I Want my Mummy!
This poor little black pawn is lost and all he wants is to go home to his Mummy. The problem is that I think he might be on the wrong part of the board!
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “different” was chosen by Jette, jettebaltzer.
When I heard the theme, I had a few ideas that immediately sprung to mind. One I thought of were the black and white chess pieces. You can’t get much more different than that, now can you?
This little forlorn black pawn and the pieces behind him were all hand carved by my very gifted and clever maternal Grandfather in 1933. Over the years the wood in the white set has mellowed to a warm honey colour from the many games of chess that he played with the pieces. The black stain used has also withstood the many years of their use. My favourite pieces in the set are the wonderfully carved Rooks and Knights. The chessboard the pieces are on was also made by my Grandfather in 1952. Two chess sets, a draughts set and three chess boards made by my Grandfather were bequeathed to me as part of his estate when he died a few years ago.
I Want my Mummy!
This poor little black pawn is lost and all he wants is to go home to his Mummy. The problem is that I think he might be on the wrong part of the board!
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “different” was chosen by Jette, jettebaltzer.
When I heard the theme, I had a few ideas that immediately sprung to mind. One I thought of were the black and white chess pieces. You can’t get much more different than that, now can you?
This little forlorn black pawn and the pieces behind him were all hand carved by my very gifted and clever maternal Grandfather in 1933. Over the years the wood in the white set has mellowed to a warm honey colour from the many games of chess that he played with the pieces. The black stain used has also withstood the many years of their use. My favourite pieces in the set are the wonderfully carved Rooks and Knights. The chessboard the pieces are on was also made by my Grandfather in 1952. Two chess sets, a draughts set and three chess boards made by my Grandfather were bequeathed to me as part of his estate when he died a few years ago.