Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 29, 2008

Stuffy has N, S, E, and West marked. Now, where was he going?

Dogerpiller, Ha Ha! I will try to solve this tomorrow, I have to take my daughter to the airport early tomorrow so I am going to bed.

But Dennis! I have your side-by-side!

And_almost_ on time….. sigh….

Anyway…. Hi guys! Old friends and new visitors…. welcome!

We’re here to solve and comment on the Saturday puzzle….

in the Dec 29th  2018 “CLEO and COMPANY”

Which you can find on Sherpa

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Raise your hand if you’re at all surprised that Cleo buries her bones with an excavator.

Now tell me… is that because you’re actually surprised she’s not digging with her claws, like a normal dog?

Or because you thought she blasted the holes with dynamite?

Anyhow, as I mentioned….. I’ve made a side by side version:

https://i.postimg.cc/3wVfj2s8/Cleo-nine-differences-Dec-29th-18.png

You can paste it into Paint, or whatever simple graphics program you use….

Or you can print it out…. or just bravely solve it online without marking the differences, in which case, I don’t know how you keep track.

Whatever…just bring it along to Jacqueline and Warren’s house.

We’re having coffee and tea and fresh doughnuts there, and working on the puzzle.

Don’t be afraid of Stuffy….

He’s only getting his bearings cos he’s a guide dog.

No…. not for the blind… he just likes to guide people.

If he grabs your sleeve and tugs you….best to go along…. he’ll let go soon.

In fact, carrying a few Milk Bones in your pocket wouldn’t be a bad idea… he’s easily distracted.

Only got eight so far … still working on it, haven’t done one of these for ages.

Last time this puzzle came up it said find nine, now it’s ten. I’m so confused.

Well, I think I’ve got my bearings now so here’s the solution to today’s Cleo & Co. puzzle.

https://i.postimg.cc/VvypPzLS/Cleo20181229.gif

Remember no peeking or Cleo may drop the bucket of her excavator on your PC/Mac.

I gave up and cheated, lol. But I was happy to at least find eight.

“X” marks the spot.

The old fashioned way gets her paws dirty.

I only got 7 ~~ feeling unobservant today.

After all the times I counted tiles, boards, etc. for nothing, I had decided Nighthawks was not going to stoop so low. Alas, wrong!