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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #615 on: November 02, 2009, 12:11:36 PM »
Thanks folks!

The bat and the bird

Of course, you will all know the connection between the deceased Hummingbird and James Bond....

I honeymooned once in Rodney Bay where I remember seeing hummingbirds for the first time and learning the answer to the above..
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #616 on: November 02, 2009, 12:17:34 PM »
An enigma within a puzzle?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #617 on: November 02, 2009, 01:59:22 PM »
Arty puzzle - real or fake?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #618 on: November 02, 2009, 02:22:48 PM »

I honeymooned once in Rodney Bay where I remember seeing hummingbirds for the first time and learning the answer to the above..

I read as meaning a first honeymoon.... had to ask how many other honeymoons you've had, Stephen? ::)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #619 on: November 02, 2009, 02:29:17 PM »
Arty puzzle - real or fake?

That's an easy one, Robin .... Yes!    :D
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #620 on: November 02, 2009, 02:31:00 PM »
Robin,

Eryngium?

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #621 on: November 02, 2009, 03:51:22 PM »
Here is a puzzle from me :

What is this ?

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« Reply #622 on: November 02, 2009, 04:12:30 PM »
Cliffs bat looks like one of the spear-nosed bats

A list of bat species on my web site
http://www.batdetective.com/botw.htm
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« Reply #623 on: November 02, 2009, 04:14:19 PM »

I read as meaning a first honeymoon.... had to ask how many other honeymoons you've had, Stephen? ::)
...that beard of yours isn't blue, is it? :o ;)

Honeymoons? That would be telling....

Beard? Well, it used to be blue - I was known in these parts as Stephen "Blåskjegg"...and before you get any ideas, I'm not wealthy and don't live in a Chateau (don't have them here)!
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #624 on: November 02, 2009, 04:36:40 PM »
Here is a puzzle from me :

What is this ?

Hans 8)
Black Truffle?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #625 on: November 02, 2009, 04:41:41 PM »
Hans,

Chamaecyparis seed?

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« Reply #626 on: November 02, 2009, 05:57:08 PM »
Robin,

Eryngium?

Paddy

Yes, Paddy, a very attractive one to me and the bees - I took a photo of it a couple of years ago in the Botanical Gardens at Champex Lac
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« Reply #627 on: November 02, 2009, 06:58:19 PM »
A lovely plant, Robin

The spiky leaves gave it away for me.

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #628 on: November 02, 2009, 07:25:09 PM »
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Black Truffle?
         


Yes Anthony  ;D ;D ;D

this is a Tuber melanosporum !

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #629 on: November 02, 2009, 08:15:09 PM »
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Black Truffle?
       


Yes Anthony  ;D ;D ;D

this is a Tuber melanosporum !

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