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Maleficent In Progress…

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Maleficent (Disney Villainous) – Ravensburger – 1000 pieces

Unfortunately the only progress I have made is to start sorting this one, and the sorting tells me it isn’t going to be a quick assembly either. I’ve only done one other Disney Villainous puzzle, Queen of Hearts, and it was very entertaining even though it was a bit of a challenge.

The image for Maleficent seems much darker than the Queen of Hearts though, and I’m certain it will be a bit more difficult. But I’ve looked at the image closely, and I’m hoping it won’t be as hard as perhaps it seems. Except the border, the border is gonna suck just like the last one did. 🤔

My youngest has been trying to get me to assemble this one for weeks and I’ve kept telling him no, that it’s too dark; well, now is the time. I have no idea why, he didn’t even pick it out this time. Maybe I want to get it over with. Maybe I’m looking for a bit of a challenge.

Maybe I’ve lost my mind.

Robot Repair In Progress…

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Robot Repair – MicroPuzzles – 150 pieces

This is my bathroom puzzle in progress right now because I don’t have my next bigger puzzle on the board yet. My son and I picked out the next puzzle and the sorting started yesterday, but I wasn’t feeling well and ended up spending most of the day in bed so this is my only puzzle currently in the works.

Despite the bright colors around the edges, the rest of the image seems so similar on the pieces that it’s difficult to put in even a piece or two under the less than adequate lighting in there. It definitely shows that I need to ask hubby if we can do something about that; otherwise there will always be images that need to be finished under the better lights in the puzzle room.

After taking the picture I immediately found a couple pieces and put them in place, so perhaps this puzzle will stay in here to complete the assembly. Lighting really does matter!

Rainbow Pets In Progress…

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Studio Pets? by Myrna – Sure Lox/TCG – 500 pieces

Oh man, I wish I could tell you this adorable image is fun to assemble, but that would be lying; and we NEVER lie about jigsaw puzzles here. It’s obviously not finished yet, but I can’t wait to complete it so it can go bye bye; the quality is subpar and the assembly hasn’t been much fun.

After finishing a Ravensburger, to jump to one of this quality is such a let down. It is going slowly because it isn’t very enjoyable and I keep stopping to do something else. Sometimes I do that to make an entertaining puzzle last longer but that is not the case here; I keep stopping because this puzzle is just…ugh. Sigh. It’s not horrible, I’ve assembled much worse quality puzzles, it’s just not the right puzzle for right now I guess.

Usually I’m an advocate for not assembling puzzles that aren’t entertaining; “life is too short for crappy puzzles” – that’s my motto. But this is more about making my son happy, because he rarely asks for anything at all. Even when he should absolutely ask for help, he doesn’t – he doesn’t want to be a burden or take away time from whatever you’re doing. So, when he asks me to put together a puzzle because he likes it, I cannot seem to resist because he actually asked for something. Mom wants to grant his request, how could I not?

My son has been trying to get me to assemble this puzzle for quite a while, and I finally gave in. This time it’s gonna get done so that I can get it OUT OF HERE! I’m either going to stop letting him pick out puzzles to purchase or be more firm about his choices. When he picks up a horrible image like that god-awful unicorn or puzzles from companies that aren’t the best quality – like this one – I have to say no way!

There is no title that I can find anywhere on the box, the only way to find it was looking it up online. Annoying. And this puzzle is already annoying me with it’s shiny finish and thin pieces. I’m annoyed. Can you tell?

…Mad In Progress…

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Most Everyone is Mad by Dean MacAdam – Ravensburger – 1000 pieces

I’ve haven’t gotten too much completed on this puzzle so far; some nasty virus has taken up residence and for the past couple of days I’ve been in bed trying to rest and feel better. Thank goodness today I’m finally feeling up to sitting at the puzzle table again and have accomplished a bit this morning.

Most of the principle characters are done or almost done, except of course for the Cheshire Cat who’s smack in the middle of the image. He’s next, and that nasty smile of his should make it pretty easy.

This is my third puzzle with artwork by Dean MacAdam, and his images are so full of fun and interesting characters that they make for excellent puzzling. There are a couple newer fairytale images I have yet to purchase (Goldilocks and Red Riding Hood), and he’s got another one called The Dog Walker that looks too adorable for words. 🤎🐕🐩🐕‍🦺🤎

Uh oh, I feel the PADS kicking in…where’s my wallet?!

My Favorite Color In Progress…

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My Favorite Color by Velvet Spectrum – Buffalo – 300 pieces

This gorgeous image is turning out to be easier than I thought it would be – so far. Finding the right colors hasn’t been too difficult, and what you see here went together really quickly. I didn’t finish sorting until this morning, and put this together in just a few minutes.

Once I start trying to assemble those large words it may become more of a challenge, but you never know. At least I never seem to know what images will be easy or hard, usually my perception of how it will go together turns out to be wrong.

Oh well, it’s fun to be surprised by puzzles sometimes, right? Perhaps if they were all exactly how you image them to be there wouldn’t be much point in assembling them. I don’t know. 🤷‍♀️

I’m waxing poetic this morning, perhaps I need more sleep – or more coffee.