4/26: the metal balls

...of a pétanque set.  I've wanted to toss them ever since I saw the 1982 film version of Evil Under the Sun, in which one of the characters throws pétanque balls while being interviewed by Poirot.  Chris ordered us a set last week; I probably would have hemmed and hawed and kept dreaming about it in an unfulfilled way.  Today it arrived, and after dinner we did a little tossing.  It was satisfying.