Good morning everyone- very pleasant day again here, sunny, mild, breezy …..good to be outdoors and sleeping well through the night ….all good especially for me !! The links today are … SYSTEM WOOD...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 26a A group or set of bodily organs, computer components, facts, parts, planets etc working together as a complex whole (6) 31a. Word originally used for a tree,...
They say that time goes faster as one gets older. If that's true then, going by how fast Friday has come round once again, I must be at least 190 - although I don't look a day over 150, honestly ;-) A...
Good morning everyone - it’s grey and rather dreary here today, I’m sure we’re getting an early autumn, and we’ve had everything weather wise over the past few days, even a nice drop of rain …a little...
Good morning everyone - our lovely spell of fine weather seems to have disappeared for the time being - yesterday was hot, likewise last night and today is humid ….not my favourite at all. Just hoping...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 31a. A stripe such as the heraldic bar-sinister, a lace or linen cavalier collar, a rock group etc (4) 45a. Word for the funds of something, such as a statue’s...
I notice the heating element in toaster ovens are different. There is either a glass tube or a thin black rod. I learned that the glass tubes are known as quartz and the thin black rods are known as...
Good morning everyone - lovely mild sunny day here, and looks like staying that way for several more to come ……this is how I like my summers ….something tolerable, being outside is a pleasure :)) Now...
Here are today’s shaded clues for you - 9a. Energy transfer measured in joules, a creation such as a book, musical composition or piece of embroidery etc. (4) 38a. A flock of close-flying game birds,...
Today looking for songs which include the name of a river (Worldwide) - must include actual name, not just "river" - not sure how easy or difficult this might be! For starters "Ferry cross the Mersey"...
Another week has flown by! Good evening, all! A pathetic start for me this week, with just TWO out of seven in the main quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-64319567 At least I could manage...
I'm being deluged with emails offering me services of a sexual nature that I have no wish to take up - at 79 I'm way past my sell-by date even if I'd ever been interested, which is certainly not the...
Good morning everyone - rather warm down my way today, and it’s going to stick around for a while ….if it stays around the mid 30s I can manage, but once it gets to 40 I’m finished …oh well, it is...
Here are today’s shaded clues for you - 21a. Colour named after the dianthus, a flower used by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet to symbolise the epitome of perfection (4) 36a. A pomaceous orchard fruit...
Good morning everyone - quite warm here today, going to get warmer they say, we might actually get some Summer this year ….one minute we’ve got wet and windy, next it’s going to be hot and dry….oh...
I phoned L&V Friday to buy house insurance. I did so because I am already a customer at this house and thought that it would be simpler if I took their insurance out at my next house. I am considering...
Here are today’s shaded clues for you - 20a. A hot beverage synonymous with sympathy etc (3) 32a. Crystalline substance such as fleur de sel, a pink Himalayan variety etc. (4) 36a. Aromatic spice...
Well, that’s another year out of the way then, so let’s start all over again with Week 1: A typical middling score from me for the main quiz, with FOUR out of ten:...
Good morning everyone - heading for another lovely warm weekend, sunshine a slight breeze, warmer tomorrow, a good night for partying tonight which I won’t be doing ….too old for that sort of thing....
It can't get much better than this. I'm sitting in a nice, comfy armchair, with three happy and healthy cats nearby, with Cèilidh na Bliadhn' Ùire on the telly and a glass of decent port in my hand....
