Michelle Martin started the Edmonds Pétanque Club two years ago when she asked city council to build a pitch for the sport. She didn't expect them to agree, but when they did, curious folks showed up to learn the game. It's a lot like bocce ball, she says. Pétanque requires smaller, metal balls, and a smaller target ball (called a cochonnet, which means piglet in French). Martin prefers pétanque for no reason other than she and the game both hail from France. On warm Saturdays, Martin says twenty or more people will show up to play from morning to night.