Chess is the game of the day here now. I had the chess pieces.
Made by John’s grandmother when Ceramics classes were all the rage. Do you remember? Maybe in the 70’s?
Anyway I had the pieces but no board so Hugo took the legs off a funny little fold up table that has been hanging about for years being quite useless and Megan drew up the table top into a chess board and they coloured it in and VOILA!
Chess was played. It was not rainy. Or cold. Or even the evening. But playing games together is an excellent way to get to know each other better.
I was beaten three times in a row. As you can imagine I am so busy trying to think ahead that I forget to see what is actually happening and before you know it Miss C and her King are Dead.
Down Time on the farm is just as good as Busy Time.
I hope you are having a lovely weekend too!
Love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
33 responses to “Check and Mate”
I’m a Scrabble type of girl; just want to play one person at a time. Get so impatient waiting for my turn. Loooooooooooooooove me some Scrabble! And all of you, Celi included. Gayle.
Hello, Scrabble lady! I shall take that as an invitation to play a long distance game. But first, I’ll need to find my old one..
Damn, I loathe being beaten at chess! That is a wonderful set Celi ..
I used to be so into chess and then….it just stopped being important and even the cat could beat me now:)
Fab chess set – I really do need to learn!
I love these chess pieces. They are spectacular. As for chess, I attempted to play it once without being able to grasp and understand it.
I’m so glad you have time for fun and games now! What a blessing farmy visitors are. And the chessboard–perfection!
those are beautiful and somewhat eerie pictures!