OrgTangle; 7F5R; Monotangle Mondays; Refresher 274/5; New Tangle Pen-8

Here it is — my August 2025 Zentangle round-up! 🎉

The “Stuck In A Rut” tiles will get their own post soon, so please forgive me when another update from me pops up in your feed! 😉

After all these years of tangling, I think I’ve finally found my groove for sharing my tiles: one post at the end of the month for my regular challenges, and a separate post for the special ones.

I hope this new rhythm makes it easier (and more fun!) to browse through my tiles — and that you’ll keep stopping by to share the joy with me.

AuTamgle Orgtangle's Bi-Monthly

July 15 - S-Bahn with Mooka, Betweed and the 2nd tile simply with Tipple

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Tangle Patterns: S-Bahn

July 31 - Cross Flower

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Tangle Pattern: Cross Flower

August 15 - Tower to Tower. 

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Tangle Pattern: Tower To Tower

7F5R Tuesday Tangle of the Day

July 22 and 29 with Prabo and Catalyz respectively.

Tangle Patterns: Prabo, Catalyz

August 5 - Fento

Tangle Pattern: Fento

August 12 - HeartbitZ with SeZ just because both their names end with a 'Z'. Makes sense, huh?  😁

Tangle Patterns: HeartbitZ, SeZ

August 19 - Leman with my own tangle Cre-A-Top

Tangle Patterns: Leman, Cre-A-Top

Zen Gulf Cafe Monotangle Mondays

July 28 - Noom (or is it Noom Repus? Let's keep it simple.) garnished with some Tipple.

Tangle Patterns: Noom, Tipple

August 4 - Pendrill. Whenever I drew Pendrill, or attempted to draw it, I had difficulties with the knot. It never looked "right" or eye-pleasing to me. So this time I practiced to the point where my 'knot' became an 8 wearing a hat...and then I exaggerated it to drive the point (practice makes perfect) home. 

Tangle Pattern: Pendrill

Pendrill as it must have looked during the Flintstones' era with Fento, the leafy kind, from "Monotangle" Mondays, together with Arik.

Tangle Patterns: Pendrill, Fento, Arik

August 11 - Quib, a messy one.

Tangle Pattern: Quib

August 18 - Sedgling

Tangle Pattern: Sedgling

August 25 - Tipple cluster with some dented tipples.

Tangle Patterns: Tipple

Refreshers

Refresher #274 with tangles MySeaLiam, Hearts4G, Ya, Yes, and Leef-ish

Tangle Patterns: Mysealiam, Hearts4G, Ya, Yes, Leef-ish

August Refresher #275 with tangles Ellish, Dented Moon, Crosskick, Victory, and Fenglish.

Tangle Patterns: Ellish, Dented Moon, Crosskick, Victory, Fenglish

My new tangle Pen-8

My Pendrill '8' practice (bright yellow tile above) led me to my new tangle Pen-8. Early into my Pendrill-knot practce I knew there can be more to the '8'. So Pen-8 was created, here with Fontana.

Tangle Patterns: Pen-8, Fontana

Pen-8 stepout

Tangle Pattern: Pen-8

Time to Kill

August's brainteasers. Solutions are added to the bottom of the page in tiny font so you, too, can figure out those clues before unintentionally reading them. 

Animal Happy Day

This is the very short story of Soraida, the Thai woman who built the world's first Elephant Hopsital in Lampang, Thailand. However, that is not how I first heard of her. The story that is not told in the short video below is much more heartbreaking and daring - it should be told in a movie. 

It was in 1993 when I heard that there was an elephant baby in Bangkok that had been hit by a lorry...

Please click on the four links to read the sad story about Honey and Soraida and Soraida's daring fight for the elephants. It is worth your time:

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Meanwhile get to know Soraida here. 

Thanks for dropping by my post
and poof, it’s already September! This year has some serious speed!

Solutions to August's brainteasters:

1 – Sunroof

2 – X-ray

3 – Doghouse

4 – Excuse me

5 – French fry/French fries

6 – Pardon me

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