Jigsaw puzzles

[draclvr]

That's pretty impressive, Jude! 70 puzzles with only one not complete!

[LadyKestrel]

You made a good start on 2020, Jude. That tropical fish one would have driven me a bit batty, but the dinosaur one looks fun to do.

My sister is working on her 4th jigsaw puzzle since the new year. She finished two funny ones by CEACO with 550 pieces. The first is Pets Rock, a funny one with dogs dressed as Einstein, Andy Warhol, Michael Jackson, and Elvis, a cat like Audrey Hepburn, and a rabbit like Harry Potter. The second, Beach Party, shows dogs partying in Hawaii. She was working on the 1000-piece Hummingbird Garden by Buffalo, a pretty and very colorful scene chock full of hummers, flowers, and butterflies, when I got home from London last Sunday. Yesterday she started a new one with 1000 pieces called Country Bridge by Vista, which has a thatched roof cottage, a stone bridge, and swans.

I haven't been able to help my sis much with this new one because I had a procedure yesterday that smooths out the irregularities on my cornea. I'm wearing a contact lens until the cornea heals, but the eye is teary, which blurs my vision. (Please excuse any typos here for the same reason.)

[Jude]

I hope that your vision clears up soon, LadyKestrel. Best wishes!

I've seen those Ceaco puzzles and they are pretty funny, as are the "selfie" puzzles. I am on their emailing list because I enjoy building their puzzles and sometimes they have good sales (and free shipping over $50 -- it used to be at $35, which was even better).

The fish panoramic puzzle I built was only 101 pieces, which made it do-able for me. I wouldn't even attempt it at 1000 pieces! 1000-piece puzzles, for me, need to have a lot of little details (although I own a few that don't, that I got before I knew better, that now look to be almost impossible!).

[draclvr]

No typos, LadyK! How long is the teariness and blurred vision supposed to last? I'm sure the tears are a good thing while it heals.

[LadyKestrel]

Jude,
After putting together the border of a 1000-piece puzzle, my sister always says, "This one is too hard!" However, within half a day she has made a good start. She's best at finding like pieces to assemble, and I'm good at finding where they attach to the rest.

Drac,
I will see the doctor again on Tuesday. Hopefully, the eye will be healed enough to remove the contact lens, although I'll probably have to continue with the steroid and antibiotic drops for the rest of the week. The goal is to improve my vision in this eye, so fingers crossed it works.

[draclvr]

I hope it works!

[Ghostlady]

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a puzzle demon, obsessed, and so I thought I’d post a couple of my puzzles here. I won’t post them all because there's too many but I’ll pick a few of my favorites and post from time to time.

Also keep a blog of all my completed puzzles year to year. Puzzle Blog

[Jude]

Cool! I have the shaped castle one, too (from BitsAndPieces.com), and am looking forward to building it. (I'm off to look at your puzzle blog. ).

[Ghostlady]

Oh cool. We can talk puzzles, Jude.

[Ghostlady]

Jude, I donate most of my puzzles so if you are ever wanting any that I am giving away, they are yours with cost of shipping only.

[Jude]

Thanks, Ghostlady. I'll keep that in mind. Maybe we can do a trade sometime. I do keep most of my puzzles, but I have a pile of them that I don't plan to build again (for various reasons) and a few unopened duplicates (usually a "free mystery puzzle" from Bits and Pieces or Spilsbury that I already owned).

[Ghostlady]

I do trading also.

[Ghostlady]

Finished this one last night. Jude, it’s yours if you are interested. I’ll save it for you. It’s a panoramic.
Ice Palace by Ciro Marchetti, release year 2017 by Barnes & Noble, 1000 pieces.

[Jude]

It's pretty, and I do like generally like the artist's work, but it's probably too long for my table. What are the dimensions?

[Ghostlady]

It is 38.30 x 13.40 - Its a large panoramic.