my favourite things: croquet

the croquet party by sugarlily

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woowee have we ever been enjoying backyard croquet parties since a new set arrived on my birthday! (thanks cutie!) 

i just gosh-darn love playing:  outdoors, laugh-y, partially strategic, partially flukey, no-athleticism needed FUN!

ever played? 

{if no - hurry out to find a set!}

as a bright spot in my otherwise non-illustrious sporting career: i'm proud to tell you that once upon a time mr. rikrak and i were 2-term croquet tournament-among-friends-champions!  we USED to have the trophy to prove it! {darn you, jm, for de-throning us!} :)

alas...i'm sorely out of practice! 

off to the lawn to rediscover my prowess!

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my favourite things: board games

scrabble tribute via Scarycrow's photostream

gosh... I just LOVE board games! i pretty much love playing board games anytime, anywhere, anyhow. monopoli money via jjjohn's photostream board games & fun memories so often go hand-in-hand for me! memories of playing one of my early faves, the game sorry, with my grandma in florida , seemingly for hours and hours each time we visited it. we both loved that game! of sleepover 80’s board games over the years with pjs and pops and chips and payday & life until the wee hours of the night! of trying to learn all the tricks with my dad and uncle on Friday nights as a child playing cribbage. of crokinole, one of my other faves, at our wedding reception (that’s how much we love games!) and on summery nights @ home. fortunately, little rikrak loves board games just as much as mr. rikrak and I do. we have lots of after dinner board game parties @ our home. these days it’s uno or blokus or cribbage for the 3 of us! vintage picnic game by Picnic by Ellie's photostream …………………….. and so I asked around to see what other cyberly folksloved in the way of board games… here are the results: from 64 comments between my etsy thread here and on twitter, and the top 4 faves were: scrabble with 14 faves trivial pursuit with 7 faves monopoly with 6 faves and clue with 5 faves numerous games received 2 or 3 votes. interestingly, monopoly was both a fave, and the most popular NON fave (folks chimed in that any game except monopoly would be great!) ........................ here are some etsyans and their faves: xenotees, leavesofglass, emmsgems, niftyknits, & andreacreates all love scrabble! adoreneko , thepurplehouse , fawn&forest & more all mentioned loving monopoly. chess was neblik’s fave mybonnie mentioned loving pictionary & backgammon! artmind, happysquashtoys & aranndil adore settlers of catan scrappincorner, & myhools loves sorry kimiko611,& sewsillydesigns, love clue! ontheround adores cribbage. fivelittlegems stumped me with a new-to-me game: quelf thanks for your votes, everyone! ..................... upcycled checkers by Jupita what's your favourite board game?

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