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- What's your favorite puzzle and why?
- I'll Be Seeing You. We're avid birders and it was our first Stave puzzle.
- Which Puzzles Do You Own?
- I'll Be Seeing You, Out of the Blue, Peaceable Kingdom, Ladybug Ladybug, Jonah And The Whale, Pull My Strings and Metamorphosis
- Meet other Puzzle Nuts near you by telling us what town and state you're in.
- Winter Park, FL
- Which puzzles are on your wish list?
- Give Me A Buzz, Light My Fire, Tweet Re-Leaf, Seaing Stars, Nuts To You, Made In The Shade, When Nature Calls, Butterfly Chase, English Garden, Loop de Loop, Nessie, Venice Byways, Fred and Ginger, a traditional (Crown Jewels) and eventually work our way up to a Limited Edition.
- When and where do you puzzle?
- At home year round but not to often because we don't have the will power to stay away once we've started one and the honeydew list begins to grow while we are working on it.
- What got you into Stave Puzzles?
- The report about Stave Puzzles on the CBS Sunday Morning show.
- Tips for solving Stave Puzzles: Want to share?
- No tips wanted or given here. That would spoil the ah-ha moment of relief and joy when you finally figure out that part you've been staring at for the last hour. It would also spoil the chance to jokingly curse the Stave staff for their deceptively devious designs. (Of course we still haven't tried a 4 sword or 5 bolt puzzle. We might be begging for a tip/hint then. Although I like to think we won't)
- About me: Interests, fave books and music etc
- Anything to do with nature. To me nothing beats sitting beside a stream and listening to the water, wind through the trees and watching birds and animals moving about. There is always something new and exciting just around the next curve in the path.
- Have a website?
- http://somacow.com/
- More websites?
- http://www.ernestsimmons.com/
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A Gathering of Nuts
PuzzleNuts that is.
Tammy and I had the pleasure of meeting with fellow PuzzleNut Noelle yesterday. Gathering our collection of little blue boxes, we set off for a day of puzzling at a local bookstore-coffee shop. Noelle, working alone, completed 3 of our puzzles, while Tammy and I worked together to complete 2 of hers. I believe she (Noelle) has a future as a Stave puzzle tester. It was a great afternoon, filled with coffee, baked-goods, challenging puzzles and Stave camaraderie.
I highly re… Continue
Tammy and I had the pleasure of meeting with fellow PuzzleNut Noelle yesterday. Gathering our collection of little blue boxes, we set off for a day of puzzling at a local bookstore-coffee shop. Noelle, working alone, completed 3 of our puzzles, while Tammy and I worked together to complete 2 of hers. I believe she (Noelle) has a future as a Stave puzzle tester. It was a great afternoon, filled with coffee, baked-goods, challenging puzzles and Stave camaraderie.
I highly re… Continue
Posted on July 13, 2009 at 6:51am — 2 Comments
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Noelle
YouTube has some great examples of nyckelharpa musicians...you would find that there are many different styles. Tunes vary in "flavor" according to the region of Sweden they originate in. I favor "uppland" music which is uplifting and melodic...the polska example you heard is not one that I would choose to learn, (if I could!) The recordings of Sahlstrom, Hedlund, and Elin & Edvard are examples of music I enjoy. I've just been playing for seven years and am lucky if anyone would consider me an intermediate.
Do either of you play an instrument?
A nyckelharpa is a stringed, keyed musical instrument that predates the violin...you could see one at the American Nyckelharpa Assoc. site at www.nyckelharpa.org. Traditional dances include polska (not to be confused with polka), schottische, polkette.
I should get some photos of my birds on this site...will work on that!
Elizabeth
No, I didn't know and I think I'm crestfallen.
You're telling me they're capricious? Perhaps a little finicky? Uppity? There are two perfectly acceptable porches and tons of trees.
At least the camera is portable just in case they/she ever decide(s) one of the porches is good enough. I have an extensive photo essay of nest-building through the moment they flew away last year. I wanted another. Drat,
Is there wren bait?
No such luck, I'm afraid. I guess I could sell the cat.
Thanks for the information, I think. No, really. Thanks.
Janis
Hopefully we'll be able to set something up ! :)
I missed them.
Noelle
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