Smile: Containers

The theme for this week is “Containers.” From the moment I unfolded this box, I knew it would make a great smile!

Here is the audio answer to the Lost Art puzzle from Friday:

Happy Labor Day weekend!

Friday Miscellany: Lost Art

I have been wanting to try posting an audio puzzle to see how it works. This one pertains to this week’s theme, which is Public Art. Have a listen and see if you can figure it out.

I will post the answer over the weekend. 

Thanks to Steve for getting the MP3 into the right place for me to upload it!

Cartoon: Drawn to Art

This week’s cartoon is about being attracted to art. I played with the wording a bunch, and I’m not convinced that how it reads here is the best option, but it does play on the word “drawn” in a nice way.

Spoiler warning: As usual, my answers to Monday’s challenge are below the cartoon.  

These are my answers to the Initial Inclination challenge from Monday. Listed are 12 factual people whose initials are P.P., plus four that I consider to be invalid answers: Patti Page, Pope Paul and Pope Pius (however, “Pope” is not the first name in either case), Piper Perabo, Philippe Perrin (an astronaut), Prince Philip (again, “Prince” is not his first name), Pablo Picasso, Paloma Picasso, Parker Posey, Pol Pot, Paula Poundstone, Paula Prentiss, Priscilla Presley, Paul Prudhomme, Philip Pullman, and … Punxsutawny Phil (a living being, though not human). 

Here is my list of fictional characters whose initials are P.P. (I found 9): Peter Pan, Pink Panther, Peter Parker (Spiderman), Pansy Parkinson (from Harry Potter books), Peppermint Patty, Porky Pig, Peter Piper (who picked pickled peppers), Pied Piper, and Peter (Peter) Pumpkineater, as well as the aforementioned Punxsutawny Phil.

Please let me know if you think of additions to either list, as I’m sure there are many more.

Initial Inclination: P.P.

I’m going to take a break from the Constant Consonants puzzles and introduce a new word puzzle that also involves thinking about a letter or two for a day or two and coming up with as many answers as you can. 

I call the puzzle “Initial Inclination,” and as you might guess, the object is to think of as many famous people as you can whose initials are, this week, P.P. One valid answer, in keeping with the “Public Art” theme, is Pablo Picasso, who created public art.

Whether or not someone is famous is sometimes debatable, so your list may include a few people who are famous in some sphere that I’m not aware of, and my list might be biased toward my interests. Nonetheless, I have a list of 12 people whose initials are P.P. and I will share it on Wednesday.

As a secondary puzzle, you can think of fictional characters with the initials P.P. I have 6 of those as well. 

Have a Perfectly Pleasant couple of days.

Smile: Public Art

It’s a new week, and time for a new theme: Public Art. I hope it’s not too difficult to see the smile in this picture.

Enjoy.

I’ll be on vacation on the Oregon coast this week, and uploading posts remotely, so it will be fun to figure that out.

Friday Miscellany: Parking Panic

Below, you will find a puzzle relating to this week’s topic: Transportation. You will want to print the puzzle in order to solve it (unless you have very sharp eyes and a handy straightedge).

Have a great weekend!

Cartoon: Flagger

Here’s a cartoon that relates to this week’s theme: Transportation. Below the cartoon, I’ll list my answers to this week’s Constant Consonants puzzle (so don’t look if you’re still working on it).

From Monday’s puzzle, here are the 26 words I found with the consonants RD: aired, arid, arrayed, eared, erode, erred, oared, radii, radio, raid, read, ready, red, reed, reedy, redo, rid, ride, road, roadie, rod, rode, rodeo, ruddy, rude, and rued. Obscure, but valid, answers include rood and the slang word rad.

Constant Consonants puzzle: RD

This week’s theme is “Transportation,” and today’s Constant Consonants letters are RD. ROAD is one valid answer. For the rules to the puzzle, please look at the link at the upper right. Take a couple of days to add to your list. On Wednesday, I will list 26 words that I found.

Smile: Transportation

This week’s theme is “Transportation,” and the smile for today is shown below.

I’d like to note: There are plenty of cars and other vehicles out there that have nice “faces.” However, what I’m looking for in a smile photo is a face that has not been engineered, designed or arranged. Today’s choice, I think, fits this rule. It’s not a broad grin, but it looks to me like a playful, gap-toothed happy face. 

I hope this inspires a happy face of your own.

Friday Miscellany: Clothes Lines

Here is a puzzle involving this week’s theme: Clothes.

Can you name the 18 types of clothing in the list below? Any box that stretches from one word to the next will contain the same letter. Any letter that is not repeated is filled in for you. As a bonus, the shaded letters, reading from last to first (bottom to top) will spell another item of clothing. If this puzzle sounds like it suits you, slip into it!