Done

Difficulty score 17. Cross-hatching takes you all the way.

go

done

done without greens, but not a "snap".

go

I agree with eyeman.

done

start

done, no greens...what a fun (yet challenging) little easy!

done no greens

Go.

No greens. Lots and lots of virtuals. Pretty nice.

"Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits"

LOL

That was the caption in a cartoon I read years ago that showed a dumb-looking gorilla sitting on a rock. That's how I feel today..........

poor you! Very vivid image though :)

I will figure this one out without greens if it takes me all day

I was thinking the same thing, seeing how everybody seems to manage. And so far I am having fun. No speed, but fun.

I think it will be easy as soon as I can figure out the first "5"

absolutely!

I found the first 5 :)

Good for you! I'm narrowing it down..

and it certainly speeds things up

I found a 6 that I had missed that is helping a lot

good for you!

Got my 5!

yay!

as you said, a 5 was all it took. Done and enjoyed it!

Congrats! I'm getting close..

good luck with the last few and congrats in advance :)
Have a great day.

Thanks! Bye

Done, no greens, but it wasn't easy!

go

done

initial observation... everyone seems to have enjoyed this one! Time will tell....

Easy one

hi artlady!

How are you mamabear? I'm just catching up on the week.

doing ok - planning spending most of the day outside, so wanted to see what today's puzzle was like

I'm actually doing them on my deck with coffee! We have a parade here in town this afternoon, goes right by my house!

wow - initial cross hatching reveals nothing! that' unusual

lucky artlady.... lucky lucky artlady

and only easy once you find the first 5

Lucky, as long as no one needs to run errands between 12:30 and 2:30!

I'm struggling with the easy from Wednesday. Sigh. Brain rot.

that's strange... first pass for me netted all 8s and more... 13 fills in first pass

I'm working on thursday's

where are you artlady that there's a parade in front of your house? so cool!

Buffalo Grove. We have "Family Fest" this weekend.

by first 5 i meant the first '5' location...once I had that , the rest fell oh so neatly into place

Did anything get planned for the Chicago Babble get-together?

what a beautiful weekend for it!

I haven't heard anything lately

first 5... ok, here I go

oh first number 5 - not first 5 numbers....

yes.... sorry for unclearness, when brain gets into sudoku mode, language censor goes out window

no problem.... initially this seems a bit more challenging than the other day's expert!

laundry calling...Caio and good solving all

have a good day arlene!

sorry arlene... I was also referring to mamabear saying initial cross hatching was dry... it didn't seem that reticent.. althoguh not a 10 meter dash either

Bye arlene. Friday's left....

mmm, love those 7's!

maybe this would be clearer with less wine last night....

lol! We went to a concert--lead singer from 3 Dog Night. Oldies!

Well, semi-oldies...I guess it depends on your perspective

awesome! wish I would have been there - I love those summer concerts

Gorgeous weather for it, too. No bugs!

97.1 has a Live with the Drive all this weekend - not as good, but I can listen while I float in the pool!

Ok, I'm jealous. No pool.

but you have a parade! LOL

True! :-)

We're lucky. We're walking distance from the heart of the festivities (about a mile), so we don't have to deal with parking, but we're far enuf away so we don't have people parking on our lawn, etc!

I'll pretend and sit on the deck and say "oompa, oompa, oom pa pa"

perfect artlady!

The parade goes by the end of our cul de sac. Very nice. Oompah scrreeeeeeee (the sirens)

It would be a great day to go to a Cubs game, too....

it sure would be

well, that's that! have a good day everyone - enjoy your fest artlady!

bye!

hi, all

smooooth

i love cheese

as does mitty

we're Fans of Cheese

does that mean you're Packer fans too?

actually, as a matter of happenstance, we are.

now that's fitting. Me, I like cheese too but am a Seahawk fan.

you ought to like... coffee and alternative music then.

now that would fit wouldn't it?

i like alternative music but not coffee

gosh, could not get into that last puzzle. Well, its of to church we go.

do you have a nice church?

nice and big. holds about 3000. My wife and I run the communion. Have about 50 people working for us.

my my

one of the largest in Northern California.

ahhh, a cali church.

yep. Our pastor started it about 15 years ago by sitting in front of the local Wal-Mart.

how very unexpected.

Sat at a table with a sign, "How to drug proof your kids."

It must have worked.

when i sit in front of my walmart, i just get white spots.

:)

i have an easy drug proofing method.

my kids are cats, so they have no interest in drugs. it's handy.

there ya go

what about cat nip?

I think our kids will be ok. I have one that scares us though.

they have a little interest in catnip, though they did not used to be. but it's not, you know, unhealthy for them.

why does your kid scare you?

have a good day all!

violent poetry? chasing siblings with kitchen knives?

oh, how tantalizing.

and what on earth did i do with my sentence there? ick.

how do you solve a problem like marty-a? how do you catch a cat and pin him down?

how do you find a word that means marty-a? a flibbertigibbet, a will-o-the-wisp, a clown...

how do you solve a problem like marty-aaaaaaaaaaaa.... how do you hold a cute-beam in your hand

in every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. you find the fun aaaaand.... snap! the job's a game!

and every task you undertake becomes a piece of cake

a lark, a spree, it's very clear to seeeeeeeee

that....a .... spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down, the medicine go dow-own, medicine go down

just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down, in the most delightful way

OR a spoonful of watermelon, mmmm

or a spoonful of marty?

he IS a yummy cat

a spoonful of mitten maybe?

also yummy

i say to her sometimes, "is this the face that launched a thousand ships?"

awwwwww

the nice thing about cats is you don't have to worry about them getting big egos.

look at this for beauty: http://tinyurl.com/2tqf9t

excellent photograph!

sily has pretty eyes

yes :)

there was an ASPCA commercial on the other night, it just about broke my heart.

I cant watch those

i didn't mean to, it just came on

I just get too sad

me too, those little kitteny faces... and the big sad puppy eyes

I know. its heartrending

i mean the fact that there are animals needing homes is one thing, but i don't understand how anyone can ever be cruel to an animal.

no, nor me. its incomprehensible to me

i don't like easy. it's too much pressure. if it is a hard and i get it well, i can go, ah, i'm clever. but an easy...

LOL yes I agree

that said, i have now got it, after doing yesterday's expert and friday's hard.

yesterday's was easier than that

*this

hey

yippee, even I got this one!

yaay....I'm regular lol

Yay Vivi !!!

for crissssake helen, open your eyes!

wow - absolutely blind today!