No, the letter “C” on my keyboard did not suddenly stop working nor did I forget how to spell. This is literally the name of a 500-piece puzzle I did some years ago by Anatolian. I recall liking it okay at the time. If I remember correctly the fit was decent too. For some reason looking at it now, I don’t think I was ever truly in love with the puzzle and I think it’s mostly because of the limited…
How adorable is this puzzle? What’s not to love when a puzzle combines two of your favorite hobbies — puzzles and books! I know I love doing puzzles of bookstores, or bookshelves, or really anything that incorporates these two favs. This puzzle is part of Buffalo Game’s Americana series. I’ve done two of them now and thoroughly enjoyed both. The colors are bright and vibrant, and I always find Buffalo puzzles to be high quality especially on the sharpness of…
Well, I figured if I can have Christmas in July — I should be able to have Halloween in August, right? 🤣 Unfortunately, I have just one Halloween puzzle to post at the moment. I plan to publish more spooky puzzles in October. I have several in my to do closet so that shouldn’t be too difficult a task. I really like Vermont Christmas Company and their puzzles. The quality has always been very good on both their piece cut…
I believe this is the official title of this cute little 300-piece puzzle from Ceaco. I think they released a few puzzles during their 100 year anniversary with various images. This one was really cute, but I can’t say as I completely loved this puzzle. There was a lot of plain white pieces that were on the tricky side to assemble. Quality wise it was typical Ceaco with thin pieces and a pretty decent fit. The part I did enjoy…
I lived in Seattle for a very brief time (about six weeks) back in August 2002 when I moved there to join households with my then boyfriend, Randy. He was living there doing a consulting assignment for Starbucks headquarters at the time. Once we knew for sure that we were going to take our relationship to the next level I moved in with him from northern California. We decided we would start looking for a more permanent job back in…
I wish I could say this puppy puzzle was fantastic as it is adorable, but quality on this one was less than optimal. It didn’t lay completely flat for some reason like most White Mountain puzzles I’ve done. The image reproduction was excellent, but in the finished image you could see where some pieces were slightly raised above the others. This was really annoying. I was happy to be finished with it, only to discover there was one piece missing….
Finishing out my Christmas in July theme with this syrupy sweet image. I absolutely loved this puzzle from Vermont Christmas Company. It was super fun and an easy build too. I have done quite a few of their puzzles and have been thoroughly impressed with all of them so far. I have a bunch more (at least 20) still to do in my puzzle closet, and I look forward to them all. They are one of the fewer manufacturer’s I’m…
Continuing on with my Christmas in July theme, I wanted to share this really fun and easy Dowdle puzzle. This was another one that I completed with my brother Russ during one of his visits. It was a relatively quick and easy build and I enjoyed it very much. I really do love a lot of the Dowdle images and have many of them still waiting patiently in the puzzle closet for their turn on the board. I will get…
This puzzle was a lot more fun than I originally thought. I was thinking for sure the rain / glare of the street at the bottom of the image was going to be really troublesome, but in fact it was very easy and I really enjoyed putting this particular area together. The image reminds me of a forgotten era in American history — one where people still liked each other for who they were and for their mutual love for…
This puzzle was a lot of fun and just what I needed at the time. Life has been extremely busy during the month of July as we prepare for Cole’s Bar Mitzvah this weekend. At a mere 300 pieces, it was a quick and easy build but the image is adorable enough that it didn’t matter. I could have easily done this one in a larger piece count and I think it would have also been relatively easy. I always…