Happy Medieval Christmas

Would things be more awesome if we lived in medieval times?

Undoubtedly.

Can we do anything about that?

Unfortunately, no.

Well, almost no. The picture you see above is not some 800-year old stone path in the garden of a medieval castle. It's in my backyard. I decided my wife and I didn't have enough medieval influence in our lives, so I built a vaguely medieval stone path around our garden this past year.

It's pretty medieval even in the summer. But with a light coating of snow and my fancy "accent stones" sticking up at odd angles, it's downright Dark Ages! Every time I go back there I almost expect Madmartigan to come storming out of my garage on his way to take the One Ring back to Castle Grayskull. 'Course it's never long till Emily makes me put my knight stuff away so I can come inside and eat supper.

Anyway, I've been wanting to share a picture of the path around my garden for awhile. Just remember - we weren't all lucky enough to be born in 13th century England, but that's why they invented websites like this one. (It shows you how to build a catapult. No joke.)

So happy medieval Christmas. And if you're asking yourself if Christmas was more awesome during medieval times, the answer is probably yes. But Christmas is still pretty awesome as it is.