Rematch a Must

Interesting game today, I lost by one point. That is not all that interesting in itself. What was most distressful was along the way Mumsey managed to put 3 cards in her crib. Thus she only had 3 cards in her hand to play and a five card crib!!! How could she not notice her short hand? Well I did and also her fat crib. So she let me remove one card unseen from her crib and then she counted the points. That removed card obviously was a part of her short hand. And of course it all worked out in her favor. I think that is a lot of suspicious cribbaging. To appease me, she said if the game ended being a close game we would have a rematch later today. Hmmm, I wonder if either of us will remember to play again today? Our schedule is so tight here.

Whew!

Where do these months go? Most likely the reason that there is no post for September is that I am losing. All September, Mumsey has been successfully getting superior hands. I mean like 24 in her hand and 20 in the crib! She will have the lovely 6,5,5,4 combo in several variations and then what should appear but just the one needed to make the 24 hand. Today, she even commented whether I had actually shuffled! And what should she display as her hand unfolded but another variation of that same combo. Usually, when this happens I always think it is on her deal and her lack of shuffle style but surely when I deal I have done enough shuffle shuffle. So there you have it avid cribbage fans, the daily cribbage game is on for each day of the month of September. I will leave you in suspense for a few more days as to just how much Mumsey is ahead. Perhaps before the month is out I will have made a come back.....

I won August!

Mumsey, aka my mother, aka Grandma Eck, aka great grandma, made a valiant effort this month. There were times when she might have been 6 or so games behind, but the final score for August was 16 to 15. Thrills galore during the month.

6th Win!

I won again today but so far I am alive. My mother is disgruntled but still has hope for a future win.

Yikes!!!

I am ahead 5 games this month and it is only the 5th! Check in tomorrow to see if I am still alive or if she has broken my winning streak. Too bad my luck only applies to the daily cribbage. Or at least this momentary lucky run.

What I have discovered

The daily cribbage game is much like the rest of life, best kept in the moment. Many times in July, I thought I should write about the just finished game. There never was the spark needed to relive the thrill of the moment. Yes, there were many peaks and valleys along the way to the final deciding moment on July 31. There just was never the energy to tell the story. The thrill in the moment expended all available energy. Thus I leave you on the edge of your seats for most likely a very long time. I will tell you that July was most unusual in that on the 30th we were tied 15 to 15. It truly was a cliffhanger month! I did win on the 31st and have now won both the 1st and the 2nd of August. Hope my mother wins tomorrow or she will be getting exceedingly agitated! And we do not want that!!!! And I cannot even comfort her with the news that she is ahead in the months of the year as so far I have that honor. So until next time, whenever that might be, you can trust in the fact that the daily cribbage is very much alive and living in the thrill of the moment!!!!!!

Over half of the month is gone.

I am now three games ahead for the month. It has been that way on and off for the past week. First two than three than two than three ahead. I am certainly not complaining about that state of daily cribbage but my mother most likely has another story to tell...
We have both had our times of 21 point hands and then 2 point hands. No real cliff hangers to note, although one day I was one point shy of a win.
The first picture is a jigsaw puzzle we recently put together. That has been our secondary mania for the last few weeks. Now I am experiencing withdrawal as we have no more to do for now. It had become the daily jigsaw puzzle as well.
The second picture is our crop of volunteer hollyhocks that cheerfully come up every year all on their own. I did initially bring them to the area by casting a few collected seeds from my daily walk. (Ooooh, another potential blog "The Daily Walk." ) And of course this picture has the necessary capture of one of my fingers for all to see.