Autangle 2025; Monotangle Mondays; 7F5R; Autangle's OrgTangle 2025; Refresher 279 & 280; Video tut; Inspired by...

My first general post in the year 2026. May you all prosper, be healthy and most of all be Happy!

Autangle Series #4, 2025

Day 10, September 19 - Birdy, Foundabout, Flora Magic

Tangle Patterns: Birdy, Foundabout, Flora Magic

♻️ Day 11, September 21 - Maryshel, Yumemi

Tangle Patterns: Maryshel, Yumemi

another "Day 11, September 21 - Maryshel, Yumemi" just for fun, but also because I wasn't so happy with my first version.

Tangle Patterns: Maryshel, Yumemi

Monotangle Mondays by Zen Gulf Cafe 2025

Stuck in the previous year...the last Monotangle Monday for a while. Zen Gulf Cafe interrupted the Series with the challenge ZMSF (Zen Magical Spring Festival) to keep the interest going. 

December 29 - Braze

Tangle Pattern: Braze

7F5R Tuesday Tangle of the Day...

...the last one before January's A Fragment of your Imagination 2026. We should be starting again in February.

♻️ December 23 - Hearty Wyfore on a roll with Flux, a Mooka, a Henna Drum, and Tipple.

This is the washed paper tile I mentioned in my December post (Refresher #278). A lot easier to draw on, but WOW!, what a difference in color.

Tangle Patterns: Hearty Wyfore, Flux, Mooka, Henna Drum, Tipple

(Refresher #278)

Autangle's bi-monthly OrgTangle 4th Year, 2025

December 31 - Popri (Stepout06)

Tangle Pattern: Popri

January 15 - Chaperon (Stepout07)

Tangle Pattern: Chaperon

Refreshers

Refresher #279, published December 12 last year, with tangles Pangea, Blanes, Panepinto, Fluxism, and Heartlock.

Tangle Patterns: Pangea, Blanes, Panepinto, Fluxism, Heartlock

Refresher # 280 with tangles Pouyang, Noodle, Blind Membranat, Wooti, and Printen

Tangle Patterns: Pouyang, Noodle, Blind Membranart, Wooti, Printen

Video tutorial

Tangle Tuesday Ep: 2 by Alison Russell Art with tangle Medo.

Jeez, I can't remember when I started this tile, but it was a loooong time ago. Today, I am really glad I finished it.

Tangle Patterns: Medo

Inspired by...

...drawing a multi tangle tile to produce a big mess. Actually this is only half the truth. I bought some new tiles and had to try them out (this tile was on the back burner as well - with good reason). As for the tile quality: good for water-coloring; bad for using color pencil and shading. Above two light blue Org Tangles were drawn on the same tiles.

Tangle Patterns: Toodles, Pokeroot, Crescent Moon, etc

Time to Kill...

...survived the cross-over into 2026 and will stay with us for a while longer. So January 2026 sports a new set of 6 brainteasers you may or may not figure them out. HowEver! Don't fret! The solution is listed at the very bottom of this post in the smallest font possible so you don't inadvertently spoil your attempt at the teasers. Good luck.

Animal Happy Day

I would not show this video if it ended badly...

Thank you very much for visiting 

my post and enjoy the weekend.

Solution to the January Brainteaser set

1 – Headquarters

2 – Blanket

3 – Cut corners

4 – Cocktail

5 – Tennis shoes

6 – Summary

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7F5R A Fragment of Your Imagination 2026

A Fragment of Your Imagination January 2026

by 7F5R (7 Forests 5 Rivers) - 6th year running. As usual with the FYI challenge, it was total fun to play around with the prompts, but still make them absolutely recognizable. I added the reference prompt should I have overdone it with my 'liberation'.  These are all 31 days of January 2026 plus a few more of the suggested frags at the bottom of the prompt listing.

