Three Signposts - 8/31/18

Today's puzzle takes us to California, where you'll be given:

Three Signposts

Tomorrow we'll be in ...

Beat the Shark? - 8/30/18

How did I miss it when during 2017's Discovery Channel "Shark Week" they had Michael Phelps (sort of) racing a great white shark??  Today's Oregon puzzle which features a different sort of competition with a shark (I love the photo). Solving this one might make you feel like a:

Braniac.  (OK, I'm only discovering months later now that instead of posting the puzzle I had meant to, which I'll try again for another day, that I actually posted this Texas one instead.  What can I say,:

Programming Messes with your Mind 

Tomorrow we'll ...

Alphabet Soup - 8/29/18

Sorry for the slightly delayed post ... I knew I wanted to feature this puzzle from early in the French series we've been visiting, but got distracted.  I'll blame the heat ... it was a muggy scorcher.  Have fun with this bit of alphabet soup:

04 - Grilles Logiques : moyen

Tomorrow we'll ...

Gateway to Adventure - 8/28/18

Today's central NY puzzle is hot off the presses.  I appreciate the title, since I'd certainly have to agree that geocaching has proved to be an unexpected:

Gateway to Adventure

Tomorrow we'll be in ...

Guided - 8/27/18

Today's puzzle finds us in California.  Lest you think, after yesterday's post, that my idea of heirloom beverage containers is restricted to crystal and china, I'm happy to report that today's Diet Mountain Dew on ice was consumed out of a totally cool, brand new (but old) plastic TV Guide tumbler just like these:

What a blast from the past, and a fun memory of the time when knowing what was going to be on TV required being:

GUIDed

P.S.  Don't worry ... I don't save everything. I did manage to let go of the complete set of Long John Silver's Normal Rockwell mugs, despite their being in mint condition, and in their original boxes. ;)

Tomorrow we'll ...

Bottle of Wine - 8/26/18

The title of today's post might lead you to believe I've been driven to drink ... which I have, but not the way it sounds.  I've come to realize that all the crystal and china I've long considered family heirlooms has essentially no market value in today's world.  My kids don't really seem to value it either, so what good is it doing sitting in the cupboards, or even worse, wrapped up in paper in the basement?  I'm determined to find something to drink out of all the beautiful teacups I collected from my childhood home recently.  I could use a different one every day for a month, probably.  Faced with a dishwasher full of dirty dishes today, I drank my afternoon Mountain Dew on ice in one of my crystal goblets instead of waiting for a special occasion to crack open a nice:

Bottle of Wine

Tomorrow we'll ...

Close Shave - 8/25/18

Today's Texas puzzle taught me something new, which I always appreciate.  Even when it's a:

Close Shave

Tomorrow we'll be in Delaware

MIDI - 8/24/18

Here's a nice Massachusetts puzzle that dropped into my lap a while back.  Enjoy the:

MIDI

Tomorrow we'll ....

A Geo-Riddle - 8/23/18

My first day back went well, and I was reminded that despite what it takes out of me sometimes I really do enjoy working with students.  I'm optimistic that this will be a good semester.  I really do enjoy the academic calendar, and how everything starts off all shiny and new every few months.  Today's California puzzle is the shiny new version of an older puzzle I hadn't tried:

Geo-riddle Redux

Tomorrow we'll ...

Back to School - 8/22/18

Today's puzzle takes us to California.  When you think about me today you can picture the background photo in this puzzle, as I'll be heading:

Back to School

Tomorrow we'll ...

Dotty - 8/21/18

Today we revisit a series in France that I featured recently.  If you're still seeing spots from yesterday's puzzle, this one may make you positively dotty:

33 - Grilles Logiques : facile

Tomorrow we'll be in California.

Step lively! - 8/20/18

Today finds us in Ohio where it's:

Time to Polka Again!

Tomorrow we'll ...

Key Words - 8/19/18

As I said the other day, I've noticed a whole lot of key word puzzles popping up.  Here are two that made me grin:

From Germany, the:  Theft of the golden cookie

and from Rhode Island:  You Blockhead!

Tomorrow we'll ...

Overpacking List - 8/18/18

Today's puzzle takes us to California.  Happy International Geocaching Day!  I'm not sure if I'll get out and find a cache to earn the souvenir or not.  The weather isn't looking promising and I'm not sure I'll want to head out.  I had to ease back into work with some meetings the last couple of days and will be back full swing by the end of next week.  My summer wasn't very restful, so I may try to savor these last few days off.  I just returned on Sunday from visiting my childhood home, which will probably be going on the market soon.  Being a very sentimental sort, I came home with the car stuffed completely full of not so very important stuff which I couldn't bear to part with. I'll try to share some of the highlights with you over the next few weeks as I start trying to unpack it all.  Even with all my elaborate care I still managed to leave at least one box behind.  I guess I should have made an:

Overpacking List

Tomorrow we'll ...

