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Hans J

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #630 on: November 02, 2009, 08:18:24 PM »
 ;D Maggi ,

no chance to find here "Tartuffo" ......we buy it always in this time from a italian restaurant  8)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #631 on: November 02, 2009, 11:14:31 PM »
Quote from: ranunculus on November 01, 2009, 11:49:14 PM
Quote from: Anthony Darby on November 01, 2009, 10:27:28 PM
Did it have a patch of violet-blue feathers on its breast Cliff?

Sorry Anthony - too long ago to remember.
Probably the Green Doctor Bird (Sericotes holoserieus), as that is the only green hummingbird (according to James Bond) that is found on St. Lucia
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #632 on: November 02, 2009, 11:25:06 PM »
Quote from: Ragged Robin on November 02, 2009, 09:05:44 AM
Puzzle 3...a meercat's claw  :-\
This is the closest I've been to a meercat this year!
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #633 on: November 03, 2009, 12:55:33 PM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on November 02, 2009, 11:14:31 PM
Probably the Green Doctor Bird (Sericotes holoserieus), as that is the only green hummingbird (according to James Bond) that is found on St. Lucia

Well done, Anthony!!  On my visit to St. Lucia I bought a copy of Birds of St. Lucia by James Bond.  Creator of 007, Ian Fleming, a keen birdwatcher, adopted the name James Bond from a book on Birds of the Caribbean....
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #634 on: November 03, 2009, 09:35:59 PM »
Quote from: Stephenb on November 03, 2009, 12:55:33 PM
Quote from: Anthony Darby on November 02, 2009, 11:14:31 PM
Probably the Green Doctor Bird (Sericotes holoserieus), as that is the only green hummingbird (according to James Bond) that is found on St. Lucia

Well done, Anthony!!  On my visit to St. Lucia I bought a copy of Birds of St. Lucia by James Bond.  Creator of 007, Ian Fleming, a keen birdwatcher, adopted the name James Bond from a book on Birds of the Caribbean....
I have the very book ('Birds of the Caribbean' by James Bond), which I bought in 1992 for a holiday in Jamaica.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #635 on: November 11, 2009, 07:17:49 PM »
Time for a new puzzle.
When fixing a part of our many pictures, made during our trip to Britain last month I found this flower.
I think it's not too difficult for many Forumists?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #636 on: November 11, 2009, 07:30:31 PM »
Osteospermum.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #637 on: November 11, 2009, 08:04:09 PM »
Ditto
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #638 on: November 11, 2009, 10:07:47 PM »
Well done Lori and Paddy.
I knew it was an easy one :) So have to try harder next time.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #639 on: November 13, 2009, 02:20:56 PM »
Anyone know what this plant is, it should be easy. Sorry for the bad pic.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #640 on: November 13, 2009, 02:38:00 PM »
Have looked at it for a few  minutes, Michael, and haven't a clue.



For the lovers of truffles:
A woman smells a 750-gram white truffle sold for €100,000 during an auction in Grinzane Cavour during the 79th White Truffle Festival of Alba. The Piedmont region, where Alba is located, is considered to have the best 'tartufo bianco' (white truffles) in the world. Photo: Getty Images



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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #641 on: November 13, 2009, 05:32:03 PM »
What a piggy - oops biggy  :o
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #642 on: November 13, 2009, 05:43:12 PM »
Quote from: Michael J Campbell on November 13, 2009, 02:20:56 PM
Anyone know what this plant is, it should be easy.

This is a puzzle! So, it is a "plant", not a pile of seed capsules? ??? ???
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #643 on: November 13, 2009, 05:55:58 PM »
Yes Maggi,it is a plant,a good plant for beginners, the reason will become clear when the answer is given
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #644 on: November 13, 2009, 06:42:36 PM »
Still no idea, Michael. It's a twiggy looking thing. Any hints?

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