This is a good month for me. A great event in my life happened in this month and an amazing number of great events followed from it. I find myself continually in awe.
We read on Tricia's Tides that you have already had your very own Crave Cupcake, piled high with icing and topped with a single candle. We hope your birthday wish has already come true, too.
We're sending you warm greetings on this, your 38th birthday, Brandon. Have a great Sunday celebration. May you enjoy many more good times as another year of life unfolds. Cheers!
The results are in on the Scottish Wildlife Trust Quiz 2009. We scored a modest 20 out of 30. However, some of the correct answers were particularly difficult:
1. For "A simple drink" we said PURPLE DOVE. It is CUCKOO PINT!?!
2. "Do a short turn on duty" should have been LITTLE STINT. We answered CUCKOO CLOCK.
6. For "Could be granny or couldn't" NANA should have been KNOT
8. We thought WOOD ORIEL fit "an architectural feature of houses". CROW STEPS is the correct answer.
10. "This bird fights and fights again" seemed to us to describe a PHOENIX. The clever but tough answer is SPARROW (spar row).
11. "In Scotland (!) you can't see these" is SNOWGEESE not GYRFALCON. (S+no geese).
13. We were way off the mark with BLACKBIRD for "a bird lost its energy and joined the Queen and was transformed into another bird". This answer is . . . wait for it . . . GOOSANDER (goos+and+ER).
14. STARLINGS don't fit "On seeing these birds, little girl does a dance in the road". Apparently, DOT TERCELs do!
22. Without explanation, the response to "This bird from an Aberdeenshire river appears on TV- sounds fine" is DJ not AJ.
26. We almost got "an elegant gathering to celebrate the end of the male" with A BACHELOR PARTY. The answer is A COCKTAIL PARTY.
Cheer up! We have two more quizzes out there somewhere. As always, I'll keep you posted on our scores.
Hi BJ, I can't imagine anyone getting all the answers on this particular quiz. The prize is supposed to go to the first entirely correct entry drawn from the hat. I suppose the highest score would have to take it in the end. Prize winners are posted in the respective shop windows but scores are not included.
I always enclose a SAE requesting the answers. We get our original entry form back with corrections and very few explanations for tricky answers. I suppose I could also start asking for the winner's name and score.
Hi Lucy, No need to get the winner's name. I am just curious about anyone getting ALL the answers, especially since there seem to be really two answers that could serve in some cases. BJ
Hi again, BJ, If I were running a contest like this, I would definitely accept a good alternate answer that fit any of my clues. In this latest quiz, our answers even had the correct number of letters! eg: WOOD ORIEL and CROW STEPS. How much more can a puzzle solver do?
Well, blogatives, yesterday's mail brought us an answer key to yet another quiz. This one had to do with varied veggies. This time we scored a respectable 27 out of 30.
The 3 corrections are:
15. "The French eat it all." Scrap GARLIC for MANGETOUT (a garden pea with an edible pod).
28. "This sturdy pony has a tender toe." CORN ON THE COB fits better than our own clever PINTO BEAN.
29. For "Hot and yellow" our BANANA PEPPER was less obvious than MUSTARD, plain and simple.
Dear Lucy, I absolutely love Corn on the Cob--clever, clever, clever. I also like mustard better than banana pepper, but I ask you..."mange tout", eat all in French (an excellent answer), but have you ever heard of it? As puzzle solvers, it is all about the fun of solving, so even when we don't get the answers it is very worthwhile and fun to read the correct ones.
I agree with you, BJ. The more we solve, the better we get at it, too!
No, I had never heard of mangetout. I thought about mustard for #29 but dismissed it. Besides that, I did not know that a pony might be called a cob. See . . . I learn as I go.
We have one more quiz to hear back on; it was drawn yesterday but I did not get a winner's call.
Your mid-week celebration is sure to be fun as you sit down to family supper at 14 Wilkie Road tonight. The whole gang will be there to help you blow out those 32 candles and to eat birthday cake with you.