Day 1 - Auragin
Day 2 - Schlingl

Day 3 - GTM8

Day 4 - Zart

Tangle Patterns: Auragin,Schlingl, GTM8, Zart

Day 5 - Alcazar

Day 6 - E23

Day 7 - Loev

Day 8 - Treff

Tangle Patterns: Alcazar, E23, Loev, Treff

Day 9 - Aiga

Day 10 - Spa - twice with a little difference

Day 11 - 2wenty2wo

Tangle Patterns: Aiga, Spa, 2wenty2wo

Day 12 - EvaDam

Day 13 - Chitiems

Day 14 - Schaelle

Day 15 - Punch

Tangle Patterns: EvaDam, Chitiems, Schaelle, Punch

Day 16 - Aiposaat

Day 17 - Heschno

Day 18 - Zale2

Day 19 - Blubb

Tangle Patterns: Auposaat, Heschnu, Zale3, Blubb

Day 20 - Casket

Day 21 - Meichan

Day 22 - Lannips in 4 different variations inside 4 different frameworks. My favorite...eh, the Hexagon ... maybe just before the triangle

Day 24 - Jimeler

Tangle Patterns: Casket, Meichan, Lannips, Jimeler

Day 23 - RZG23, once as an Egyptian interpretation and the other as a mandala flower. Amazing little fragment.

Day 25 - Rococo

Day 26 - LPC4 L28-20

Tangle Patterns: RZG23, Rococo, LPC4 L28-20, Fruelaulei

Day 27 - Fruelaulei

Day 28 - Fivoc

Day 29 - Eisenherz

Day 30 - Lampion

Tangle Patterns: Fruelaulei, Fivoc, Eisenherz, Lampion

Day 31 - Trioquell including some unnamed suggested fragments at the bottom of the listing.

Further from that listing:

Fishy

Membranart
and another

Tangle Patterns: Trioquell, Fishy, Membranart,

A Different Kind of Art or a different kind of puzzle for this month

Have a look at this image. Tell yourself what you see. I am sure you will be shaking your head in disbelief when you scroll down to the bottom of this page to read what it really is. I was.
Look for the tiny font.

Animal Happy Day

Are these absolutely cute and very beautiful cat brothers real? I am pretty good at distinguishing between real and AI generated content and, yes, I think these are real. What do you think? I wished my two male cats had just an inkling of love for each other like these two. 

I wish you all a great 2026
and may you succeed in all your plans for the year!

Ehh...I hope you haven’t already broken your New Year’s resolutions or have you… 😄

(Or maybe you were clever and didn’t make any promises at all - very wise.)

Either way, if you’re 65+, I have a tiny, harmless, slightly revealing test for you. No gym membership required. Just curiosity and maybe a sense of humor. 😁

Give these a try:

1. Can you get up from a low chair without using your hands or arms?

2. Can you walk backwards in a straight line without peeking or leaning forward?

3. With straight legs, can you bend over and touch your toes?

4. How’s your balance - rock solid, wobbly, or “depends on the day”?

5. Can you sit down on the floor and get back up again without using hands or knees?

If you breezed through these - congratulations! 🎉

If not… congratulations too - you may have just found your new New Year’s Resolution.

Because it’s never too late to start.

Not too late to improve.

And definitely not too late to surprise yourself.

Who knows? Your future self might thank you - without using their hands to stand up. 😉

Click the link if your inner couch potato needs a polite eviction notice.

Bye till the general post end of January.

Here the solution to the unusual puzzle in this post:
Only the door is real. the other openings (windows) are graffiti. 

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Mono Mondays & 7F5R weeklies; Autangle's OrgTangle 2025; Refresher 278; Inspired by...

Monotangle Mondays by Zen Gulf Cafe

December 1 - Quipple. 

This tangle absolutely ambushed me. It started innocently enough with a chain of balls. Just… balls. So? Then Tipple. As I sat there slogging through those tiny tipples, hand cramping, brain questioning life choices, I kept thinking: "Is this some kind of artistic endurance test?" 

The next day more tipples...the ones I'd left out due to cramps in my wrist the previous day. Then...enter the Diva Dance lines. Swish. Swagger. Suddenly the chaos had rhythm, attitude. Finally, the grand, dramatic finale: pencil meets white charcoal. Shadows deepened, highlights sparked, the whole thing snapped into focus...BAM. From utter nonsense to undeniable magic...that is QUIPPLE.

Tangle Pattern: Quipple

December 8 - SeZ is sucked up by a huge SeZ tornado.

Tangle Pattern: SeZ

December 15 - Tortuca

Tangle Pattern: Tortuca

December 22 - Auraknot

Tangle Pattern: Auraknot

7F5R Tuesday Tangle of the Day

December 2 - Auragin

Tangle Pattern: Auragin

December 9 - Infreya

Tangle Pattern: Infreya

December 16 - Sprinx.

