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Dahlia Puzzle

Cathy, Dorothy, and I have been putting together puzzles lately. The first one we’ve done recently was started at the beach over the summer but wasn’t completed. We rolled it up then and it’s been in that state since then. We finished that a while back and put out this as our next. I was pretty challenging. Nevertheless, we made continual progress on it and finally finished it this evening. It’s a 1,000 piece puzzle.

Our family is in the “you don’t look at the box” camp. Yes, that makes the puzzle somewhat harder (and sometimes considerably harder). But it also gives more satisfaction and gratification when the puzzle is eventually completed. I know we were all pretty pleased with ourselves when we finished this one. We have put it away and put out our next one, which promises to be at least as hard. It’s also larger, with 1,500 pieces.

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.