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Mushroom Puzzle

Photograph taken on Monday, November 24, 2025 by Henry
Mushroom Puzzle

Mushroom Puzzle

We finished this mushroom puzzle yesterday. The text at the bottom, giving the mushroom names, was the easiest part of the puzzle. After that we were able to put together a lot of the mushrooms but without knowing where in the grand scheme of things they went. That’s part of the challenge of doing puzzles without the lid, of course. Otherwise it’s too easy. I’d rank this about average in difficulty and we enjoyed it. We’re also partial to mushrooms in food, so it was interesting to see all the varieties (not that these are all necessarily edible, of course).

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Mendenhall Glacier Puzzle

Photograph taken on Saturday, January 24, 2026 by Henry
Mendenhall Glacier Puzzle

Mendenhall Glacier Puzzle

The water in the foreground, the mountain in the background, and the glacier itself were the three easiest parts of this puzzle. The rest, especially the trees on the two sites, was pretty difficult. We did get through it, although, as you can see, there’s a piece missing, which is always sad. It’s especially sad in this case because it’s a photo I took back in August 2004. The glacier has receded some since then but it had also receded then from where it was when we lived there in the 1980s. Of course, that’s not the catastrophe that some make it out to be. Glaciers come and go and then come again. It may not be in our lifetime, but it will be back.

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Dost Mahommed Puzzle

Photograph taken on Monday, February 02, 2026 by Henry
Dost Mahommed Puzzle

Dost Mahommed Puzzle

We finished this puzzle yesterday. It was relatively easy, with the hardest parts being the white edges on the right and left and the sky, but we enjoyed it, anyway. Cathy’s father had a copy of this print framed and hanging in their living room at one point, so it’s a familiar image. We thought we had lost a piece but then Cathy found it on the floor. Even with the border on the table, pieces somethings get knocked off and somehow they are hard to find on the carpet. Thankfully we found it, though.

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Dahlia Puzzle

Photograph taken on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 by Henry
Dahlia Puzzle

Dahlia Puzzle

We finished this dahlia puzzle yesterday. It was a relatively easy puzzle, as these things go, but enjoyable. Puzzles with large areas that are predominately a single color such as sky tend to be difficult. This one if full of patterns and it’s easier to find pieces that go with any particular flower. The difficulty is when you have a bunch of flowers started but don’t really know where they go in the puzzle. For those not up on our traditions, we don’t look at the box cover when working on puzzles. Yes, that makes it harder. But on the other hand, it’s more satisfying when you finish the puzzle.

The snow that we got back on January 24 and 25 is finally gone except for a few large piles that are going to be with us another week or more, depending on how warm it gets. The ground it pretty wet still, but at least we can walk places other than on roadways. So, more outdoor photos to come.

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Bird Puzzle

Photograph taken on Monday, March 09, 2026 by Henry
Bird Puzzle

Bird Puzzle

We finished this bird puzzle yesterday. Parts of it were easy, but there were some challenging aspects, as well. We got a number of birds mostly done but then had no idea where they went in the overall design. The birds are numbered, though, and once I figured out that they were arranged in something like numerical order, I was able to start getting birds situated. That only got us so far, of course, but it was big help.

I sort of have the process for taking pictures of puzzles down. We do them on a board in our family room. The board is a 4×4 foot piece of plywood with a small strip of molding along all four edges, which helps prevent pieces from falling off (although they do sometimes stick to the bottom of an arm or are otherwise lifted off). In the afternoon, before or after the sun is shining directly on the puzzle, is the best time to take pictures. The overhead lights have to be off so I don’t get glare from them. Then I use a flash, of course, bounced off the far wall.

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George Washington Puzzle

Photograph taken on Saturday, April 18, 2026 by Henry
George Washington Puzzle

George Washington Puzzle

We finished this puzzle today. It’s the familiar painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware River, which happened during the American Revolutionary War on the night of December 25–26, 1776. The 1851 painting was done by German-born, American painter, Emanuel Leutze (May 24, 1816 – July 18, 1868). It was a fairly challenging painting, particularly the sky but also some of the areas of water.

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Bgraamiens Succulent Puzzle

Photograph taken on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 by Henry
Bgraamiens Succulent Puzzle

Bgraamiens Succulent Puzzle

We finished this puzzle last night. Early on there were some fairly easy parts but it got harder as we got more done, because it was hard to see where things went. We even had a few large sections done that seemed like they could only go in two or three places and it still took us a while to get them situated.

As I suspect you can tell, we like puzzles and we generally have one being worked on at any given time. When we get near the end of our puzzle hoard, I’ll buy a few more so I’m ready when we finish the last one. I think I’ve also mentioned that we do puzzles without reference to the photo on the box. We sometimes look at it briefly when we open a new puzzle, but then it gets put away. Yes, it makes the puzzle harder. But it also means we get greater satisfaction when we finish.

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