Hello friends:
Not much hobbying to report. Mrs P went into hospital on Friday for a shoulder replacement (she is a poster child for arthritis and had an injury thanks to two adorable but demonic Border Terriers) so after many months of pain and immobility it was finally her turn to go under the knife. It seems a sign of our age that she was besieged with advice by friends who have had joint replacements - take this supplement! don't skimp the physio! do this exercise! The surgery was successful, she came home on Saturday with a sizeable (but not huge) incision, a sling for her arm (at least six weeks of not using her wing) and a cool machine that pumps ice water through a sleeve that fits over the shoulder. I'm managing to get the minimal requisite of parish work done, while getting the odd half hour of paintbench therapy in and keeping an eye on post season baseball (I'm rooting for the Papal White Sox). Mrs P is plucky and deterimed to put her new shoulder to use, so the extra effort as caregiver is worth it.
Well enough about me. Some time ago when this blog was more of a thing, I decided on a feature called Terrain Tuesday. So here's what I've been working on, and pretty much ready to call it done.
This is a print from one of the 28mm sets of STL files from 3D Print Terrain. It's the parsonage that is part of the Aspern Essling church. It printed in several sections, and there wasn't a clean fit between the roof and walls, so I had to use some caulking to fill in the gaps, which are still somewhat noticeable here.
However that's just a small grumble. All of the files I've seen from this designer are top notch - I bought their 6mm Napoleonic line of buildings and now that I'm moving into a larger scale for black powder I wanted some buildings that would work for 18th and early 19th century Europe. I'm sure it's immaculate on the inside, thanks to a brisk no-nonsense housekeeper who looks after the absent minded pastor. I lived in a parsonage for a while, but the squirrels drove me out.
Now that the parsonage is finished, I can turn my attention to the church!
Thanks for looking! I see that my last post on lead figures got a lot of comment, so I need to go through and answer your comments. Hope all's well with you all.
Cheers and blessings to your brushes,
MP+
All the best to Mrs P for her recovery.
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
Thanks Alan, it's not my first rodeo as a caregiver, but this time the prognosis is good. You and I have both been in the opposite situation. Sometimes when looking after Joy I get flashbacks but she's cheerful, resilient, and already working on somethings the physio taught her, so the ghosts fade quickly.
DeleteGreat stuff! The parsonage looks superb, and it’ll be brilliant to see the church done to match. Hope Mrs P’s recovery goes smoothly and you get plenty of paintbench therapy in!
ReplyDeleteAll the best, Andy
Thanks Andrew. I've tried to persuade the Mrs that painting minis will do wonders as physio, but she's not interested, strangely. :)
DeleteHa! Can't imagine why she's turning down such a top-notch rehabilitation program! You'll just have to keep up the extra painting hours on her behalf instead.
DeleteAll the best, Andy
I hope Mrs Ps recovery is speedy! Lovely little building and the church looks like it will be good too, I seem to have an excess of churches, southern German church for 1809, small English, big English/ French, medium English, thatched British and mediteranian, I was going to do a small medieval shrine/ chapel too!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain. Can one really have too many churches, I wonder?
DeleteBest wishes for Mrs. P’s recovery. It is a bit surprising how many around us are having joints replaced. “Papal White Sox?” Good one! We will see if God is on their side. At 2-0, it looks that might be the case!
ReplyDeleteYou're an athletic chap, so hopefully all that cycling has given you strong knees, but if you every need a joint replacement, I recomment one of those icewater therapy machines. The PWS lead has shrunk a bit, I wouldn't count the Guardians out. As long as one of those teams beat LA, I'm happy.
DeleteFirstly Mike, hope the Goode Wyfe recovers fast and with no complications. Hips are a notorious replacement target in my lineage - yay for future me...
ReplyDeleteThe Parsonage certainly looks the part. Quaint and unassuming as one would expect. Would never have even noticed the spackle filler had you not mentioned applying it. (Out of curiosity, what is the difference between a parsonage and a manse?)
That church looks large. Hope the construction and painting aren't too much of a hassle mate.
*And as an Athletics fan, I've gotten used to my not having much interest in the playoffs because my team is never good enough to reach them!
Hopefully your God given joints will last a long time, mate. Mine too! Parsonage and manse are interchangeable terms. In the UK they're often called vicarages. Anglicans sometimes call them rectories. A Catholic priest I knew referred to his house as "The Home For Unwed Fathers". :)
ReplyDeleteYou have to be able to take it on the chin the older you get. Aging is no cake walk. Still, here's to a swift return to a new normal. BTW: nice building.
ReplyDeleteThe parsonage looks excellent and the church will be grand, in both respects, I am sure!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, James