Thursday, September 3, 2015

Gifts & Cats

So last week was our wedding anniversary and my wonderful wife surprised me with a couple of books.  I had seen these books in a store one time and drooled over them for a bit and then promptly forgot about them because they were a bit expensive, but mostly because I haven't gotten into Napoleonics.  Well, I think I have an excuse now...


But for now I'm still in the swing of painting up more Villistas for my Mexican Revolution project. Once I finish up with this batch of peons from Old Glory I have some really neat stuff from Gringo 40's I got in the mail last week.  Can't wait to start painting them.  

Helping me with my painting are these two "helpers"... Arwen (brown) and Freya (gray).


You might be thinking... "Wow Rod, that's one really clean painting desk!"  Yes, I agree.  One thing I've learned about kittens is that you have to learn how to keep all your supplies in containers.  I have learned the art of setting up my painting station or putting away my stuff in just a couple of minutes.  You never know when the little helpers will decide to take a nap so you have to get your painting in quick!!

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  1. Hi, Rocky. You're blessed. And I've found out that when the kitty is near one's man cave the figures stay still and don't run around the modeling table causing all kinds of trouble.

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    1. Thank you Jay! Good point sir. Very good point!

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  2. What a fabulous wife you have and, of course, happy anniversary.

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    1. I couldn't agree more and thank you very much!

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  3. Wow, lucky man! Happy anniversary Rod!

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  4. Those books look good and expensive, you can never have enough cat help and their less clumsy than dogs!

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    1. Thanks for swinging by Fran. You are correct about dogs... they'd manage to knock over the whole table.

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  5. Happy anniversary. Good for your wife! I always hope my husband will point out something he wants that I can get him later...he never does!

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    1. Thank you. I'm was really surprised she remembered. It was quite some time ago.

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  6. I'm glad to see that you are properly supervised when painting! Just ignore the "needs more fur" advice that I'm sure you hear constantly.

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    1. Will do Nick! Glad to see you're still around :)

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