My love affair with Venus Colored Pencils

In third grade, Mary Henry would give me a Venus colored pencil for each picture I drew for her. Venus pencils had a soft, brilliant colored lead...I thought they were ideal! I used them until they were less than an inch long...and I still have those nubs. https://www.facebook.com/PopularGadgetsAndMiscOfThe60s70s80s/photos/a.410980138993905.92583.410975138994405/942038995888014/?type=3&theater