Day: December 1, 2016

Stonehenge In A Nutshell

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn Jigsaw Puzzles, Thrift Store PuzzlesLeave a comment
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Stonehenge in a Nutshell – English Heritage – 750 pieces

Interesting jigsaw.  My first from this company, and I would say the quality is satisfactory; piece thickness was good, image reproduction was slightly fuzzy but I believe that was the artist’s rendering.

This puzzle is grid cut, with basically only 2 piece shapes.  It was the first time I was unable to assemble all the edge pieces first.  Most were a solid color, except the sides and certain parts of the bottom edge with writing.  I connected what I could, and had to wait until the puzzle was almost complete before I was able to finish the edges.

Nevertheless it was a fun, informative puzzle. Lots of information about Stonehenge and it’s construction. Plenty of words to assemble, and there wasn’t really much wasted space or large areas of sameness that would make assembly difficult – especially with only 2 piece shapes. Excellent thrift store find!

Thursday 12-01-16

On By Stacey at myjigsawjournalIn World's Largest Puzzle ProgressLeave a comment

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I mostly did some filling in today, it looks impressive but I wasn’t able to actually add very many pieces.  Spent most of the day resting or playing with the dog. What would be great is if doctors could actually do something about or help me with my pain.  Being in pain all the time is awful and depressing. Having this puzzle is good for me though, gives me something to look forward to, a goal to accomplish.

I may have to see if I can find a copy of Peter Pan to watch, my youngest son told me today that the filmstrip pictures don’t accurately represent the end of the movie.  It’s been so long since I’ve seen it that I don’t really remember specifically the ending.  What’s interesting about the filmstrip in this section is that the image I’m assembling is also an image in the filmstrip.  This wasn’t true of the first three sections I completed.  Kind of cool though! The stars are bigger and brighter, but otherwise it’s the same scene.

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Spending the day at mom’s tomorrow, my Friday ritual. Won’t be as much progress, but any pieces added make me happy! 🙂