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.

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Eric Joyner, Comrades

 Artifact, 180 pieces. I won't pretend to understand the theme, but it was colorful and charming. 3/5





Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad

 Liberty, 630 pieces. A fun western-themed Liberty. Reasonably high difficulty because of the roughly similar color throughout. 4/5





feeding hay

pumping water

train set


Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Joe Vaux, Message in a Bottle

 Artifact, 296 pieces. Vaux pictures are very Nightmare-Before-Christmas-ish. This one has the usual monster fish and a lot of dark color; pleasant to do. 3/5





Happiness on the Riviera

 Liberty, 454 pieces. Beautiful soothing colors on this one. 3/5





multipiece ship

airplane

painter/scooter

paparazzi/bicycle

dinner surrounded by music and putti

dancers


Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Van Gogh, Starry Night

 Artifact, 336 pieces. Astrology-themed whimsies; this is a relatively challenging puzzle for its size because of the preponderance of dark blue. 3/5





The Painting of Life, Alex Beard

 Liberty, 536 pieces. Lots of multi-piece animal whimsies in this challenging puzzle, which involves lots of color broken up across the pieces. 4/5




so many animals and the occasional tree


also a very big tree in the center


Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Jane Tattersfield, The Twelve Days of Christmas

 Liberty, 513 pieces. This is truly a wonderful Liberty puzzle, with huge multipiece themed whimsies and beautiful colors. 5/5





drummer drumming

lady dancing

lord leaping

piper piping

swan swimming

goose laying

cow milking?

calling bird?

hen and Christmas tree

much music


William Penhallow Henderson, Lucero's Place

 Artifact, 385 pieces. Nice color distribution and curvy piece design. 3/5







Friday, December 18, 2020

Lakeside Arbor

 Stave, 370 pieces. A calming Stave. Though it looks dark in the pieces, there's actually enough variety to guide assembly reasonably well. 6/10




floral bench

interacting butterflies

hummingbird and flower

lipstick and mouth ... okay

interacting birds, a Stave standby

rebus; I have no idea