Enjoy your special day, Heather. We wish you another year of good times and personal happiness. Cheers!
This morning we are sending warm greetings to you from sunny St. Andrews. At the end of your work day, we hope you and Abby can share an evening of happy celebration in your honor.
Here's a toast to your health and happiness! Cheers!
I hope the Saskatoon weather is being kinder to you on your birthday than it is to us in St. Andrews. This is our worst fall day yet. We're going to stay in and have a warming drink in your honour.
Cheers as you celebrate turning 42!
Lots of love and warm winter wishes, Louise and David
23 comments:
Hello Edward!
Your cryptic comment about the goodness of October is not getting by any of us on the first day of a brand new month.
We know that your 37th wedding anniversary is just a few days away now. From such "great events", great things will follow.
Still, it takes years for the glorious outcomes to evolve. Awesome!
Lots of love,
Louise
Hi Edward,
What a wonderful post to start a new month. Congratulations on the great event, and also for being wise enough to recognize what it meant.
Love, BJ
Happy Birthday, Brandon
We read on Tricia's Tides that you have already had your very own Crave Cupcake, piled high with icing and topped with a single candle. We hope your birthday wish has already come true, too.
We're sending you warm greetings on this, your 38th birthday, Brandon. Have a great Sunday celebration. May you enjoy many more good times as another year of life unfolds. Cheers!
Lots of love,
Louise and David
Happy Anniversary, Deanie and Edward
We hope this mid-week celebration is a happy one for you, with plenty of time for yourselves and a happy stretch of family participation.
Congratulations on this 37 anniversary of your marriage to one another. Enjoy your special day from beginning to end. Cheers to you!
Lots of love and best wishes,
Louise and David
Hi Louise,
Thank you for the anniversary wishes, we had a great day and there's a good chance we'll make it through another year together.
Lots of love
Edward
Oh, that is funny, Edward! I'm glad your anniversary was such a happy beginning to another good year.
Love, Louise
The results are in on the Scottish Wildlife Trust Quiz 2009. We scored a modest 20 out of 30. However, some of the correct answers were particularly difficult:
1. For "A simple drink" we said PURPLE DOVE. It is CUCKOO PINT!?!
2. "Do a short turn on duty" should have been LITTLE STINT. We answered CUCKOO CLOCK.
6. For "Could be granny or couldn't" NANA should have been KNOT
8. We thought WOOD ORIEL fit "an architectural feature of houses". CROW STEPS is the correct answer.
10. "This bird fights and fights again" seemed to us to describe a PHOENIX. The clever but tough answer is SPARROW (spar row).
11. "In Scotland (!) you can't see these" is SNOWGEESE not GYRFALCON. (S+no geese).
13. We were way off the mark with BLACKBIRD for "a bird lost its energy and joined the Queen and was transformed into another bird".
This answer is . . . wait for it . . . GOOSANDER (goos+and+ER).
14. STARLINGS don't fit "On seeing these birds, little girl does a dance in the road". Apparently, DOT TERCELs do!
22. Without explanation, the response to "This bird from an Aberdeenshire river appears on TV- sounds fine" is DJ not AJ.
26. We almost got "an elegant gathering to celebrate the end of the male" with A BACHELOR PARTY. The answer is A COCKTAIL PARTY.
Cheer up! We have two more quizzes out there somewhere. As always, I'll keep you posted on our scores.
Love, Lucy
I think KNOT, SNOW GEESE and SPARROW are very clever, but DOT TERCELS and CUCKOO PINTS?? Did anyone get all 30 answers?
Hi BJ,
I can't imagine anyone getting all the answers on this particular quiz. The prize is supposed to go to the first entirely correct entry drawn from the hat. I suppose the highest score would have to take it in the end. Prize winners are posted in the respective shop windows but scores are not included.