Alphabetically Speaking - 8/17/18

Today we travel to Oregon where the puzzle is:

Alphabetically Speaking

Tomorrow we'll ...

Make it so - 8/16/18

I've seen a whole bunch of keyword puzzles popping up lately, but when I happened across this one in Canada's Ontario province I knew I'd have to share it with you.  If you've been following this blog for long, you will not be surprised to hear that I was grinning from ear to ear when I heard recently that Patrick Stewart will be reprising his role in a new Star Trek series.  I might just have to celebrate with a cup of:

Captain Picard's Tea

Tomorrow we'll ...

   

Ketchup Has What? - 8/15/18

Sorry for the delayed post. Perhaps you've spent the time working through yesterday's puzzle after I got the link corrected.  I was working on this puzzle from Canada's Nova Scotia province which caught my eye and got distracted without finishing things up.  That's just the way things are going these days, so bear with me.  There's a lot going on and:

Ketchup Has Destroyed My Delicious Chocolate Milk

Tomorrow we'll ...

Ten Letter What? - 8/14/18

Today's California puzzle dropped into my mailbox a while back, and I found it a fun challenge.  Try your luck with:

Ten Letter What?   (Link fixed ... sorry about that!)

Tomorrow we'll ...

Warm Beer - 8/13/18

I thought I had shared this California puzzle a while back, but it looks like I didn't.  I'm not a big drinker, but when I do imbibe it's usually something fruity and sweet.  I'm not a big fan of the stuff when it's cold, but I'd never touch:

Warm Beer

Tomorrow we'll ...

Heritage - 8/12/18

Today's Ohio puzzle is near the end of a Language-related series that was pointed out to me not long ago.  I'm looking forward to diving in deeper.  I chose this one because it was appropriate given my recent activities, which I'm sure I'll be telling you about sometime soon:

Language Series 34: My Family's Heritage

Tomorrow we'll be in California.

Wide Open - 8/11/18

For today's Texas puzzle you'll need to:

Open Wide!

Tomorrow we'll ...

Check in to this - 8/10/18

Here's a puzzle fresh from my in-box.  If you've been thinking about sending one my way, please do! TB hotels are some of my favorite caches, so if I ever get to Boston I hope I can check in to the:

Mystery TB Hotel at the Heights

Tomorrow we'll ...

The Philosophical Bear - 8/9/18

Today we travel to New Jersey for a visit with:

The Philosophical Bear (I am so loving that background photo!)

Tomorrow we'll ...

Grilles Logiques - 8/8/18

I happened to come across this puzzle, which is part of a series of different types of logic puzzles in France.  I'm definitely planning to go back and try some of the other ones.  With the multiple stages I don't know if I'd necessarily call this one "facile," but I had fun working through it.  After all the sudoku I did earlier this summer, it took a few minutes to wrap my head around the different rules for:

Grilles Logiques : facile

Tomorrow we'll ...

More Fun - 8/7/18

If you've been following long you'll know I'm a big Sheldon Cooper fan, so I was happy to dive into this puzzle which landed in my in box recently:

More Fun with Flags (PA Edition)

Tomorrow we'll be in France.

Quite a Party - 8/6/18

Today we head to Australia for a puzzle I had fun testing recently.  It's part of a much larger series, so maybe I'll have to check some of those out too.  Try your luck with:

UFO #95 - Crop Circle Done Within Seconds

Tomorrow we'll ...

Cache Cow Week Revisited, Sunday - 8/5/18

We wrap up our visit to the U.K.'s Cache Cow series with a cow I don't think we'd be likely to find there:

#34 Ankole Watusi

Tomorrow we'll ...

Cache Cow Week Revisited, Saturday - 8/4/18

After a fairly dry start to the summer, the last few weeks have been wet, wet wet.  I haven't resorted to wearing wellies yet, but if this weather persists I may have to think about getting some.  Today's puzzle happens to feature several nice options:

#30 Chillingham

Tomorrow we'll wrap up our week in the UK.

Cache Cow Week Revisited, Friday - 8/3/18

For our Friday entry in the Cache Cow Week we'll visit:

#27 Sussex

Tomorrow, another in the series.

Cache Cow Week Revisited - Thursday, 8/2/18

Today we pay a visit to:

#14 Aberdeen Angus

Tomorrow we'll ...

Cache Cow Week Revisited, Wednesday - 8/1/18

Can you believe it's August 1st already??  Today's entry for Cache Cow week is:

#10 Jersey

Tomorrow we'll visit another entry in the series.