Last day of summer

Last day of summer

I cant believe it is here - the end of February already. There was a tinge of autumn in the air this week, and the shadows are longer, but today was a perfect, sunny day. In the evening we took the dogs down for a walk and swim down at the river. I thought it was worth a few happy snaps.

Last day of summer

WSS Schombergs Regiment of Horse

WSS Schombergs Regiment of Horse

The regiment was originally raised by William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire (later Duke of Devonshire) in his home county of Derbyshire and neighbouring Nottinghamshire - they were named Cavendishs Horse or alternatively the Earl of Devonshires Regiment of Horse.

In gratitude for their loyalty during the Glorious Revolution, by Royal Warrant dated 31st December 1688, the new King William commissioned the Earl of Devonshires Regiment of Horse to form part of his regular army. In August 1689, the Regiment shipped to Ireland in response to James II landing there with an army. In Ireland, the Earl of Devonshire ceded the Colonelcy of the Regiment to the Count de Schomberg, son of the armys commander the Duke of Schomberg.

Schombergs Regiment of Horse formed part of the right wing of Williams army at the Battle of the Boyne (1690). The Regiment returned to England in 1691. 1692 saw the Regiment shipped to Belgium, where they fought in most major battles including the Battle of dOtignies (1693) and at the Siege of Namur (1695). In 1697, the Regiment returned to England and their armour was placed in storage.

After ten years of comparative peace in Southern England, the Regiment crossed the Channel once more in 1702 to join Marlboroughs army in Belgium for the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14). Marching to Germany, they fought at Schellenberg and Blenheim (1704). At Blenheim, the Regiment fought with distinction and lost a number of officers and men, with 56 horses killed. Fighting minor actions throughout the campaign in Holland, Germany and France, the Regiment fought the Battle of Ramilies in 1706.

The figures are from Black Hat, painted by Roger and based by me.  The flag is from Warflag.


WSS Schombergs Regiment of Horse

Using Shed Kits Instead Of Building a Shed From Scratch

Using Shed Kits Instead Of Building a Shed From Scratch

If you are planning on building a storage shed, make sure you do some homework first. If you are a carpenter or experienced handyman you have the advantage over the novice, in a few ways. You will be able to determine what would be best for you, either using a shed kit or building from scratch. With your experience your have more options based on your knowledge.

You novice builders have the same options, but it’s a matter of what would be the best for you. It really would be worth your while to check out the wide range of selections that are available.  I know, you really wanted to build this from scratch, and maybe feel like you’re cheating if you use a kit. On the contrary, you are making a wise decision, and besides someone has to still put it together, plus you can customize it. It’s that overall finished look that a person takes pride in, not in how many pieces of wood they had to cut.

These prefab storage units give you many options and have lots of advantages. First of all, you can have a choice of materials such as wood, vinyl or metal. If you were to build the shed from scratch, you probably would only be able to use wood, if you didn’t have any knowledge or tools to work with vinyl or metal. With some shed kits because of the way they are constructed you don’t need to worry to much about insulating, because of the way they are constructed. So that eliminates your problem of having to work with insulations.

If you purchase one of the self locking units, then you don’t have to be concerned about installing rafters, which is great, because it also gives you more usable space on the inside. You never have to worry about warping provided you have put it together properly.

Remember I said that you could accessorize it? In other words add your own creativity to it. For example, you can plan where you want the windows to be. You could even choose to put in skylights which not only is practical ,it modernizes the décor as well. What you want to do, and with what accessories are available to you, depends on the style of shed you are choosing, plus the material. If you are accessorizing, it is usually an added expense.

You will be pleased with how simple it is to erect one of these sheds when you buy the package. There are so many advantages to it. For example.

-All the material comes with it, There’s no running around trying to find everything you need
-You are not restricted to style because of your limited building knowledge
-Your choice of material allows you to choose something that will blend in and enhance your home and property
-They are sturdy, durable and a real bonus is they are maintenance free
-If your needs grow, and you need more storage space then you can either add an addition to the existing one, or purchase another one the same.
-There are no hidden costs. Everything you need is in the package and paid for at the time of purchase., so you know what its going to cost you.
Although remember if you don’t buy one that comes with a base, you will incur extra costs with that, plus don’t forget about the accessories.

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Mourning the loss of another beautiful hen

Mourning the loss of another beautiful hen

I lost another poor girl to a grey goshawk today and feel very sad about it. There was squawking from the direction of the chook shed and I looked out the window to see something white in the driveway... oh no. By the time I ran downstairs and down the driveway, it was too late. The goshawk flew off, but the hen was dead. Now Ill need to keep the chooks locked up in their yard, as no doubt the bird will return tomorrow. Nature sucks sometimes.

