Puzzle Mania ((Puzzles only))
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I add another part of puzzle…..
Some of you guessed it right, the two photos (see in the comment box) are a detail of an origami work ;-)
Have another guess…what will it be….???
PS: The little clothes pegs helping the paper to remember its shape. The upper and lower part are not finished yet ….
"Puzzles are like songs - A good puzzle can give you all the pleasure of being duped that a mystery story can. It has surface innocence, surprise, the revelation of a concealed meaning, and the catharsis of solution."
- Stephen Sondheim
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For this "Still Life" composition I used natural Geranium branches affected by plant albinism, that I found at one place in my neighborhood. Plants with albinism occur when they don't produce chlorophyll. Emergent albino plant seedings will have a distinct white color without any hint of green pigment.
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At Dunvegan Gardens, on the Isle of Skye, lives a stately Araucaria araucana, commonly known as monkey puzzle tree. This is a detail of its branches with delicate strands of lichen.
Araucaria araucana is an evergreen tree native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina. It is the national tree of Chile. Because of the prevalence of similar species in ancient prehistory, it is sometimes called a living fossil. It might be worth a trip to Reserva Nasampulli, Chile, to view these amazing trees in their natural habitat.
While researching these amazing trees, I learned that a 175 year old tree was just toppled by Storm Ellen in Cork, Ireland. So this image is dedicated to the memory of the Mahon Monkey Puzzle Tree in hopes that wood from the tree can be used to create a sculpture to be kept locally.
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From the 2019 archives
Each year on January 29th, National Puzzle Day recognizes how exercising our brains with puzzles is just one of its many benefits.
Whether it’s a crossword, jigsaw, trivia, word searches, brain teasers or Sudoku, puzzles put our minds to work. Studies have found that when we work on a jigsaw puzzle, we use both sides of the brain. And spending time daily working on puzzles improves memory, cognitive function, and problem-solving skills.
The one I'm working on now. I thought last winter that one was bad this is hard too. But it gives me something to do. Little by little I hope to finish it. Not a quitter! People should not buy others difficult puzzles!!!! But I think will rewrap this next Christmas and give it back to my friend. He He.
Sometimes it is quite a puzzle what you have to do and also what you shouldn't do!
Sign inside a trainstation.
I turned a picture of Herbie into a puzzle :)
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This is part of a small Jigsaw Puzzle bought at The Royal Mint on a visit there. The whole puzzle is 3" x 5" in size whereas the coin ( bottom right ) is less than 1" . I've put a photo in the comment box that I took of it a few years ago to give and indication of size.
I had to go looking around the house to find some puzzles that were well out of sight, found this in my sons room from a good few xmas's back.
HMM everyone.
Taken for Macro Mondays topic "puzzle." I had to borrow a puzzle from a friend as we have none in our house.
Puzzle Pieces ~~ Stephen Speaks
trying to make sense of this puzzle
but feeling like the pieces are scattered all around this room
climbing the fence of my trouble
falling down once again to try and get there soon
oh but could I stand and wait for You
instead of running from this black to find my blue
oh and when will I just listen to the truth
that the pieces of this puzzle just don't fit without You
For the FGR theme
I'm thankful I have this puzzle now I'm doing. The governor has closed all restaurants (will be take outs at certain ones) and bars as of 3pm today. I went to the PO this AM and the town is deserted. No schools, Churches and the Library is shut down.
I'm thankful I have Flickr to communicate with others here at my house. I wish everyone to be safe..............
HFF! This impressive Monkey Puzzle tree is located in the grounds of the James O'Keeffe Institute in Newmarket, Co. Cork. The middle branches are covered in lichen.
From the interweb: "Before the name 'monkey puzzle' caught on, this tree was often called the Chilean pine. However, is not a pine at all, coming from a different family. It is an evergreen conifer, and the indigenous people of Arauco, Chile eat its tasty seeds.
In the wild, monkey puzzles are found in Chile and Argentina, 600 to 1,800 metres above sea level in moist areas rich with volcanic ash. Here they can live to be around 150 years old.
Originally discovered by Spanish explorer Don Francisco Dendariarena in the 1600s, monkey puzzle was for a while the most valuable timber in the southern Andes, used for railway sleepers, pit props, ship masts and paper pulp. Today it is a protected icon of the Global Trees Campaign and these uses have largely ended.
Its toasted seeds are still eaten by people living near monkey puzzle forests and its productivity (once it begins producing seed at around 30 to 40 years old) gives it commercial crop potential. Chile declared the monkey puzzle tree a national monument in 1990.
I decided to play along with the Macro Monday - puzzle theme today. It's pretty non-original but I really like the narrow focus and composition. I used my 100 mm macro lens and a 36 mm extension tube.
Puzzle Wood is an ancient woodland site within the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. The wood which grows upon limestone rock contains many weird rock formations, caves and ancient trees. The whole location has a very primal feel. Although pathways were laid down in the 19th century, the wood has been carefully preserved. Trees are allowed to lay where they fall unless across paths. And otherwise the wood is left to its own devices.
It was said that Tolkien who spent a lot of time in the area was inspired by this wood specifically and the whole Forest of Dean region in general in creating his landscapes in Lord Of The Rings. More recently scenes from both Doctor Who and Star Wars were filmed here.
An icy scene in Northern Norway. I was reminded of puzzle pieces while crouching down in the snowbank for this one.
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This abstract shot is of a brutalist car park in central bristol, with large imposing patterns of shaped concrete blocks arranged like a gigantic puzzle.