Another cute puzzle that turned out to be more of a challenge than I expected! The photography ones are always hard. But it’s extra-satisfying to see the picture clarify as you fit them all into place. I especially liked the big blue eyes on this one, just bugging out at me through the whole process, ha. Felt disappointed at the end to wind up missing one piece, right in the middle of the face (not too noticeable if I have the puzzle on a dark board, but still). I swapped for this puzzle and feel pretty sure I was told it’s complete- so either the sender was dishonest, or I myself lost a piece. Still searching the floor, just in case. Probably pointless, as my cat got on the table at one point (usually chairs are moved in a way he can’t jump up, but someone else had put one back and left it there . . . ) and it’s quite possible a piece stuck to his paw and fell off again who-knows where. It’s happened before.
My other frustration is that the pieces fit very snugly, but their layers were peeling apart so I spent a lot of time gluing separated knobs back down. Didn’t get them all, not by a long shot. And disassembling pieces only makes more of them peel, because of the effort. There were a few false fits, I learned quick to wedge them apart again with care. Flip side of this, is that it’s very amusing to pick the entire completed puzzle up by its corners and wave it back and forth, and it all holds together. Suspended picture of a very whiskery kitten flying at you through the air- so fun!
Doing this puzzle reminded me a lot of the “kitten surrounded by fried eggs” one, ha. Just because it was also a photograph of a kitten, with lots of grass texture. This one was quite a bit easier, and thus more enjoyable to do.