Sudoku Puzzles

I let up on bugs and snakes, and went back to birds....
Yes, there are two "ghoulish" birds for your Halloween delight.
I know you are saying to yourself... What bird is ghoullish?

Okay my last clue, help please...Fellow illustrator, one working in docks - 9 letters, begins with S-E-E-O-E? I beginning to hate cryptics.

stevedore

just ask André!

Fiona...can I kiss you? Did you do this on 16th October? Or are you just incredibly talented, clever, studious, lucky or all of these combined? xx

Fiona, how long have you adored Steve?

talented, clever, studious, André, that will do just fine. But I want half of the prize!

stevedore is a word that goes back to my days in school, geography class, learning about Rotterdam and the Europoort (correct spelling!)Amazing what you remember from so long ago!!

I would Fiona but it was won nine years ago!

you're doing a xword from the year 2000???

yes...a Times cryptic -archive, printed out and a little crusty around the edges, I found it today in a pile...

are you one of those little old ladies that surround themselves with newspapers and one day they can no longer get out of their house? André, there is a cryptic every week in the Times - I should know, I try to do it! And the paper is white, not yellow!

I know so do I, but I have to keep an unfinished one until it is completed. This one seems to have escaped me. I'm not quite in my knitted stockings yet though, much prefer sheer...

sheer stocking get snagged - you have to be careful with your pencil. Always wear knitted ones when doing the xword.

I can't...I'm not a wood nymph!

where's Glinda?

I don't know last I saw her she was a metallic fish...

How's Fred? Has he recovered from the Porsche kettle threat?

He kind of likes the new 'blue flashing - when I'm boiling, keep away from me or I will blow hot spits of water over you, cheap kettle, that I bought from Sainsburys, for a bargain' Russell Hobbs...it reminds me of a Tardis, but so far no sign of Dr. Who...obviously he is not in it when it More...

What do you call a skeleton stone age family?

The Flintbones.

Why were anciet Egyptian children confused?
... Because their daddies ere mummies!

2.04 As long as nothing is tinged with Schadenfreude.

Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?

He didn't have the guts.

watching the news this morning and the talk about the "jaws" shark "down under" -

More...

Hello from sunny South Florida. Realizing I have not changed the photo in my page for ages I uploaded a new one.

Stay safe and stay out of the ocean.

What do you get when you cross a vampire and a snowman?
... Frost-Bite!

What did one ghost say to the other ghost?
... Do you believe in people?

Gee I get this all day from my students! I didn't think they'd love the Halloweenie jokes so much that now they enjoy bombarding me with them!

Ian is in a very stimulated state of mind.

The ogre at the party was offerd a Coca-Cola but had a Sprite instead

Some ghosts need to do everything single-handedly because they carry their heads tucked under the other arm.

Keep demons at bay with an exorcise bicycle

Ian, I think your "11:23" just about covers it.

Good Morning everyone

If my 'esoteric' and incompletely tested method of earthquake prediction is directly viable, there may well be a sizeable eathquake near the western seaboard of central America within the next 2-4 days.

When does a skeleton laugh?

... When something tickles his funny bone!

Goblin - that's a repeat.

Afternoon. I'm enjoying a day off, have had lunch with my quilting group, and caught up on all the news.

Might have to have a nana nap now, I've been so busy. This boot walking is tiring.