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daveyp1970

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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1575 on: August 14, 2011, 11:18:25 PM »
what are these?
butterfly or moth eggs
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1576 on: August 15, 2011, 12:06:14 AM »
no Davey but I see where you are coming from. Tomorrow I'll post a wider photo
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1577 on: August 15, 2011, 09:58:00 AM »
more of the black, knobbly, shiney puzle
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1578 on: August 15, 2011, 10:14:14 AM »
I tiny clue, please  ;D

Angie :)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1579 on: August 15, 2011, 10:34:48 AM »
I tiny clue, please  ;D

Angie :)


From the lack of focus at the edges of the image, I think you have supplied your own clue, Angie!  Clever girl.

Another hint ... they are not cataract debris.  ;D
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1580 on: August 15, 2011, 11:09:01 AM »
Angie tiny is the word. They are 4x4mm.

They are new to me this year but hope to have them every year now

Animal? Vegetable? Mineral? They are vegetable. Have children forgotten about this quiz?

This will confuse our European neighbours. Vegetable in this case means plant.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1581 on: August 15, 2011, 11:26:33 AM »
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They are vegetable.

Thank goodness for that.... I was thinking it was something with compound eyes!  :o :-X
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1582 on: August 15, 2011, 11:28:02 AM »
A blackberry on LSD? ;)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1583 on: August 15, 2011, 11:32:46 AM »
That's it it's got to be a blackberry. How come I was thinking of something creepy.

Angie :)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1584 on: August 15, 2011, 11:36:36 AM »
A blackberry on LSD? ;)

Anthony when you see the answer you will see that your guess is so close but not correct
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1585 on: August 15, 2011, 12:10:29 PM »
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They are vegetable.

Thank goodness for that.... I was thinking it was something with compound eyes!  :o :-X

As opposed to something with pounded eyes?   ;D
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1586 on: August 15, 2011, 12:54:20 PM »
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They are vegetable.

Thank goodness for that.... I was thinking it was something with compound eyes!  :o :-X

As opposed to something with pounded eyes?   ;D
Oh no, even bruised I think I would recognise you, Cliff.  :-* :-* :-*
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1587 on: August 15, 2011, 01:05:29 PM »
it's an annual that appeared in my garden last year for the first time. It appeared again this year again. It's rare.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1588 on: August 15, 2011, 01:16:38 PM »
Pokeweed fruit?  (Phytolacca)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #1589 on: August 15, 2011, 04:12:40 PM »
Datura seed thorny apple
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