Hi Canasta Lovers,
Sorry it has been such a long time between blogs but most of you Canasta Goddesses have left Paradise for cooler climes. I'm not sure why everyone leaves right after the spring holidays because May is one of the nicest months of the year here.
At any rate I did give a lesson last week and something blog-worthy came out of it. It happened toward the end of the first hand of the day; our opponents Leni and Dede had made a lovely joker canasta early in the hand and Leni had signaled sevens. Our team had 1500 points in threes covered by only one canasta. On the table in front of me were three kings among other random triples. In my hand were two kings, two sevens and a safe nine. We had passed the turn card and I really wanted to put the kings in fifth so my partner Goldi could close them. I did and discarded the safe nine. Goldi closed the kings at her turn and made a safe discard. My turn again and what do I pick? OMG a big Joker. I am in TROUBLE here. I had to throw a seven. My opponent, Leni had a good count and she made a seven canasta. My question to you canasta lovers out there is how many turns ahead do you think? If I had held back the kings, I would not have made a second canasta and would not have received 1500 points for my threes. I think I did the right thing. What do you think?
Since canasta has slowed down for the summer I've been doing quite a bit of reading. I just finished reading Paris, the Novel by Edward Rutherford. I really loved it. A long tome, it traces the history of five families living in Paris from the 1300's until the 1960's. If you like historical fiction you should love this book.
Keep in touch Canasta Goddesses.
Love, Barbara
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