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Qookie has a stroll through the autumn countryside and plays conkers.

Please download my new autumn1 texture - it makes all the difference.

What a sweet surprise this was, waking up to find a Lizzy level

And Oh what a pretty walk it was. This texture is perfect for the season.
Don't know what Conkers is but we played and won the gold!
Thanks for the fun.

CathyIII - conkers is an English kids game. Horse chestnuts are collected (I think they're called Buckeye Nuts in the US). They are baked to make them hard, drilled through and threaded onto string. Then you play against other kids and try to smash their conkers - very painful if one gets you on the noggin (as shown in pic ) or raps your fingers!

Great picture, Lizzie, & glad Cathy asked the question. That would really hurt


Quookie thoroughly enjoyed her autumn walk. Took her some time to find her way home without getting lost but she had a fun time roaming around & playing in the leaves along the way.

Ace puzzler, many thanks.

that does sound painful. Thanks for telling us.

Qookie picked up a lot of red conkers which helped her to find a way to the exit of this beautiful autumn garden. Thanks

Another fun one, Liz. I enjoyed figuring it out. Thanks for the fun and the pretty texture.

Very nice texture Liz, I could almost hear the leaves rustling underfoot! I had some trouble figuring out the spheres (gosh...really?) but we did eventually get our golden leaves!

Thanks for the fun as always,

Lovely Autumn texture Lizzie - my favourite time of the year

I was pretty stuck on this for quite a while - I was building a lot of unneccessary bridges for ages Finally - the penny dropped (just like an Autumn leaf!) and I made it home

Lovely level - MORE please

More than you wanted to know ! For simplicities sake, people have started assuming, incorrectly, that the Horse Chestnut is in Europe and the Buckeye is in the US.

The Buckeye, Aesculus glabra, is named thusly because its nuts resemble the shape and color of a deer's eye (brown eye of a buck (male deer)).

The Horse Chestnut is Aesculus hippocastanum.

Both are human inedible, though there are stories that the American Indians ate leached mashed up Buckeyes. Herbal medicinal uses are attributed to both.

Haven't played the level yet, but it's on my list of play, play play !!!

Conkers played by those already bonkers !

Ding-a-Ling, Ms Holly Belle

Its nice to play a Level from our Lizzie, This one had me perplexed for some time on how to build that bridge, Very clever Liz, I may have to use that one sometime, Love the texture, Thanks for the puzzler.

MsHollyBelle wrote:The Buckeye, Aesculus glabra, is named thusly because its nuts resemble the shape and color of a deer's eye (brown eye of a buck (male deer)).

The Horse Chestnut is Aesculus hippocastanum.

Ding-a-Ling, Ms Holly Belle

Thanks so much for the enlightenment Ms Ilex aquifolium Belle!
This shows how valuable Latin is for international identification!

Liz Mayhew wrote:They are baked to make them hard,

I realize it's a lo-o-n-nggg time back to remember,
but I think we used to soak our conkers in vinegar to make them hard.
And I do know used to give them names - Brownie 4 keeps popping into my mind ! ! ! !

Still working on your level. It was such fun playing in the leaves, Quookie forgot all about going home.
She's still out there having fun

Thanks for the fun!