Mourning the loss of another beautiful hen

Dogs of Franklin

Dogs of Franklin

It was lovely to see all the dogs out and about during last weekends Focus on Franklin festival. Here are photos of just a few of them... and not our own dogs this time. A nude dogs of Franklin fundraising calendar has been suggested... there are certainly plenty of photogenic models available to pose.

Dogs of Franklin

Achievements of San Remo Community Mens Shed

Achievements of San Remo Community Mens Shed

Achievements
of
San Remo Community Mens Shed

A project of
San Remo Neighbourhood Centre Inc
&
North Lakes Mens Group


Community Projects
Repair of brochure rack, Bluehaven Child Care Centre
Make 550 NAIDOC Boomerangs for Northlakes Public School
Repair of whiteboard for Youth Services, Gravity Youth Centre
Footstool, Bluehaven Child Care Centre
Art cutouts, Folk Art Group, San Remo Neighbourhood Centre
Tissue boxes, Folk Art Group, San Remo Neighbourhood Centre
Doorstops, Folk Art Group, San Remo Neighbourhood Centre
"DADS CAN" letters for San Remo Neighbourhood Centre
Security boxes for bed controllers, Camp Breakaway
Dolls House, Bluehaven Child Care Centre
Repair of mower for San Remo Community Garden
Cut out 14 "witches" blanks for folk art group
Turned out rolling pins
Sharpened 50 chisels for Workwise
Stencilled 2 "Mens Shed" signs for The Entrance Mens Shed

Organisation
Obtained and presented OH&S video
Promotional stall at G.O.A.T.S festival
Membership 30
Developed Logo and name badges
Two stories in local press
Developed and distributed promotional flyers
Promotional stall at Dads Day Out festival
Weblog with over 60 entries and 290 visits
Grant from David Harris MP
Grant from Wyong Shire Council (Cr. Doug Vincent)
Organised training for 4 Senior First Aiders

Shed Projects
"Mens Shed" sign
Storage Shelving - 30 metres
Wall linings in metalwork area
Erection of sign-in shelf
Installed overhead power access
Construction of brochure stand for shed
Cleared and mowed area around shed
Installed TV with anetennaBuilt walls for disabilty toilet
Built storage racks
Find water main and dig out mains lead in pipework

Shed Equipment
Repair of lathes, bench planer & band saws
Construction of Lawn Mower Bench
Rebuilt and installed two computers & printer
Obtained security cupboard for power tools
Constructed benches for wood lathes
Collection of donations from Shortland to Woy Woy
Gavel for toolbox meetings
Made bench hooks and "safety" push sticks
Restored Industrial Scroll Saw (rebuilt & repaired)
Built bench for compound mitre saw
Made entertainment centre
Built face plate for wood lathe
Repaired guard on compound mitre saw
Rebuild and restoration of Junior Jointer machine
Rebuild and restoration of Power Hacksaw
Construction of mobile work table
Construction of Machine Bench for Drill Press and Grinder
Restoration of Dining Table for & mount castors
Change motor & gearing & mount wood lathe on bench
Restore Belt/Disk Sander and mount on portable stand
Restore 2 BBQs
Build Computer Desk from recovered organ frame
Repair 3 lawn mowers
Rebuild 3 lawn mowers
Rebuild & Restore Wood Thicknesser (ongoing)
Rebuild & Restore 8" Bench Grinder
Mount & fit motor for large belt sander
Stencilled SRCMS on shed equipment

Personal Projects
Turned 50+ small fruit bowl legs
Repair and restored dolls high chair
Repaired and sanded 4 country style chairs
Turned out lamp base
Turned out walking stick Ball Top
Turned out demonstration yo-yo

This is not an exhaustive list but indicates major achievements in the first six months of operation for the San Remo Community Mens Shed, a project of the San Remo Neighbourhood Centre and the North Lakes Mens Group.

Congratulations to all those involved in making this a successful start to the first Community Mens Shed in Wyong Shire!!


Achievements of San Remo Community Mens Shed

Dog squad on duty at Taste of the Huon

Dog squad on duty at Taste of the Huon

This year, members of the Huon Valley Dog Walking Association volunteered at the Taste of the Huon for the first time. Dogs are not permitted at the festival, for hygiene reasons it says on the signs at the ticket booths. In previous years there were a few dogs left in hot cars who needed to be broken out by police, perhaps by people who didnt know about the no dogs policy until they got there. So this year we offered to patrol the car parking areas for any dogs in distress. Im happy to report that there were no such issues this year, although this lovely girl was chained to a fence all day Sunday and we kept returning to disentangle her leg from her chain and make sure she had water.

