Just Makes You Smile

This has been a very long week in my household with a variety of bad news popping up.

I really needed a smile.

Luckily for me, my latest trade with @MaxxPower68 arrived and brightened up the week.

My interest in Allen Ginter non-sports continues to grow and a good portion of this trade brought me some new ones. Some were from Far, Far away.

Hats Off and World Leaders.

These Birds Of A Feather flocked in my mail box together.

Arboreal Appreciation. Cardboard comes from trees, seems only appropriate we celebrate trees.

 

Animals on cards, works for me.

A group of fun non sport characters.

I always thought this was such a great insert line to celebrate real heroes.

There were also some football cards along for the trip as well. Some much needed help for my 1995 Pinnacle Trophy Collection chase. These always make me smile with nostalgia.

 

(this Jeffereson is actually an Artists Proof but dufex still makes me smile)

Speaking of making me smile,

 

If this card featuring Martin Mull hugging a football happily doesn't bring you joy, then you should be checked. This was my favorite card out of the entire mail day.

Thanks again to @MaxxPower68 for the trade. I hope we can do another one soon.

I am glad this week has come to an end, just hope next week can go a little better.

I hope the rest of you have had a great week.

Expanding On One

Trading can be such an adventure and an adventure I will take again and again. One can seem like a one for one card trade can expand to so much more and that's what happened to my last trade with @MaxxPower68.

 

On Twitter, he had posted out a couple of these Will Ferrell Topps cards and I immediately wanted them. I have the Dodgers version but really wanted to keep adding any of those I could. Sort of a side set chase but not a deep "need now" one.

So I inquired about both cards finding out one had already been traded away but one was left so I worked my trade magic and as you can see acquired it.

But, that wasn't the end of the trade as the haul and trade became bigger. It became apparent that I needed to keep growing my non sport PC.

So I did and brought all of this home as well,

(I am sad Topps didn't continue with these but stuck with doing '86 inserts every year instead)

 

I had no specific reason for taking any of these other than the fact they were non sport cards.

Thanks to Tim again for this trade.

If any of you have any of this Will Ferrells kicking dust around in your house, I would welcome them here in a pwe trade. Just let me know!