Too high as it turned out. Not only was my skin starting to sizzle despite a coat of sunblock, but my phone's camera just wasn't up to the bright light mottled with shadows.
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The armies approached each other as the sun rose high in the sky.
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Fortunately, the opposing generals agreed to a temporary ceasefire until the sun sank a little lower in the sky and shadows crept over the pass. The men downed packs, reached for their canteens and then had a little snooze in the summer heat. At last, the adjutants met, bugles sounded and the cannons began to roar.
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To be continued...
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal, 5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of Italian Greyhounds and 3 cats. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 160 yr old farmhouse and just living.
I always want to do this in my backyard but one of my cats makes little hollows in the grass and poops in them. Not fir for toy soliders nor grown adults on thier heads and knees.
ReplyDeleteWe were lucky to find a 19thC farmhouse with a couple of acres in the country for bargain basement prices nearly 20 yrs ago. There's lots of critters around and a deer path skirts my battlefield but the dogs are in a fenced in yard right next to it and there's lots of better places for other critters to use.
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