Card #40: Beautiful Old A&J Tool & Findings “Connecting Links” Sample Board antique watercolor drawing Pretty special

Pretty special

She certainly had skills

with black painted shoes that just peek out below the belly of the mule (I assume) on the reverse side

with tiny brass pins in some and others not

and with lots of character--but I really fell in love when I opened it to find this beautiful backgammon board inside

Card #40: Beautiful Old A&J Tool & Findings “Connecting Links” Sample Board antique watercolor drawing Pretty specialI don't always know when I find them what might become my favorite things, but this is one, rewarding on many levels. Of course I love it for the header typed in red at top giving definition to its bits: "Connecting Links" and what could be better, or more essential, as a thing (and an idea) than connecting links?! Then this beautiful dense field of metal links, rounded or squared, each subtly different, with hand written numbers under each and