Dog Days of Summer

Yes, the Dog Days of Summer are upon us here in the Pacific Northwest and temperatures have been hot.  Even the dog seeks refuge from the heat.

The latest addition to the household, Milo, tends to hang out with me when I am downstairs in the game room whether painting, reading, or studying the game laid out on the table.  Now, I tend to think he likes the company but it could simply be that he enjoys the coolness of basement.

Anyway, I stood up from the painting desk one afternoon and looked all over for the dog.  He had been on the couch earlier.  Well, he was there last time I noticed, anyway.  He was nowhere to be found.  Then, I heard a faint rustle coming from under the game table.  I walked around to the end of the table and looked between the boxes lining both sides of the table.  I see two eyes and a white curly head peeping up over one of the boxes from under the table's dark underbelly.  In the few seconds it took to grab the camera, he jumped up onto one of the boxes and walked over to me.  Clearly climbing over my boxes of figures was no concern to him.  The box he is padding across is the one containing my 1/72 WWI aircraft collection.  Funny dog.

Given that we are in the throes of the heat of summer, my attention turned to a little retail therapy from the comfort of the couch in the game room.  Besides a small order to Lancashire Games for FPW Prussians and Bavarians, Pat Smith's Volume 3 of Setting the Scene arrived in my post box.  Looking forward to diving into this work with thoughts of returning to Norway for an early WWII game.  That game may wait until winter when the snow flies.

Also in the mail was an order from Jerry's Artarama for a fistful of Rhapsody Kolinsky Sable brushes that were on deep discount.  Rhapsody brushes are a regular staple in the brush arsenal along with Winsor & Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sables.  Why not stock up?  Exactly!

On the gaming front, this week is a busy one with games on Monday (in a conclusion to the Quistello battle with the Rejects) and Tuesday with Peter (see ECW Siege Battle Report).  On the schedule are two more games on Friday, and Saturday.  Four games in a week is a lot!  Hopefully, I can carve out some time to chronicle many of these games.  For now, though, it is time to walk the dog.