When we arrived it was time for dinner and more presents, including a large number of jigsaw puzzles. Here are the ones that we did together over the next week:
We started with this “Deck the Shelves” puzzle from my Aunt Beth, with its bright primary colors and many discrete elements to assemble.
This 1000-piece Melissa & Doug puzzle of striking front doors
of unknown provenance has bold colors and different textures in the image, but
the pieces are cut with a limited number of shapes, so many fit where they didn’t
belong. Usually you just had to turn in upside-down.
The most unique puzzle was undoubtedly this 500-piece wooden
jigsaw puzzle of an elephant. Some of the pieces are identifiable shapes, like
a cat, a dragonfly, or a leaping dolphin. Black shading and extremely unique piece
shapes that broke up the patterns upped the difficulty level, but it helped
that if a piece didn’t fit, you knew it was wrong.
Lastly we started a 1,000-piece masterpiece of the "Alchemist's Library" by Vasilisa Romanenko, who paints vibrant scenes that could double as eye-spy games.
When not puzzling or eating, I alternated between completing a book review and working on my cross-stitch. I am pleased that I was able to read the book, write the review (my 7th article or book review of the year), and submit it on time to get it off my to-do list. I have since finished the animals and words in the “Peaceable Kingdom”; all that remains is a LOT of outlining. I think I’m going to add some grass at the bottom, since there is so much extra green floss left over from the olive twig.
Other “fun” while on vacation included taking DH’s car to the shop to replace the left rear tire, which was as flat as flat could be, and having to hide all the carbohydrates from the mouse that has taken up residence in my parents’ house, chewing through packaging to get at the sweets and avoiding my father’s traps:
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