Puzzle Description:

No, just my name in Morse code.

#1: Andrew Schultz (blurglecruncheon) on Mar 21, 2023

I love the title in here--the image definitely fits!

Thanks. I was inspired by JoDeen's puzzle 36549 and her brave attempt at her first puzzle. (This is my first puzzle also.)

Go Joanne!!!

I love the way that solved!

Hi Joanne, I love your first puzzle! I especially enjoy that as we go along, more and more images are jumping out.

Correct me if I'm not interpreting this correctly, but have you added an extra "i" to your name? I read (across):
JO FIR(a)IA. The second line from the bottom is a blend of an (extra)"A" and an "I?"

JoDeen -- I read it as Joanne's username, JoFirla.

Thanks, Val. I was confused, also.

That's correct Valerie. Thanks for clarifying that for me..

I'm still confused. Am I not seeing what you see? Isn't there and extra "a?" in the second row from the bottom (would be row number 9)...or am I hallucinating?

Joanne doesn't spell her last name Firaia. The first four filled in squares in row 9 are an "a" in morse code. Row 9 should consist of just an "i" (composed of 2 dots.) Shouldn't it?

JoDeen:

Rows 1-3 of the puzzle are blank.
Row 4 is J
Row 5 is O
Row 6 is F
Row 7 is I
Row 8 is R
Row 9 is L
Row 10 is A

I think the confusion is that Morse code is made up of just dots and dashes, so one letter can be contained within another. The L in row 9 is dot-dash-dot-dot. If you split it in half, the first dot-dash is also the code for A, and the dot-dot is the code for i.

Wonderfully clever, and a nice bit of pareidolia.

Gee, I had no idea that the spelling of my last name was going to cause such confusion. Sorry about that.

Not everyone takes a person's userID into consideration. ^_^

I had to look up the word pareidolia. Miriam-Webster says it is "the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern." Neat!

Like, seeing the head of a man in a Mars rock. :) https://www.planetary.org/space-images/face-on-mars

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