That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 31, 2014

I shouldn’t have enlisted.

That’s the last time I insult the Sargent’s balalaika playing.

Thorin Oakenshield…is that YOU??

Chicago Lakefront, 2014. Cops keeping people off the ice.

Repeat after me: Regimental Sergeants-Major DO NOT have a sense of humour!

Like i’m the only one that suffers from gas?

I thought it was Valley Forge

I complained about a summer duty assignment on Tatooine and so I get a winter rotation on Hoth. Those reenlistment forms brewed this morning’s coffee.

It could be a poster for that Skywalker short, “Has Anyone Seen My Tauntaun?”

Maybe-click-to-enlarge image can be found here, or at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.Soldier in the Snow is described here (Google translated, Bing translated — not sure what the Moscow Center for the Arts is — too many choices to choose from).The artist’s bio (another here), Wikipedia page (Google translated Russian Wikipedia page is longer) and collection (more under Subcategories at each level).Second, of the 2 works, by this artist, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.

It always amazes me just what artists paint. Go in eBay and look at the paintings for sale, subject matter no one would wand hanging on the wall! All that time and you are going to paint this!

This poor bastard isn’t Russian – they’ve had an unusually warm winter. Definitely a Canadian soldier. It’s frickin’ cold coast to coast here.