February 7/11

I said yesterday that I am getting tired of the snow and that's because it lacks colour.  So I came home today and tried to find something that had some colour to it.  These are my very old "carpet bowls".  Properly called a "carpet bowl" for the game of carpet bowling, the game is a variation of the more popular lawn bowling. While lawn bowling can be traced back to at least the 13th Century, carpet bowling was developed during the reign of Queen Victoria--1832-1901--as a more genteel form of outdoor bowls to be played in the parlor.  Very interesting.  These were found in my husband's grandmothers barn.  I just love the way they look and their history.

Anybody wanna go bowling?