This was an excellent quality puzzle, but it was definitely not as easy as it looked – which was a bonus if you ask me. All in all quite a fun image to assemble, and a little challenging for me as 300 piece puzzles go.
The image is the draw here for me, as we all know I adore bright colors. The reproduction was loud and bold and I loved it. As usual, the quality of this Buffalo puzzle was excellent on all counts with the only issue at all being a bit too much puzzle dust. I don’t consider that much of a problem though, it’s easily dealt with and doesn’t detract from the enjoyment of the assembly in the slightest.
I absolutely LOVE the grilled pineapple raft! How cute is that?
The donut with a bite out of it is adorable, and love the rainbow float as well.
Beautiful puzzle image with great quality pieces and fit – what more could a puzzle geek ask for?
Blacklight Bowling by Aimee Stewart – Buffalo – 1000 pieces
This beauty was either a Christmas or birthday present from my fellow P.A.D.S. sufferer and Aimee Stewart fan, Penny; I absolutely adored it, and am so thankful to have people in my life who help me feed the beast that is my puzzle addiction. 👹🧩👹
It was outstanding quality all around – Buffalo puzzles have almost never let me down. The fit, chipboard, piece shape, and reproduction are excellent and make for truly fun puzzles. I’m so thankful that my favorite artist licenses her work to a company that cares about it’s product; if I could only get Aimee Stewart images from Ceaco or Galison I think my poor heart would break!
Aimee and her husband Lars seem to have gone bowling with their fur baby (a Shiba Inu named Miso) – how in the world did Miso get a better score? And who programmed the computer to keep score? There is obviously a glitch somewhere; those are clearly not calculated properly.
And yes, I’m a nerd who checked to see if they were tallied correctly. 🤓
Love the snack bar, it’s so colorful with all of that neon – I would love to go cosmic bowling there! 🎳
Unfortunately I did not enjoy this puzzle as much as I’d hoped. The image was difficult; I knew it would be, but it was just not entertaining for me at all. I think because it was one of the first puzzles back after dealing with a serious medical issue and being stuck in bed most of the day for almost two weeks. My brain just couldn’t seem to get in gear and I felt stupid and slow trying to assemble it.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with the quality, the quality was excellent.
I started with the reds/pinks…
Then the purple/blue pieces…
Greens and yellows were last.
I should have known better, but I got sucked into the pretty picture. I need to remember this puzzle the next time a beautiful gradient image catches my eye. Gradient puzzles are so interesting and gorgeous to me, but many times they’re much more difficult than they look.
Dogs Rule by Janna Krupinski – Buffalo – 300 pieces
Fun and quick puzzle that was the first one back at the board after too many days stuck in bed. What an adorable puzzle – look at all those sweet faces!
Great quality puzzle, although I’ve found that most companies that make 300 piece puzzles make certain that the pieces are thick and easy to hold. Many older people who puzzle prefer this size because the pieces are larger – both easier to see the image and easier to hold for those whose fine motor skills may be deteriorating. I enjoy this size because they’re normally very good quality and a nice palate cleanser after a larger piece count.
There’s really no need for any closeups of the dogs, you can clearly see all of their faces.
Except for this little one in the corner. There’s something about that smile.
My apologies to any cat lovers out there, but this sign made me laugh. It reminds me of Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey – that famous quote from Sassy, the cat. “Cats rule and dogs drool”. 🐶😸
Influential Women by Nour Thome – Buffalo – 300 pieces
This puzzle went together way too fast, it was too entertaining to only be a 300 piece puzzle – it needs to be at least 1000 pieces, because the fun was over way too quickly for my taste.
It was a good quality Buffalo puzzle, the only fault was that there was one very bent piece. It happens. Otherwise the fit was excellent, the reproduction was lovely, it had a good variety of piece shapes – just a very nice quality puzzle to work with.
Of the twenty influential women in this image, I knew 17 of them. Instead of picking my favorite women, or my favorite depiction of the women – I chose the three whose names and stories I didn’t know to highlight here. Maybe some of you don’t know about them either.
Sit up and pay attention class, we’re going to learn about three influential women today. And if you’re already familiar with them – look at the pretty pictures. 😉
Ada Lovelace. I’m ashamed that I didn’t know about her, why do they not teach things like this in school? I think math would have been more interesting to me in high school if I had known about this lady, she was amazing! She was the daughter of the famed poet Lord Byron, her full name was Augusta Ada (Byron) King, Countess of Lovelace. But way more important than her being the daughter of a famous dude and marrying the Earl of Lovelace, she was awesome all by herself. She was a gifted mathematician from a very early age, and envisioned the world’s first computer and how it would work – called the Analytical Engine. She is considered the first computer programmer, as she wrote a “program” for her concept, and also introduced many other computer concepts. Oh, did I mention she was born in 1815 and died in 1852? She wrote what is considered the first computer program in 1842!
Jeanne Baret was the first woman to completely circumnavigate the globe, of course she had to be disguised as a man to do it. She was, according to some accounts, an expert botantist; and so she joined the crew of the Bougainville expedition. She collected specimens of plants, one of which was a flowering vine that ended up being named after the expedition’s leader – bougainvillea. Even though she was disguised as a man in order to be able to work on the ship, she was found out. But once she had completed her world trip she was granted a yearly pension from the Ministry of Marine to be drawn from the fund for invalid servicemen. She was a badass woman in my book.
Annie Edson Taylor, nicknamed The Queen of the Mist, was a schoolteacher turned daredevil. On her 63rd birthday, in 1901, she was the first person to go over Niagra Falls in a barrel – and survive. Can you imagine doing that at 63 years old? I’m feeling tired and sore just thinking about it.
She was quoted as saying she’d rather stand in front of a cannon knowing it would blow her to bits rather than go over the falls again. It seems as though she didn’t enjoy the ride, and I can’t say that I blame her.
There were so many women with great stories shown on this puzzle; from Joan of Arc to Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Bessie Coleman and Malala Yousafzai – I could list all of them because they’re all amazing, influential women in their own rights. I learned lots about these kickass women, in addition to having such a good time assembling the puzzle. It is highly recommended.
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