To The Yield 19

 Greetings

Here is another version of the computer art.

We went to the Biannual re-enactors' markets yesterday. I am trying to gather enough suitable silver metal buttons to replace the plastic fake-metal ones on my 18th hussar uniform. Then I'll be able to have it dry cleaned.

There are 18x4 buttons on The waistcoat, dolman and pellisse each have eighteen rows of buttons across.  So that's a lot of buttons.

I only rarely wear the pelisse and its away from my body, so I'm leaving that as it is,

I've already managed to find the eighteen full round buttons for 'active' buttons of the dolman, but I still need about forty more half round buttons. Unfortunately the stall I bought thirty odd buttons from at the previous market wasn't there this time...

The buttons for the waistcoat are just domed( which are a bit easier to find) and I think I might have enough now- or possibly nearly enough...

Apart from not finding buttons (Drat!), I didn't spend too much.

I found a nice set of alternative shoe buckles for my Regancy shoes; a spare fan ( It's hot dancing in two layers of wool);a rather nice snuff box set with mother of pearl chips; a reduced end of roll of tartan(enough to make ar a new small kilt), some £5 a meter silk for a new waistcoat; a few bottles of interesting alcohol

 -and my most unexpected purchase -a small anvil, so I don't have to keep risking my cobblers anvil when re-riviting bits of armour ( it only weighs 9lbs( 4kg odd), but its big enough withut being too big, came ready set on a wood block and only cost £35).

On the plus side, I left my old hounskull bassinet helm to be passed on to the chap I've sold it to and met up with one of my fellow Paladins tto sell him the mail hauberk Idon't wear anymore.

So all in- sucessful.

Until next time

Adieu