Steph

This one LOOKS oxbloody on the edges. And it's reminding me of being a newbie, being sure my Akro had at least some ox ... but since of the the red clearly wasn't ox, it was hard to make the case for PART of the red being ox. But I still wanted to. And this pelt still, to my much more trained eyes, looks ox-y on the edges when I examine it in hand, but I won't swear to it.

lovely

Love!

At least he didn't say soup *spoken in Grouch Marx mode*

It was like a sushi roll but on a bun.

Thai sub sandwich from the market around the corner. Because Bob recommended it. He was right. This is gooooood.

I love the variety we are getting.

lol ... yeah, sumpin like that

Oooh, that's unusual even for unusual ones. Thanks for the bump. ... all of you who bump with your goodies. I haven't been talking as much but I appreciate them all.

Thanks, Ed. Always been fascinated with those also.

Yes, seeds on the left, small clay marbles on the right. Clays called "commies" because they were "common".

A golden age. The Great Depression, but a wonderful time for marbles.

Coolness. Now where did I hide my Alley book? Of course, I didn't doubt it was Alley. Just wondered how many other people were in on the secret ... and would be beating down your door for it!

They're seeds. And they're marbles. And now I have some. Many years ago I saw Jane Gillings' webpage about them and wrote to her and learned a thing or two. And then she offered to send me some. And I shyly said no. But recently I really wished I had some so I wrote her and asked if she still had them, and long story short, I have these cute marbles and a happy memory. I photographed them next to commies for comparison. The commies are little heavier, but the quandongs are heavier than I thought they would be. I shot one across the sheet I had out for the photo and it traveled pretty well. You could have a good game with these.

Nothing ringing a bell. (Well, some of those names sound like vintage marbles of course.) A picture might help ...

Still thinking of you and your mini machine to be. And still wanna do one myself.

Gold! Is that a stand? Or a decoration you added post photo? I've decided it's legs and arms.

Since they're time-sensitive, we put them over in the top forum. You can start them either spot. If you start it in buy-sell-trade, I'll move it to the main forum, leaving a link in the b-s-t forum. Also, feel free to bump your sale threads in the day(s) before the auctions end.

Happy anniversary. It was 26 for us three days ago. Mr. Cohen is wonderful.