On Monday afternoon, our group was on the clean team, making sure the tables were clean, rubbish was in the bins and the bins were emptied promptly. It was a fun day actually and good exercise! The organisers did a great job and the festival was very busy, with lovely weather, great food and drink and entertainment drawing a record-breaking crowd of 14,000 people on Sunday and almost as many on Monday. On Sunday, David and I got there in time to have lunch. My oysters from Bruny Island, beef pie from Geeveston, Inn Cider from Margate and salted caramel ice cream sandwich were delicious.

Dog squad on duty at Taste of the Huon

Shed Skin 0 0 10 Summer of Code 2006

Shed Skin 0 0 10 Summer of Code 2006

I have just released Shed Skin 0.0.10. besides several important bug fixes (see test 161), it contains many new error messages for unsupported features and dynamic (sub)types. this should make it much easier to try out Shed Skin and work around basic problems. please try it out and let me know about any problems/successes ^^

in other news, a Shed Skin proposal has again been accepted in this years Summer of Code. the student will investigate memory optimizations more deeply than I have done for my thesis, and implement both a stack allocation and static preallocation technique. we expect to start discussing the topic on the shed skin mailing list in the coming weeks.

finally, phillip hassey (also a Python SoC mentor) suggested an interesting idea: to automatically create *_.py files from pure C++ library header files, so compiled code can directly use many C++ libraries. this shouldnt be too difficult (the header files contain all type information), and has very interesting potential.. please let me know if youd like to work on this!


Shed Skin 0 0 10 Summer of Code 2006

WSS The Duke of Marlborough

WSS The Duke of Marlborough

So who else could I have commanding my War of the Spanish Succession Allied army other than the Duke of Marlborough himself:

The figures are from Black Hat, painted by Roger and based by me.


WSS The Duke of Marlborough

WSS Queen Dowagers Regiment of Foot

WSS Queen Dowagers Regiment of Foot

I have been slowly progressing the second phase of my War of the Spanish Succession project and have just finished another English regiment to add to my collection.  This one represents the Queen Dowagers Regiment of Foot which only saw action in the Low Countries early in the war, in particular serving in the defence of the fortress of Tongres in Flanders after which it was awarded the title “Royal”, and mottoes “Pristinae Virtutis Memor” and “Vel Exuviae Triumphant”.  It then saw more action in Spain.

The figures are 15mm from Black Hat and the flag is from Warflag.


WSS Queen Dowagers Regiment of Foot

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Chain of Command Jump Off Markers

Chain of Command Jump Off Markers

I finally got around to painting the resin Jump-Off Markers I bought from the TooFatLardies for their Chain of Command rules:

Chain of Command Jump Off Markers

exercise as our prescription of choice

exercise as our prescription of choice

Patient Self-Management

Date: Monday 27th May 2013
Time: 10:00am.
Address: San Remo Men’s Shed
28 Brava Ave.
San Remo
Access: The shed is located towards the rear of the grounds of the San Remo Neighbourhood Centre. There is parking in the grounds and in the street if required.
Contact: 0458 696 571 (John Walker)


Subject: The ideas and the push behind “Patient Self-Management,” the benefits of taking “exercise as our prescription of choice,” and some simple practical examples of how this can work, particularly in the lives of our more elderly citizens (over 65s). Other relevant issues which may be raised by the men.

Format: 15-20 minute session followed by question and answer.

A Toolbox Talks presentation.


exercise as our prescription of choice

LOTS of gorgeous cabins

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LOTS of gorgeous cabins

WSS Wyndhams Regiment of Horse

WSS Wyndhams Regiment of Horse

Originally raised in 1685, Hugh Wyndham became colonel of the regiment in 1692. In 1704 the regiment was at the battle of Blenheim and were present in 1705 when the alliance army broke through the Lines of Brabant. The following year the regiment fought at the battle of Ramillies and participated in the siege of Menin.

The figures are from Black Hat, painted by Roger and based by me.  The flag is from Maverick Models.


WSS Wyndhams Regiment of Horse

WSS Lord North and Greys Regiment of Foot

WSS Lord North and Greys Regiment of Foot

The next unit completed for this phase of my War of the Spanish Succession project is another English one.  This time the North and Greys Regiment which saw action at the Battles of the Schellenberg, Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet:

The figures are 15mm from Black Hat and the flag is from Warflag.


WSS Lord North and Greys Regiment of Foot