Thanks for sharing, Donna. What a great memory! It reminded me of my family's games growing up. We were a family of 6 so the croquet set had just enough balls and mallets for us all to play including my parents. So much laughing during those games.
Croquet was my absolute favorite Summer Game as a young person. My father bought us a gorgeous croquet set with beautifully lacquered poles and mallets. The mallets were nicely turned on a lathe, but the best part of the game were the colorful balls. Both ends of the mallets had lovely rubber discs so that when you hit your the ball, the sound was nice thump. When your ball ended up colliding with another, the result was an amazing, “Crack” sound. Everyone loved to play croquet at our house. It was a favorite activity in Summers afternoon after a swim in the pool, we would all have a friendly game of Croquet! On the lawn. So much fun!
Thanks for sharing, Donna. What a great memory! It reminded me of my family's games growing up. We were a family of 6 so the croquet set had just enough balls and mallets for us all to play including my parents. So much laughing during those games.
Croquet was my absolute favorite Summer Game as a young person. My father bought us a gorgeous croquet set with beautifully lacquered poles and mallets. The mallets were nicely turned on a lathe, but the best part of the game were the colorful balls. Both ends of the mallets had lovely rubber discs so that when you hit your the ball, the sound was nice thump. When your ball ended up colliding with another, the result was an amazing, “Crack” sound. Everyone loved to play croquet at our house. It was a favorite activity in Summers afternoon after a swim in the pool, we would all have a friendly game of Croquet! On the lawn. So much fun!