Current Photo Friday theme: Memories
These jacks belonged to my mother, and as she aged, she used them to maintain dexterity and hand/eye coordination. They are more colorful than the ones I had as a child, but I spent many happy times sitting on a porch or sidewalk playing jacks.
The ball shown with these no longer has its bounce. The BEST part of jacks was when you somehow lucked into the perfect ball–just the right amount of bounce, a good fit to a small palm–such are the joys of childhood, and sometimes, when you revisit the game with your older friends, the glee of adolescence.
Or when you got a good throw
Lovely to have this memento of your mother.
I have never played jacks. Don’t know how to!
Did you play Pick Up Sticks?