TurtleTeasers, 161 pieces. Standard for this distinctive style. 3/5
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Thursday, July 9, 2026
Thanksgiving Eve
Stave, 1040 pieces. The biggest single Stave I've done, I think. I usually think 500 is a great size for puzzles and larger can get unmanageable, but this one made me wonder about what a hand-cut Impressionist puzzle would be like, because the level of image detail on each individual piece is going to be different. Anyway, excellent puzzle. 9/10
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| a flight of geese |
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| sun and, I guess, a gardening tool that looks like a claw |
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| scarecrow |
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| interlocking birds |
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| person and dog |
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| wheelbarrow |
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| comb+pin+E+E comb=company's come |
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| at table |
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| murder of crows |
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| interlocking leaves; hay bale and pitchfork; more crows and an owl |
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| still more crows |
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Jaunty Flight
Friday, June 26, 2026
Pride and Prickly Pears
Rebel Puzzles, approx. 300 (if they put piece count on the box, I missed it; I wish everyone would put the piece count near the rest of the puzzle info!). This was tricky because the cactus cut created a lot of similarity in shape, and had a very nice effect when fully assembled though that took some time to emerge. 3/5
Fourth of July 1916, Childe Hassam
Liberty, 234 pieces. Sadly, a missing piece, but otherwise a nice smallish Liberty with old-style whimsies. 3/5
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Bumblebee and Dragonfly
3 Cat Max, about 35 pieces. I'm not a big fan of acrylic puzzles but these are pretty! I couldn't get the dragonfly quite right and didn't want to force it.
Tropical Fish
Stave, 215 pieces. This Stave has clearly been put together a bunch of times--it was a lot looser than most other Staves I've done, but still fun! The border was cut to still be tricky. 6/10

















































