Farewell 2025 and Happy New Year 2026

 

Well here we are winding down the year 2025 and all in all it wasn't a bad year. I will do some sort of year in review post within the next several days. Some of the highlights include traveling to Las Vegas (my first visit there) to see The Eagles concert in the awesome Sphere. The Eagles are all in the 78 years to 80 years age range so I don't imagine that they will be playing too many more concerts. With that in mind, Mrs. Fritz and I are planning a return visit to Sin City and The Sphere to see the Eagles one last time. We also made a trip to San Fransisco to visit some relatives that are, shall we say, a decade older than the oldest Eagle (looking at you Joe Walsh).

I made two trips to HMGS conventions in Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Historicon in July and Fall In in November. I hosted four games at Historicon featuring my 54mm Hannibal collection; three games at Fall In with my 40mm Sharpe's Adventures In Spain games, and three more Hannibal games at Little Wars convention in April 2025 (in the Chicago area).

My major game project for 2026 conventions will be the Battles of Trenton and Princeton to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution.

In situ terrain exploration to determine the color of roads during the Winter, giving me ideas for some Winter terrain projects for 2026.

Happy New Year!

Fritz

Merry Christmas From Mr. and Mrs. Fritz

 

Mrs Fritz, der Alte Fritz and our hounds, Bella the Golden Retriever and
Angie the Doggie (Black Lab mix) wish you and your family a Merry Christmas.

Best wishes to all of my blog readers and followers for a Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday Season and a Happy 2026.

I am grateful for all of the support that this blog and I get from my readers. It seems that at every war game convention several people will introduce themselves to me as blog followers and they tell me how much they enjoy this site, especially as they follow the progress of the various projects that I do, from start to finish. It is always great to meet you in person.

I hope that everyone got the present that they wanted and that you were surrounded by family and good friends.

Mrs. Fritz and I attended church service last evening at the local Episcopal Church and wow do they put on quite a spectacular show. The building is a stone structure that looks like something one would see in the English countryside. 

It is laid out in the form of a cross with the alter at the intersection of the cross. The high roof is supported by lots of exposed wooden beams that give it an Old World charm. The picture below gives you a sense of how the interior looks, although it does not show the two seating areas to the right and the left of the central alter.

Add in lots of pagentry ( I refer it to "Roman Catholic Lite") and red poinsettia flowers and you can't help but feel the Christmas Spirit.

vv