Jacarand Tree and Soccer Field, Kevin Quillen

 Kitchen Woods, 776 pieces. Beautifully colored image with great animal whimsies and otherwise conventionally shaped pieces. One could quibble that the whimsies are mostly outsized compared to the other pieces, but I didn't mind because the whimsies were so well shaped. 5/5

circular cutting around some of the whimsies

Rustic Black Eyed Susan, Kevin Quillen

284 pieces, Kitchen Woods.  New hand-cutter for me, via Etsy.  Nice quality--one tiny knob issue (it was a tiny knob and it wanted to snap) but otherwise solid, with good difficulty and a tiny bit of color line cutting, including around the centers of the flowers, without sacrificing interlocking connections--particularly cleverly done around the petals.  Good value for a hand-cut puzzle.  4/5