of hardship for many that is always the flip side).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-YGNKdffSZ0e4ujP2BLUVgVSLWb_8y0TA5nLclUfECkijO5iBrhj1gGegV837mKHRJH4wtXcWpPZ107mhx_fU8EKpItAjP15jTYjR1R8TPFn_-yH-t2WHvEZ3XQ1hDr5HEsWZlebnjQ/s200/splace10.JPG)
It even inspired me to get a battalion of 28mm Austrians out, clean them up and paint them like I was 10 years old in preparation for my 1st attempts with Army Painter. For my sins I have a large collection of unpainted 25mm/28mm Napoleonics.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillJq8WobtPVlt-p5oMeBuSp-YePmOMy4Va96FT92bb30TgFnJKLpKZPr2isZI0DFTHxCR-exAb0soYIjrUXSPFCuBI-HelH6PDs6Ml6mpXrlPEDyDyIxAV9SC2O4UvMdZVL74d9NVOj8/s200/splace11.JPG)
This is me braving the harsh climate to deliver the last of our Christmas cards.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatKgRTUcVX8vl4c-Vc-eEdQVIXAzdMuxBLnfiPkkNhNDejEFEtfU4coxnHm2GyCXjJH7O0ys5Opq0ankWwt28R49-j88u0CmcA17nHtXGOQvVpbmp2elKxBDvEhWYBPrYEwmFvG6s0OE/s200/splace12.JPG)
This is where we have been sitting out the cold spell with mulled wine, bailey's some Efes
(A Turkish lager I have just recently discovered) some snacks and the heating turned up.