I first saw this adorable image on Stacey’s My Jigsaw Journal blog and fell in love with it. I think this was one of the rare puzzles that she had already given to someone else so I was going to have to purchase it myself if I wanted to do it. It took me a long time to actually hit the purchase button as there were so many other puzzles out there I wanted even more — if you can imagine that! LOL

This is my first post in a very, very long time that is about a puzzle currently on my puzzle board today. I’ve been going through all my old in progress and completion photos over the last bunch of years since I stopped blogging, and getting them posted before I completely forget everything about them — like the titles and manufacturers.

Maybe it’s just me, but I’m finding this puzzle to be a bit challenging as there aren’t a lot of bigger picture elements to easily pick out of the pile. There are so many little characters that are maybe 2 to 3 pieces in size and then it’s on to a different character. This is making the puzzle a bit more difficult than I had anticipated. This, combined with being extremely busy with and mentally exhausted from work, has made it hard to get more than a few minutes in front of the board so far. I’m hoping this weekend I will be able to devote a few solid hours to it and start to make some real progress.

In the meantime, here is the current state of the puzzle:

Not a lot done yet, but we’ll see where we are at the end of the weekend. Fingers crossed for good progress!