Friday, July 24, 2009

Playing marbles

Colourful glass spheres
That clink together delightfully

Transporting me back to childhood

Memories of playing under the shade of the mango tree at school during recess
Hands grabbing fistfuls of sand together with the marbles

15 comments:

elk said...

beautiful memories in colors of the rainbow!

Brenda said...

I adore marbles. I've been digging them out of my garden for years. Don't know who left them. But I'm ever so thankful! I think I've about got them all now.
Brenda

Char said...

I love them but never played the actual game - I just love the colors

ols1 said...

Great colourful photos that remind me of my childhood. My son was obsessed with marbles when he was younger and they drove me insane as I was forever finding them scattered all over the house. Now I miss their colour around the place. Thanks for the post and the memories they have stirred :)

Sara said...

Marbles are just joyful!

monika said...

yes..I used to play with them too!!
I loved to collect them and had all the colours...
:)

Glen Goffin said...

My first visit. This is such a lovely blog! Hope to visit often :) Peace, Glen

Liss said...

I've lost few marbles I think they might be under the couch.

As a child I never played the game marbles even though I had some, for me it was all about the pretty colours.

joyce said...

I used to collect marbles, now I'm just "losing my marbles".:) Missed a fewposts, but the brownie and the wierd fruit look delicious......wish they imported them so I could try one!!

Oliag said...

When I first moved into this old house I would find marbles wherever I dug in my yard ...I saved a beautiful jarful...then when I had little children in the house I got worried about choking and threw the marbles out!! How I wish I never did that!

Betsy from Tennessee said...

My sons played Marbles, Kamana. We had an old cigar box filled with marbles---all different colors and sizes... I wonder what ever happened to that box of marbles??? Hope some little kids have it and are playing with them right now!!!!

Hugs,
Betsy

curious girl (lisa) said...

I was just thinking about marbles the other day! I love how they feel in my hand. when we were kids, we'd set up shooting alleys in our driveway. ah, you've inspired me to pull some out and take some photos.

Wildflower Studio (Michelle Dransart) said...

beautiful colors, and I love the imagery picturing children giggling under a mango tree playing marbles :)

Relyn said...

My brother once had a prized shooter marble. To be ornery, I put it in my mouth and ran from him. He got the last laugh when I swallowed it. Oh my! That HURT!

Sarah said...

Lovely photos! They are so pretty. We used to play marbles in the drain cover at school-it had little holes in it and I think you had to get the marbles in them or knock other people's out or something like that!

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