I am grateful to Cath Willey and to my Santa recipient, Chris Stoesen, for giving me extra time to  fulfil my Santa obligations after Kay go...

Not much to say about these chaps except that I painted them for MS Foy, proprietor of Prometheus in Aspic, in return for many kindnesses he...

So Madame Padre is in hospital again, getting a nasty bug flushed out of her blood so that she can get back to chemotherapy and kicking canc...

It was a quiet and very happy Christmas at the Padre’s Painting Chapel. Madame Padre and I had an excellent time. Among the goodies under t...

Just under a year ago, I received a very kind package from my good friend, Duke Alan of Tragardland  containing some Games Workshop Lord of...

Last month and a bit ago I entered Max Foy’s photo competition  and was delighted to win my choice of some lovely prizes.   Being late to th...

Back in November, His Grace the Duke of Tragardland sent me a very kind gift of some GW LOTR figures .   These were the real thing, proper m...

“What’s this?” I asked Madame Padre, pointing to a fattish brown envelope sitting on the counter under a mound of 2015 New Years sales flyer...

I have several Santas to thank this year. Before I do, it seems that my photo bug has returned.  So, I include two versions of each pictur...

… whoever you are! This is now under the tree.  I hope I can wait until Christmas! Blessings, MP+

Last week, in the midst of a busy and tiring week, I was buoyed to come home and find an unexpected parcel from my favourite imaginary place...

    The kind and talented Jonathan Freitag held a contest recently on his blog and I was quite thrilled to receive this prize in the mail...