Hallelujah! - 11/30/16

Today's puzzle takes us to Ohio.  For me, once Thanksgiving is past,there's no denying that Christmas will be here before we know it.  For most of my life this time of year has involved preparation for some sort of musical event ... it just doesn't feel right to not be rehearsing or performing in some fashion.  I'm looking forward to attending a sing-along version of the Messiah this weekend, and singing Pachelbel's Magnificat the following weekend.  While I always get stressed and tired dealing with the shopping, wrapping, and shipping of gifts right on top of giving exams and getting grades submitted, the music of the season invigorates me like nothing else can.  And for that I say:

Hallelujah!

Tomorrow we'll be in Ohio for another day.

Emoji :) 11/29/16

Today we travel to Australia.  When I send text messages with my android phone it makes these strange little green alien faces whenever I type :) or :( instead of nice emojis.  I've been getting more and more text messages with fun, colorful emojis lately, so I decided it was time for me to join the 21st century and figure out how to get some I could use myself.  I hit paydirt with a free emoji keyboard app, and I'm like a kid with a new toy.  I can be so much more expressive now and tailor my messages depending on what I want to say and the person I'm sending it to.  It's fun going through and picking out just the right:

Emoji :)

Tomorrow we'll ...

Thanksgiving Overindulgence - 11/28/16

Here's a little puzzle from California for anyone who's still recovering from a little:

Thanksgiving Overindulgence

Tomorrow we'll be in Australia.

Three Windmills - 11/27/16

I thought it might be fun to wrap up the Turkey Day weekend with a puzzle from Turkey:

Kybele and three windmills

Tomorrow we'll ...

Say again? - 11/26/16

Today's puzzle from Canada's province of British Columbia was mentioned by someone in the "chat" portion of my most recent GeoGearHeads appearance, so I had to check it out.  Now you can too:

umoC ap!s&ñ

Tomorrow we'll be in Turkey.

Shop Till You Drop - 11/25/16

It's Black Friday, so let's head to California where you can:

Shop till you drop

Tomorrow we'll be in ...

Happy Thanksgiving! - 11/24/16

Over the years I've managed to find and feature quite a few puzzles with a Thanksgiving theme, or a turkey theme.  For your holiday today I've got a pair of them for you.  From Maryland:

Thanksgiving - "The Hunt for Tom Turkey"

and from Vermont:  The Turkey Cache

Tomorrow we'll be in ...