Louise surges further ahead
All eight of us were present for the mid-winter meeting with the wood fire burning at Tara’s. In the background we could hear mighty shouts from upstairs each time Australia scored a goal in the Oz vs Canada women’s world cup football (we won 3-0).
The games were Sherlock Holmes and Uno Flip (the schizophrenic stepdaughter of Uno). It was Matt’s and Steve’s first time playing Sherlock, and it seemed they enjoyed it, but not so much that they got any points. In fact Rob, Matt and Steve all scored a big fat WHP, with no points in Flip either. There was a draw between Louise and Wayne for first place in Sherlock, the first time anyone can remember that happening. It was decided by a “villain-off” – take turns drawing a card off the deck, first to draw a villain loses. Wayne lost while Louise surged ahead to improve her ladder lead from 25 points to 85 points above the second placing Tara. Mind you, those 50 points that Wayne got came in handy – for the second time in as many months he swapped places with Steve for SPOON position on the ladder. Nicole was 3rd in Sherlock by only 14 points. The scores in Flip were quite closely spaced – only 3 points between Tara and Genelle, with Louise getting a second helping of points for 3rd. Wayne provided two books as prizes for each game winner – thanks WT.
In an interesting aside – Genelle‘s recent trip was disrupted somewhat when she experienced an earthquake and the eruption of Mount Fagradalsfjall volcano on the same day while visiting Iceland. (OK, I looked up how to spell that)
Next month (August) Matt will be hosting for his first time at Como, see you there.