Good morning everyone - lovely soaking rain last night, so dark this morning I slept till late and so did the furries….soon be time for wood fires and woolly socks !! Thanks again to twix and a...
Hi Steff, Today's questions are as follows: 14a. A band of gold or silver, sometimes set with gems; an “elf circle” of champignon mushrooms on a woodland floor; one of the concentric markings in the...
My nose needs cauterizing again. I've had it done several times, in and out of the door within 15 minutes. Doctor has a look, squirts some numbing spray up, lights a taper, sticks it up my nose for a...
Hi Steff,
The link words are as follows:
School DAY
Grid LOCK
Blue RINSE
Heart BREAK
I hope that Gypsy is responding well to her treatment, and enjoying her cordon bleu diet....
Good morning everyone - and Happy Easter to all !! Typical Easter holiday weather here, rain and wind, though luckily nothing like that predicted for the East Coast. So glad I hadn’t any plans to go...
Hi Steff, Today's questions are as follows: 20 a. From the Greek for “leisure, philosophy, lecture place”, an educational institution for children; an establishment offering specialist tuition in...
For the Easter weekend? Himself is on call all weekend so will be staying at home, dusting off the bbq and creating some lovely meals. Also looking forward to getting into the garden and setting up my...
Good morning everyone - we’ve had some lovely rain through the week, and the nights are getting nippy, so Autumn is here and I’m thinking about wood fires again !! Today is sunny and a little windy,...
Hi Steff, today's questions are as follows: 25a. A regular quadrilateral; a quartile aspect; the figurative “shape” of a full, balanced meal; a mortarboard; a carpenter’s measure; or, one of a...
Good morning everyone - sunny and mild here today, after a week of really mixed warm, windy, humid stuff, no rain, generally weird stuff !! Hopefully it will get itself sorted out in the next little...
Greetings, everyone! A decent enough (in my opinion) FIVE out of seven for me in the main quiz this week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-65040607 Aunty Beeb seems to have got her knickers in a twist...
Hi Steff, today's clues are as follows:: 10a. The brilliance, lustre and purity of a diamond, such as one in the first degree, considered flawless; a wavy sheen on moiré silk or taffeta; or, a liquid...
Good morning everyone - sorry, running a bit late today, got totally involved watching the last episode of Endeavour….still trying to work out all the tangles !! Apart from that, the sun is shining...
I'm looking for songs with at least one of these words in the title:
Saint, Patrick, Ireland, Green......Take it away Tom......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmT1ptv3VEc...
Hi everyone - I’m just posting this for the time being - twix may have turned in early tonight, perhaps a little too much Irish cheer ( good on you, if you did, twix) but hopefully someone will post...
Hi Steff,
Herculis link answers are as follows:
Place SETTING
Drop LEAF
Snap SHOT
COLTS Foot
(I had to confirm this in a dictionary!!)
Over to you for the scoring....
Good morning everyone - lovely sunny day here, beginning of a very enjoyable long weekend ….I do love Autumn weather…..nippy nights and glorious days, just beautiful!! Thanks to twix we have the links...
Good morning everyone - and we’re up and running for another month …no thanks to that wretched newspaper ….it seems I have to practically dismantle my iPad to get it sorted ….not in any hurry to do...
Evening all! A middling start for me this week, with FOUR out of seven in the main quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-64825206 There are some nice easy questions in the kids' quiz this week (as,...