As so often, I couldn't resist to disguise the tangle and thus I changed the ring's outside lines ever so slightly.

Tangle Pattern: Sprinx

Autangle's bi-monthly OrgTangle 4th Year, 2025

November 30 - Hamail (Stepout04)

Tangle Pattern: Hamail

December 15 - Tryton (Stepout05)

Tangle Pattern: Tryton

Autangle Series 4, 2025

Day 8, September 15 - RunCC, Wyfore, Oyvia

Tangle Patterns: RunCC, Wyfore, Oyvia

Day 9, September 17 - Phibel, Balexo, and Vam

Tangle Patterns: Phibel, Balexo, Vam

Refresher

♻️ Refresher #278 with tangles MoonPie, Vilbert, Chairs, J’loop, and Oaura on packaging paper. I fell for the chocolate colored paper, even though it fought me every step of the way. Constant pen cleaning ensued. 

I washed the rest of the paper (yes, literally) and tested it; the color calmed down, the pen cooperated, and I was reminded that art, like life, refuses to let me have it both ways. I will certainly draw a tile I  post in my January issue. Maybe you will recognize the faded paper.....

Tangle Patterns: MoonPie, Vilbert, Chairs, J’loop, Oaura

Inspired by...

...Dragonair on my journal #16 cover.

Tangle Pattern: Dragonair

...Da-Kris and some embellishment.
Da-Kris or Unfinished ING compared to...

Tangle Pattern: Da-Kris 

...ING with embellishment.

Tangle Pattern: ING

Inspired by...or a new tangle? I have no idea. There are thousands of tangles out there and no-one knows them all. I call it Slug. 

Tangle Pattern: Slug

Advent Tangles 2025 Post and GratiTangleZ 2025

Should you have missed my separate Advent Tangles 2025 post, click here.

I am still working on the prompts for GratiTangleZ 2025. I just finished November 20 and 21 with Zenith and Dex. Zenith turned into Ladybirds and they flew onto my cacti...well, the flowers. It is amazing how versatile Zenith is.

Time to Kill

The December Brainteaser has arrived—the final one of the year. Somehow the yearly cycle has been upgraded: smoother, faster, and more efficient, which I can only assume is AI’s fault. Speaking of which, if one (or two) of this month’s Brainteasers gives you trouble, feel free to consult Grok, ChatGPT, or any other silicon brain. For those who prefer a quicker victory, the solutions are waiting quietly at the bottom of the page—in very tiny font.

OK, here it comes. I actually sent the last riddle to Algo (that is the name ChatGPT and I agreed I use when we talk) and asked for his, her, its solution:

Nice one 🙂
I think I can read it—and I’ll tell you my reasoning so you can say yes/no.

What I see:

• A person falling

• A fishing spoon (lure)

Put together as a rebus, that reads as:

👉 “Falling for the lure”
(or more loosely, “falling for it” / being taken in)

It’s very close in meaning to “hook, line, and sinker,” but this one leans on the spoon lure specifically.

If that’s not the intended answer, then yes—one example would lock me in instantly.

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Then I gave Algo the solution and this is what he, she, I think it is 'it' said:

Ahhh—yes, that clicks now 👍
You were kind to say “close.”

A falling figure = fail
A spoon = ure (as in lure → sound cue)

So together: fail + ure = failure

That’s a nicely sneaky brainteaser—very clean once you see it, and very annoying just before you do 😄

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Now Algo wants more brainteasers. It got hooked. 🤣

Animal Happy Day...

..or is it? This case was handled by a vet and groomers, but we don't know what happened and what was done to clean the inside of the dog. Hmm...just thinking.

Unfortunately, Coal couldn't find a smaller container than this tray to squeeze his body in for a nap. 

Ah! Isn't he cute and looking so comfy!

Thank you so much for visiting and as we Swiss would say:

"En guete Rutsch is neui Jahr"

or in Thai:

"Sawasdee Pee Mai"

or in English

"Happy New Year"

Pick the one you like.

Solutions to December's brainteasers:

1 – Microscope

2 – One night stand

3 – Eye sockets

4 – Houseplant

5 – Neighbourhood

6 – Failure

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