I always enclose a SAE requesting the answers. We get our original entry form back with corrections and very few explanations for tricky answers. I suppose I could also start asking for the winner's name and score.
LOL, Lucy
Hi Lucy,
No need to get the winner's name. I am just curious about anyone getting ALL the answers, especially since there seem to be really two answers that could serve in some cases.
BJ
P.S. No need for the score, either.
Hi again, BJ,
If I were running a contest like this, I would definitely accept a good alternate answer that fit any of my clues. In this latest quiz, our answers even had the correct number of letters! eg: WOOD ORIEL and CROW STEPS. How much more can a puzzle solver do?
Lucy
Happy Birthday, Therese!
We hope your Sunday celebration is a happy family gathering on this Thanksgiving weekend.
As you turn 49 today, we wish you a smooth series of fine days and full months on your way to 50. Enjoy the ride!
Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
Well, blogatives, yesterday's mail brought us an answer key to yet another quiz. This one had to do with varied veggies. This time we scored a respectable 27 out of 30.
The 3 corrections are:
15. "The French eat it all." Scrap GARLIC for MANGETOUT (a garden pea with an edible pod).
28. "This sturdy pony has a tender toe." CORN ON THE COB fits better than our own clever PINTO BEAN.
29. For "Hot and yellow" our BANANA PEPPER was less obvious than MUSTARD, plain and simple.
Love, Lucy
Dear Lucy,
I absolutely love Corn on the Cob--clever, clever, clever. I also like mustard better than banana pepper, but I ask you..."mange tout", eat all in French (an excellent answer), but have you ever heard of it? As puzzle solvers, it is all about the fun of solving, so even when we don't get the answers it is very worthwhile and fun to read the correct ones.
I agree with you, BJ. The more we solve, the better we get at it, too!
No, I had never heard of mangetout. I thought about mustard for #29 but dismissed it. Besides that, I did not know that a pony might be called a cob. See . . . I learn as I go.
We have one more quiz to hear back on; it was drawn yesterday but I did not get a winner's call.
Lucy
ONE YEAR OLD / ONE YEAR OLD
Happy Birthday, Evan!
E njoy your
V ery first birthday
A nd stay safe until the
N ext one comes around.
Love and warm wishes,
Louise and David
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Happy Birthday, Briana!
B ecause you're SIX, we're
R emembering you today.
I t's your turn to have
A happy celebration with
N ice people
A nd good times.
Warm wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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Happy Birthday, Dustin!
We hope this October Tuesday has dawned crisp and bright for you on your thirty-first birthday.
You'll probably have to put in a full day's work before you can relax and celebrate with family and friends.
Here in St. Andrews we'll be toasting you with a wee dram of fine scotch. May all the promises and hopes of the coming year come true for you.
Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
Happy Birthday, Heather
Your mid-week celebration is sure to be fun as you sit down to family supper at 14 Wilkie Road tonight. The whole gang will be there to help you blow out those 32 candles and to eat birthday cake with you.
Enjoy your special day, Heather. We wish you another year of good times and personal happiness. Cheers!
Warm greetings and lots of love,
Louise and David
Happy Birthday, Joshua!
Best wishes because you're 32 today.
This morning we are sending warm greetings to you from sunny St. Andrews. At the end of your work day, we hope you and Abby can share an evening of happy celebration in your honor.
Here's a toast to your health and happiness! Cheers!
Love and congratulations,
Louise and David
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HALLOWEEN GREETINGS!
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A spooky,
L ight and
L ively time
O n this night
W hen
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N eeds a treat!
LOL, Lucy
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November 1, 2009
Happy Birthday, Michael
I hope the Saskatoon weather is being kinder to you on your birthday than it is to us in St. Andrews. This is our worst fall day yet. We're going to stay in and have a warming drink in your honour.
Cheers as you celebrate turning 42!
Lots of love and warm winter wishes,
Louise and David
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