Animal Tales

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Animal Tales – Re-marks – 1000 pieces

This collage of books about animals was great fun to put together, but it made me feel like I am not well read at all. I’m sorry to say that I have only read two of these books. Shocking, I know. But I’ve seen the movies for many of them, does that count?

It was typical Re-marks quality; great variety of piece shapes, good fit, slightly shiny finish, excellent image reproduction. Their catalog of collage images always keeps me coming back for more. How am I supposed to resist collages of book covers? I just can’t!

I’m a big Agatha Christie fan (💙Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple), and honestly I’ve never even heard of this book before. I thought I knew most of her work, but apparently not.

I have read all of the James Herriot books, and have fond memories of reading them when I was a teenager. That seems like a lifetime ago. There’s something so charming about the way he writes, and reading the stories of the animals he treated was fascinating, sad, sweet, funny, tear-jerking, and so much more. I adored these books then, and this makes me want to read them again now.

Never heard of the Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny, but after assembling this cover and reading the tagline it sounds like a great read. “She can defeat the angriest of waves, outsmart the toughest pirate, and fight like a butterfly. And she never gives up.” It actually made me laugh out loud, it’s the most ridiculous little blurb; perhaps I need to get myself a copy!

Washing Time

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Washing Time by Jenny Newland – MasterPieces – 300 pieces

This one was a great puzzle with lots of puppies and kittens. It was relatively easy to sort and assemble, and didn’t take much time at all.

I’ve noticed that the smaller piece count MasterPiece puzzles, especially the ones with the EZ grip pieces are thicker and fit better than the larger piece counts they make. This one was no exception; excellent fit, great image reproduction and nice, thick pieces. All in all a fantastic puzzle that was a joy to put together.

This little kitten staring at the chicken, for some reason it makes me smile.

You know I just can’t resist a sad puppy face, it makes me want to sit down and give a very long belly rub and maybe some extra scratching behind the ears. 💖

The fit was so good that I was able to get a picture of it standing up with very little effort. Sometimes I have to work at it to get it to stand up just so; the thickness of the pieces and the great fit meant that no extra effort was required.

Tired of my stand up pictures yet? Hope not, cause I won’t stop taking them! 😎

Nothing In Progress…Yet

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Even though there’s nothing on the board yet, hopefully there will be later today. Yesterday was spent writing up posts instead of sorting my next puzzle, even though the next one has been picked out. At the very least it will be sorted today (with some good luck) so that assembly can begin tomorrow.

Working on a good puzzle? Do tell!

Easel-y Distracted

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Easel-y Distracted – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

I love how colorful this image was, and although I thought it would be very challenging it went together much more easel-y than expected. 😁

All of these bathroom puzzles are either getting easier, or I’m getting better at them. They’re going together much more quickly than they used to, or at least that’s how it seems. Still, I’m enjoying them very much and that’s what really counts.

The MicroPuzzles subscription that I receive every month is keeping me stocked with these little postcard sized puzzles that make me extremely happy. Whatever the cost, I’m totally worth it!

Disney & Pixar Toy Store

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Disney & Pixar Toy Store – Ravensburger – 1000 pieces

My first puzzle back from vacation, and it was a great one! Before we left I sorted it so that when we returned it would be all ready to go. It was so nice to just be able to grab some pieces and start assembling.

The stairs and the shelves behind them weren’t easy, especially because there were so many characters from so many different movies. Some of them, like Dumbo there, were in more than one place so you really had to pay attention.

All the Disney princesses lined up on the shelves – it’s a who’s who of strong amazing female characters. It was really fun to put this part together.

Monster’s Inc. was such a fun movie, and all my kids really loved it – which means I also “got” to watch it. Over and over, and over again. The characters were so great, the voice actors were amazing and even though I’ve seen it more than perhaps I wanted to, it’s still a wonderful movie and brings back memories of the whole family sitting together to watch movies (mostly Disney).

Such a fun collage-like image, excellent quality puzzle, and some alone time at my puzzle table. Heavenly.