I got this puzzle at a thrift store a few weeks ago, just thought it had a charmingly quaint picture and looked easy. For a time when I’m in the mood for an easy puzzle that just takes a day or two. Was I wrong on that! This one has a delightfully different and unique puzzle cut. Similar to how the Yellow Lab puzzle has a piece cut that I felt was based on circles, in this one they’re very triangular. I kept thinking of the Nasturtium Carpet puzzle as I was working it too, because I felt like it was stretching my brain in the same kind of manner, to visualize where the shapes fit into the picture. My first impression on opening the box had been: I’ll enjoy this once and then trade it along. But I found it such a pleasant challenge that I’m holding onto it in my collection instead!
(In case you’re wondering, this puzzle did not take me three weeks- only one! Prior to this it had just been a while since I actually did any puzzling).
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I’ve had that experience with several puzzles made by Bits and Pieces. I keep coming back to them because of that and because they make some interesting images that can surprise you, and usually look pretty good when completed. Not sure when or if I’ll ever get back to puzzle-building, but I have a closet shelf full of them that I’ve not worked…probably 40 or 50 of them (and that’s after I took almost 100 to Goodwill over a period of several weeks. I enjoy watching you go through the process.
Your comment makes me smile, Sam. I’ve got about fifty puzzles in my closet I liked so much I save them to do again, over the years (some since I was a teenager). Another hundred stacked in my room, and I just seem to keep collecting them! Have been trying to trade more off in some puzzler groups I belong to, but I always seem to find more interesting ones to add to my pile, than disappointments I want to give away.
Rather like the books, in that regard.