so after years of owning these particular dice, i finally read the accompanying instructions in the box and now i know these are called poker dice. 🤣 instead of cards, these are used to play poker by, you guessed it, rolling them dice. the only card game i know to play is black jack, and one that we played back in the old country which we call the 4 cards or pekwa.
the dice also came with a backgammon set, a chess set, a full set of dominoes, cribbage and a deck of cards. i remember paying $25 for the whole shebang, from my local avon girl. yes, avon. avon used to be like amazon where you can buy almost anything. amazon might have taken the idea from avon and expanded it to become the multibillion business it now has become. and ever since my friend who was my avon lady retired, i don't know of an avon person anymore. maybe i will check later on if amazon sells avon.
today, for flash of red friday, we are doing black and white shots emphasizing shape. i have lots of ideas for shape but they were all ideas which i should have written down because now i can't remember them.
i have finished assembling the artist's easel and i'm quite impressed with myself. it's now sitting right in the middle of my living room with one of the 36"x48" canvas poised in it. there's just one problem, i forgot what it was i was going to do with them. bah, maybe i'll remember it later on, or in a year's time. it's a beautiful piece of furniture. i'd have taken a photo to show you but i also forgot to do that.
Poker, my memories are of playing quietly on the floor with my brother and cousins, with plastic horses while the adults laughed and played poker at the table.
A wonderful capture of the dice with the intricate designs and their reflection. Avon - I sold Avon for about 35 years. It sure did change its merchandise during that time. There are a few products I can't let go of so I buy from Avon.com. Google says you could try Avon.ca. As I recall the easel with canvas was going to block the view of the living room from the doorway.
Well, the easel won't walk away.so you'll show it to us one day, right? Maybe you paint someting red on that canvas and you will include it in the FOR series. Or not... 😀
Wonderful closeup!
Nicely done. I didn't know that poker dice existed. As for Avon, I did a google check and discovered that they stopped trading in Aus in 2018, no wonder I haven't seen anything of them for a while :)
Some of the pirate crew and I, go to the pub most Friday night to play dice. We play a traditional pirate dice game called liar dice, which is a cross between poker, gin rummy, and total madness. We have been doing it for the past 5 years and never get bored with it, we even have a league table and present trophies every 6 months. We also take instruments and have an impromptu singing session for the locals at the end of the evening. Best fun ever. :)
February 23rd, 2022
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Good for you to get the easel assembled
Wonderful closeup!
A fabulous high-low key. Looking forward to seeing the easel in shot.