This is the House that Jack Built - a photo on Flickriver

            Of all the things he could play with in the nursery, young Master Jack only had eyes for his brightly painted wooden blocks, and with them, he built a house.  It was slightly lopsided, but what it lacked in evenness, was made up with young Master Jack’s enthusiasm. 

The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" on the 17th of February is "construction toys".  An easy enough theme you would think, and perhaps for you it is.  I on the other hand, with no children of my own, and godchildren either too old or too bookish to be interested in such things, have no construction toys.  That was until I remembered that I had one set of blocks, but they are not ordinary ones, even if they are made of wood and brightly painted like other types of blocks.   If you follow my photostream, you may know that I collect 1:12 size miniatures, some of which have featured in past themes in the "Looking Close on Friday" and "Smile on Saturday" groups.  Amongst the thousands of items that make up this collection, I have a set of blocks.  The small square blocks are only five millimetres in size as an indication of their minute proportions.  I have set them up amidst other toys in an old Edwardian nursery setting with some of the other miniature toys that I have including a pull along wooden rabbit, an indoor croquet set and of course that quintessential Edwardian toy which is as popular today as it was when they were introduced, the teddy bear.  I hope you like my choice of image for the theme, and that it makes you smile!

Taken on: February 13, 2023

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Camera: Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, f/2.8, 1/20 sec, 6.2mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

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