About my ratings

Perhaps because of my day job, I'm a tough rater. Everything 3/5 and above I consider worth the time and money. If I purchase on Etsy or a similar platform and the puzzle is as expected, I will give a top rating on the platform because of how seller ratings work, but here "as expected" is probably a 3/5 in most cases.

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Jane Newland, Present Delivery

 Wentworth, 250 pieces. Standard Wentworth with a nice cool palette. 3/5





Tim Zeltner, Russian Christmas Tree

 Boardwalk, 163 pieces. Shaped edges for a little difficulty. 3/5





Radiant Neon

 Gemturt, 300 pieces (the Hoefnagel website says "unknown" but this is pretty clearly the same cut as the previous Gemturt I did). Despite the same cut, the randomness of the cuts combined with the different image made this a different, albeit still steady, experience. 3/5





Monday, August 17, 2026

Flowers

 Gemturt, 300 pieces. The random cut style works well with the abstract image for steady assembly. 3/5





Whistler

 Peachblossom Puzzles, approx 150 pieces. Hand-cut; slightly rougher wood than ideal but certainly worth the time, with nice snowflake whimsies and some color line cutting. 3/5





Summer Bubbles, Robert Delaunay

 Chestnut & Hemlock, 260 pieces. Technically very impressive because the puzzle-in-the-puzzle uses color so interestingly on the figures. (Although Chestnut & Hemlock began as hand cut, I think this is laser-cut to produce the double puzzle.) 4/5






Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Jungle Waterfall

 Stave, 530 pieces. Lots of detail here; I liked that the flamingoes were in multiple places although it sometimes complicated matters. 7/10






love the multipiece lion




rebus: And+eye+mule ant+tack+S = animal antics (possibly animal attacks but that seems violent)



dueling giraffes