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Moonstrike In Progress…

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Moonstrike – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

My youngest son picked out this puzzle for me to do next, sigh; being the great mom that I am I obliged. I don’t think I would have chosen this on my own just now, but they are here to all be assembled eventually – so here we go!

This little one coffee puzzle has been sitting on my board for two days now while I deal with some things that have kept me in bed. I was able to get up for a bit yesterday and do a little bit of it, but the sitting up didn’t last long so it’s only partially complete. It’s been several coffees now, and it still isn’t done.

I’m hoping today to spend a little more time at the board and working on the blog. The fruits and veggies puzzle is complete but still sitting on the board until the post gets written up, which I also haven’t done. I’ll get there, eventually.

Fruits and Veggies In Progress…

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Fruits and Veggies by Helen Dardik – Buffalo – 300 pieces

Such an interesting collage of fruits and vegetables couldn’t possibly be left on the shelf when I was the one doing the shopping, I mean look how colorful and fun it is! There’s just something about an image that is out of the norm that makes me happy, no matter what it is. As long as it’s not bunnies, landscapes, fine art, kitties, or a Coca-Cola Santa I will definitely check it out and most of the time I’m likely to buy it.

That is the the case with this puzzle, when I went shopping (specifically looking for smaller piece counts) this gorgeous thing was hiding out at the back of the shelf, and I’m so glad I was persistent and stubborn enough to look through every puzzle to find it.

Even though not much of it is complete I can already tell you that the quality is fabulous and it is most definitely going to be standing on it’s edge when finished; the fit is exceptional!

Colorsplash In Progress…

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Colorsplash by Katharina Santl – Ravensburger (Puzzle Moment) – 200 pieces

I got started on this puzzle yesterday, worked on it for a bit and then spent most of the day in bed. It may actually look different this morning though; I finished typing up this post in the late afternoon after a nap but I’m wondering if my youngest decided to work on it himself while I was in bed. It’ll be interesting to see how it looks this morning when I get up.

Katharina Santl’s artwork is very different, isn’t it? Abstract images have always attracted me; ones that are different, unusual, or just special in some way, and the image here is definitely one of those! This beauty is joining the ranks of the many interesting and atypical puzzles I’ve done that make me feel so grateful to live during a time when I can easily buy puzzles from almost anywhere in the world that have such a wide variety of images and artwork available to choose from.

At only 200 pieces it shouldn’t take too long this morning to finish it up. I’m a little sad it’ll be over so soon, but there’s an interesting Christmas collage already sorted and in the wings waiting for it’s chance on the board.

Yep! I said Christmas. 😮🎄😮

Golden Age of Disney (Section B) In Progress…

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Golden Age of Disney (Section B) – Trefl – 1500/13,500 pieces

I should have planned better – I just finished my Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland birthday puzzle, and then went right into the Alice in Wonderland section of the big puzzle. Honestly, it wasn’t planned and I swear I’m not obsessed with the book or movie; it just worked out that way.

So far…..the Cheshire Cat is kicking my ass! Phew! It’s nice to be able to complain about it sometimes, even though I chose this puzzle to do at this time. My whining doesn’t mean I don’t like it or I’m not having a good time, it just means this section is difficult and sometimes I want to b*tch about it to my puzzle people who will understand.

The majority of the pieces for this brand (for this puzzle) are what I call ballerinas; two male/two female ends. That makes sections like the Cheshire Cat difficult and tedious at times. At the moment I’m working on the body and tail, but when it starts getting frustrating or tiresome I then switch to working on the border of the section. As you can see, the border is almost done – I’ve gotten bored and tired of the tedium A LOT. 😂

I started with the wording, as per my usual; surprisingly all of it was finished in one sitting. After putting the border together I couldn’t sleep much that night and ended up sitting in front of the board in the wee hours, not ready to go to sleep until I’d completed my task. The words were both easier and more difficult than I bargained for.

Now it’s the Cheshire Cat’s section, which I chose because it looked to be the smallest of the three. I stupidly thought that even though it looked like a challenge it would be the quickest to finish. What a moron I am sometimes! 🥴

And yet, even though I’m still moaning about this tough section – I’m also still having a great time.

Happy puzzling today my friends!

Alice’s Adventures…In Progress…

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Anna Stead – Gibsons – 1000 pieces

This was shipped to my home as an early birthday present, and knowing it was puzzles OF COURSE I didn’t wait until my birthday to open them. Duh. Thanks for the thoughtful gift Penny, I’m having a great time with this one!

The scrolls with the words were much more of a challenge than I thought; even though putting the quotes together was no problem at all, the rest of the scroll with no words and plenty of color changes were more difficult than I gave them credit for. At one point I’d assembled the words and pulled out what I thought to be most of the pieces with scroll on them – and it was just too difficult for me to place many pieces at all. I kinda gave up on that after a while and focused on filling in other sections first. After a bit I began to find a few pieces here and there and eventually sorted the scroll pieces by shape and only tried to place them when I could be sure of the shape or coloring I was looking for.

Sometimes I get it into my head how something should go together and I stick to it even though it takes way more time than it should and is obviously, eventually, the wrong way to go. That’s how I started out this puzzle, and even though I knew I was doing it and it was taking a ridiculous amount of time – I still continued to do it! Sometimes I’m a stubborn ol’ cow, and I just have to blunder through everything my enormously stupid way until I come to my senses.

I’m down to two trays of pieces left, which means I’m now sorting my next puzzle before I can finish this one. My next one will be section B of the big Disney puzzle, Alice in Wonderland. If things keep going the way they are it’s gonna take a while to sort; I’ve been sorting since yesterday but keep getting exhausted and start yawning and end up needing a nap.💤🛌💤

Then again, I’m so anxious to hurry up and get back to this gorgeous puzzle that maybe the sorting won’t take as long as I thought. Here’s hoping!

Whatever puzzle you’re working on today, happy puzzling my friends! 🧩💚