Greetings From the Upside Down – Buffalo – 300 pieces

Loving both jigsaw puzzles and the series Stranger Things means that buying this puzzle was a no brainer when I found it at the thrift store on my last visit. The colors, the weirdness, it being basically only words – how could I not love this one?

Buffalo puzzles have such good quality, I never hesitate to get any puzzle if it’s one of theirs. Even secondhand this one was still in excellent condition even though it seems to have been assembled many times. Still an excellent fit, no splitting of the chipboard, etc. There was one small spot on the edge of one piece where it seemed slightly bent upwards, but it looks to me as if it may have happened when it was disassembled, perhaps a little too roughly.

Most of this was built at night, after everyone in the house was asleep. Sometimes it feels as though there is never any actual quiet around here unless I’m the only one awake. There’s always someone walking, talking, asking, breathing, eating – in general just making lots of noise so that I can’t fully relax and enjoy my puzzling. Perhaps that just the moody menopausal momma that I turn into sometimes, but today (and last night while putting this puzzle together) that’s exactly how I feel.

Taking pictures of puzzles this way started out as a joke between mom and myself; it’s a silly way to show how well a puzzle fits together. My mom and I could be our silliest, weirdest selves with each other and we loved making each other laugh. Pictures like this were one way to make her smile, so whenever possible I sent her standing up puzzle pictures over text. She loved them. Now every time I’m able I take these pictures. To make both of us smile.

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